Knit-knot

[wellinghall]

[Poll #1738971]

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[miss-next.livejournal.com]

All of those. I also weave; make cord on a lucet; spin (admittedly rather badly); do beadweaving, both with and without a loom; make filet work, which could be considered either as lace or a special case of embroidery; and probably various other things I have temporarily forgotten. My house is full of haberdashery, or, as it might more accurately be called, had-a-bashery. :-)

[clarienne.livejournal.com]

love "had-a-bashery". :-) I can relate to that, although I've given up having a bash at needlecrafts. I've got too many other hobbies I'd like to get better than mediocre at first.

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Also: stuff with beads.

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

My Mum and grandma were forever sewing things when I was young, so I was brought up to do so, both dressmaking and small felt craft projects. However, neither of them could knit, and knitting remains a closed book to me to this day. My Mum once had to knit me a bobble hat for a school trip, and she was so stressed and traumatised by it that it ended up about half the size of everyone else's. I sometimes think I should learn, rather than carry this family Knitting Blindness into a third generation.

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

I'm quite handy at the multiple uses of baler twine!

Any costume making I do tends to involve glue!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I knitted as a child, but I can't remember for the life of me how to do it now.

I can sort of sew and embroider in a halfassed kind of way, but frankly, am not talented at either. Basically they are things I do if I am feeling economical and have stuff with holes in / needing remaking. (sewing to fix the holes, embroidery to put something decorative over the repair or to reinforce an area that is wearing thin).

At university I darned holes in socks, but I must confess nowadays I tend not to bother.

[muninnhuginn]

Ah, I only started darning socks after I started knitting my own. It doesn't happen often, but the hours and effort invested make it worthwhile.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I darned socks as a student, too, and it was worthwhile in those days. And then one day I wasn't a student and I had a job, and I decided that I would no longer darn socks and mend pants, and that these things could go in the ragbag.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Repairing things makes me feel virtuously Green about extending their lives, as I'm dubious about how effectively my council recycles fabrics once they are past the charity shop stage. I strongly suspect a lot of it goes into landfill. :-/

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

It does give a virtuous Green glow, though I prefer the sort of mending that keeps something I love going a bit longer rather than the grudging "these pyjamas are fine except for that bit, I shall have to mend it I suppose".

I am likewise dubious about the amount of textile recycling that gets done.

[evilmissbecky.livejournal.com]

I love to do counted cross-stitch. When I was younger I used to crochet and knit but I'm sure I've forgotten how to do them, it's been so long.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Or I used to embroider. Try it with a hyperactive terrier and five importunate cats.

[estelyn-strider.livejournal.com]

I used to knit and embroider more than I do nowadays; most of what I sew is textile art - patchwork and quilting are my favourite needle-related activities.

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

I used to knit (mostly instasia and fair isle, everything else bored me), sew (both machine and by hand) and embroider.

The Hands have put paid to all that, bar the occassional button-replacement.

Other things I no longer do: French knitting. Pom-pom making.

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

Ah, I was quite good at both THOSE, I made a pom-pom family once. And a square Care Bear. *chortles in the fun of it all*

[inamac.livejournal.com]

I can knit, sew, embroider, crochet, cross-stitch and tat - but having five cats rather curtails the opportunities to do so.

Also, does using a knitting machine count?

[sally_maria]

Mostly counted cross-stitch.

I can knit, but haven't done so in anger for many years.

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

I can sew basic things (such as mending, name tags, ballet ribbons) in a neat way, although I tend to prefer not trying it on expensive clothing esp. hard to sew fabrics, so I don't do my own hemming at the moment.

I USED to do embroidery but found it boring, so I don't any more. I once made an 18 pieace skirt for a dance show, and another time some clown trousers for a gymnastics show (not particularly neatly in either case, but you couldn't tell from afar and they were sewn strongly). Sadly I always meant to improve my skills in the tutorial company of my mother (expert sewer), but didn't get round to it and then...you know what happened then.

But right now, no, I don't choose to do anything on the list unless absolutely necessary.

[phina-v.livejournal.com]

I have been known to do cross stitch, needlepoint, blackwork and other counted thread embroidery, and I've tried my hand at stumpwork and would like to do more.

Lacemaking has overtaken these in the last few years - the bobbins and pillow kind though I have tried a little needlelace and tatting. I'd love to do more but my shoulder is not permitting it at the moment. It's very frustrating. I fear having a child may have an even more severe impact! I had no idea how many different types of bobbin lace there are before I started - so far I have tried Torchon, Bruges flower lace, Honiton, Bucks Point, Milanese and a few more modern pieces not easily categorised but usually tape lace based.

I don't knit or do the useful, dressmaking type of sewing. I think of myself as very bad and at these but it could just be lack of practice/commitment/motivation.

[chainmailmaiden]

I knit both mail and wool :-) I can hand and machine sew, including doing patchwork and quilting. I've tried just about every possible form of embroidery to be found in the Readers Digest Book of Embroidery that my Mum had when I was growing up. I really like doing drawn thread work, though I haven't done any recently.

Crochet is my weakest area, my Grandma was very good at it, but she was virtually blind from when I was 3 and died when I was 5, so she never had a chance to pass her skills onto me and Mum had never learnt it, prefering to knit instead. So my Mother-in-Law taught me how to do it a few years back, but I've never had enough time to really have a good go at doing a big project.

I can also weave, I had a little loom when I was growing up. I also did a bit of tablet weaving at college, which I'd like to take up again, it would be useful fro making trim for LARP costumes. I've also tried felt-making and that was fun too. Basically if it's something crafty I'm interested it it, I love making things with my hands, it's so satisfying.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to do anything much in any of these areas since I started my exams, I feel there is probably a huge backlog of creativity waiting to be unleashed come the end of July...

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I forgot to tick the "plus" box - I used to do counted cross-stitch, though that fell be the wayside some time ago. I can spin with a drop spindle, and use a warp-weighted loom, but neither is exactly everyday.

Crochet, lace, and so on all fall firmly under the "can't be arsed" category. The apocalypse will come before I knit.

[asklepia.livejournal.com]

Patchwork and quilting as well - yes, they are a subset of sewing and can involve embroidery too, but I like to list them separately.

Sadly, although I have attempted both knitting and crochet, it was not a success. I have a very tight tension so my products tend to resemble cardboard than soft fabric.

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

Not sure whether I should fill in all of them or the 'nothing like this' box! I have dabbled with all the above, plus weaving, french-knitting and a spot of patchwork, mainly as a child, but haven't done anything of the sort in years and would doubtless be absolutely rubbish if I tried. I think the last piece of substantial sewing I did was hand-sewing a banquet costume for Skordh while we were still at college, it's still holding up okay at least :-)