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Old 03-27-2008, 08:45 PM

Hi everyone! *Waves*

You know Knerd, I have had several really expensive sewing machines over the years and I keep going back to those 99.00 Brother's. They work really well, and since I work with so much mohair when they get clogged up beyond repair I just scrap them and get a new one. But I have had both a Singer and Pfaff, and neither of them worked as well as the inexpensive Brother.

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Old 03-28-2008, 12:18 AM

Really? I've always heard people complaining about problems with their Brothers. Whenever I ask for recommendations, people just tell me "If you pay for a cheap machine, you'll get a cheap machine."

Ah well, I've got plenty of time to shop around.

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Old 03-28-2008, 12:22 AM

I think a lot of it depends on what you're going to do with it.

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Old 03-28-2008, 04:41 AM

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I've always had the idea of Harry Potter scarves in the back of my mind, but I've never actually done it. I just don't love the series enough to really spend that kind of time on a project.

But I know of a website that has the actual patterns:
Hogwarts House Scarves
A friend recommended it to me.
That's actually the site I use when I make the scarves. They just take forever because you have to knit in the round so there's a lot more area to knit over.

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Old 03-28-2008, 09:39 AM

I would knit a Doctor Who scarf. x3

A reeaally long one. xDD

Edit: I must also make it my aim, once I have broken up from school for the Summer/am on my Gap Year, to make a set of pyjamas for my favourite toy. Or a coat. Because her own stitching is coming apart through wear and love. She's as old as I am, and I would be heartbroken if she fell apart. >3<

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Old 03-28-2008, 03:16 PM

^ Doctor Who scarf? I've never seen the show, so I don't really know what that's supposed to look like. All I know about him is that he travels around in a blue telephone box.

@Blondheart:
Right now, I mostly just reconstruct t-shirts. I buy the big huge boxy ones that never fit anyone, then I slim them down and customize the neckline and sleeves. It's a fun little hobby, but it can get frustrating sewing it all by hand.

@fiarra:
That's one of the reasons I've never knitted the scarves. I want it to be high quality, but I just don't have time for those patterns.

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Old 03-28-2008, 04:12 PM

http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/mepic...$File/who1.gif - Tom Baker as the Doctor being chased by Daleks.

A Doctor Who scarf is then just loo~~~oo~~~oong, and as many colours as you want to make it. xD

I think the idea is you try not to trip up on the ends.

I haven't actually seen any of his episodes, but the scarf's sort of become emblematic of the entire series.

I'll curb my enthusiasm about the new series they've just started showing adverts for. xD;;

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Old 03-30-2008, 10:59 PM

I've promised myself that the next scarf I knit is going to be argyle:



There's a great pattern for one in the book "Son of Stitch n Bitch," so I plan on experimenting with either that or something similar.

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Old 03-31-2008, 04:42 AM

I wish I knew how to knit. I bought a book on how to crochet. I hope I can figure it out.

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Old 03-31-2008, 04:57 AM

I can't imagine trying to knit anything argyle. Switching colors and the like.

I had a roommate who knit a lot more than me. She made a tube-tope with a picture of some Naruto character on the front. All I remember is that it involved a lot of balls of yarn.

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Old 03-31-2008, 07:20 AM

I don't suppose we're allowed to talk about painting in here as well? >__>;;

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Old 03-31-2008, 05:34 PM

^ Go right ahead, I see no reason why not.

Intarsia knitting really isn't the difficult. It takes some getting used to, especially if you haven't worked with multiple colors before. The interesting thing about making a scarf would be that it would have to be reversible.

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Old 03-31-2008, 07:35 PM

Wow. I saw the title of this thread, ran to my parent's bedroom, and grabbed a copy of the book. xD

I'm a pseudo spinner/knitter/crocheter who really needs to get back into practice.


fiarra: Switching the colors actually isn't too hard. Every so often, it gets a bit tedious, but I find it to be worth it for the end result usually looks quite a bit nicer because of it.



I should go find some of my metal-work/jewlery i've created and post it here...

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Old 04-01-2008, 12:07 AM

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http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/mepic...$File/who1.gif - Tom Baker as the Doctor being chased by Daleks.

A Doctor Who scarf is then just loo~~~oo~~~oong, and as many colours as you want to make it. xD

I think the idea is you try not to trip up on the ends.

I haven't actually seen any of his episodes, but the scarf's sort of become emblematic of the entire series.

I'll curb my enthusiasm about the new series they've just started showing adverts for. xD;;
I want a Fourth Doctor scarf, too. I don't know how to knit, but it may, one day, get me to learn. I also want a hat like Jayne's from Firefly.

The Tenth Doctor's brown coat is starting to get the same way as the scarf; emblematic. I'm seeing more and more people at conventions wearing brown coats and carrying the sonic screwdriver toy.

Oh, sorry. My rabid Whovianism is showing again...

I'm mainly a sewer, but I do some jewelery making as well (I'd really like to learn how to wire-wrap stones) and some embroidery. If anyone wants to know where to look for period costume references, I'm yer gal!

Is anyone else in here an anime cosplayer? Are we allowed to talk about that here? ^_^;

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Old 04-01-2008, 02:15 AM

Hey all! I haven't been on Mene awhile and it's nice to see and SnB thread! I'm mostly knit and crochet but I love to make jewelry and really want to learn to sew and spin. I'm currently planning my wedding and I'm hand making just about everything except the clothing and the wedding cake so I've been busy in the planning stages for the invitations right now.

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Old 04-01-2008, 02:15 AM

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I also want a hat like Jayne's from Firefly.
Ha, that's going to be one of my projects too. I'll have to wait until next winter, but it's high up there on my list. With a hat like that, everyone takes notice. =)

I'm not a cosplayer, but it's always interested me. I've done some minor costuming for local theatre productions, but that's it.

If you'd like to talk about cosplay, limit it to costumes that you yourself have made. This place is partly about sewing, so of course costuming can be included in that.

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Old 04-01-2008, 03:39 AM

@Knerd: No problem. I'm mostly into designing my own stuff, lately, anyway. So I suppose with me it isn't cosplay in the strictest sense.

Hey, are there any good websites out there from which to learn how to knit?

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Old 04-01-2008, 03:40 AM

knittinghelp.com I believe it is, is wonderful and have free video tutorials that's how I learned

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Old 04-01-2008, 04:50 AM

Sweet! Thanks bunches!

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Old 04-01-2008, 08:52 AM

@Berzerker - I have a LASER screwdriver.

My sister and I exchanged them at Christmas. xD;

>3< I have a brown coat, but it's not really long enough. When my friend and I went to Cardiff, we went to several exhibitions, and saw that it looked like they'd sewn 6 inches onto his coat in the display cabinet (my Dad said David Tennant's a bit short, I don't know for sure xD).

< <;; My glasses are also modelled on Doctor Who.

*sigh* Such a geek. x3

If I ever go to an anime convention (and I have a friend whose dying to drag me along to one)... I'd dress as Miyzaki's Nausicaa. xD Pretty easy, really. I already have white tights. ;3

Painting, painting, painting... my arms are covered in green acrylic. I'll take a photo when it's done properly and post it here, along with my old textiles project, if I can dig up the photos.

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Old 04-01-2008, 03:22 PM

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...and really want to learn to sew and spin.
Have you ever been to any knit/crochet/yarn in general conventions like Stitches? There usually is a group which will teach you how to spin for free at those. Heck, they also allow you to create your own basic drop spindle with a wooden dowel, CD, and rubber gromet. :o

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Old 04-01-2008, 03:33 PM

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...and really want to learn to sew and spin.
Have you ever been to any knit/crochet/yarn in general conventions like Stitches? There usually is a group which will teach you how to spin for free at those. Heck, they also allow you to create your own basic drop spindle with a wooden dowel, CD, and rubber gromet. :o
Unfortunatly I haven't had the chance to yet, hopefully soon I'll be able to though.

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Old 04-01-2008, 04:20 PM

What area do you live in? I'm only intimately familier with the yarn shops in the bay area around SF/Silicon Valley, but I could help you find at least try to find where the closest convention to you is.

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Old 04-01-2008, 04:40 PM

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If I ever go to an anime convention (and I have a friend whose dying to drag me along to one)... I'd dress as Miyzaki's Nausicaa. xD Pretty easy, really. I already have white tights. ;3
Yeah, Nausicaa is also on my list. Which costume are you doing? The short-skirt tunic one that we first see her in, or one of the longer tunic dress thingies that she wears toward the end of the movie?

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Old 04-01-2008, 04:52 PM

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What area do you live in? I'm only intimately familier with the yarn shops in the bay area around SF/Silicon Valley, but I could help you find at least try to find where the closest convention to you is.
I live up in Plumas County up in the mountains. I may be moving to the bay area in the near-ish future though. The biggest issue is transportation I don't have a car and the only other way out of town is a bus to Chico on Wednesdays and o9ne to Reno Mondays and Fridays. I miss having a good yarn shop near me too the only one here is only open on days that fall on multiples of four and even then it's not always open.

 


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