Any creative hobby is welcome, I’d love to see or hear a description of what you have in progress.
Edit: You’re welcome to keep using this thread even if it’s not wednesday, lol
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I am also currently engrossed in cross stitching! Got a page finish on this full coverage project a few days ago, I’ve been on with this for…er… about a year and a half I think?.. and I’m just coming up on 25% complete 😅 You can’t really make out much here because I’ve been stuck on beige island for the last however long, but you can see the full image on the pattern page: Autumn Stories.
As well as that I’ve been very slowly knitting away at the sleeve on a jumper that this is apparently the best pic I can find of. You get the general idea. This one is probably getting packed away through because we’re going on a cruise at the start of August and I need to make some non-Wintery stuff asap. Pattern is Justyna Jumper.
And last but not least someone over on Mastodon sewed a cool skirt and enabled me with the shop link, so now I own not only a new skirt pattern but one for a bralette to go with it too. Planning to get both of those out of this quilt cover that I picked up from a charity shop for 50p! It’s got big leaves on it and it screams “flouncing around on a cruise ship”. Shop link for the easily enabled.
Love the knitting. Stick with the project! I’m currently trying to teach myself Tunisian Crochet, but I’m making the jump from traditional crochet, so the transition is pretty easy. Doing it using a book, no less. I’m finding it very fun and old-school to learn from a book instead of a YouTube video.
Ah yes Tunisian crochet looks like a lot of fun, it’s on my list but just never quite got around to it yet. Good to know that already crocheting bodes well for me, though!
Are you using it to make anything in particular yet, or still in that awkward “making random squares” phase most new crafts go through?
I make a baby blanket every time one of the people in my shop has a baby, and just decided out of the blue to start. So basically one really big awkward square, all out of Tunisian Simple Stitch.
I figure I’ll make one blankie out of each stitch, and by then I should be ready for a more complex project.
Sounds like a plan! Looking forward to some pics when they’re done 😄
I find Tunisian crochet to be easy to learn if you know how to crochet already. I never could get my head around knitting but crochet has always been my jam. The hardest part for me was finding the right needles. I think if you can knit, you’ve definitely the brain power to tackle Tunisian crochet, haha!
I completely agree with you on the book part. I feel it’s easier to use a book for crochet. With a video, I’m having to pause it frequently which means moving my fingers from their “spot” on the project and then having to reconfigure them to do what I just watched. My brain can’t hold instructions for that long, better for me to have a book open to the spot and re-read than pause and rewind a video.
Which Tunisian crochet book are you using? I learned from a book that had Excellent instructions and so many different stitch types. I can’t remember the name of it and it’s probably hiding deep in my craft closet ATM.
This one right here:
Sorry for throwing late reply, Jerboa isn’t pushing notifications for me properly for some reason.
I love these! I think I would slowly go insane stitching that much beige at once though, lmao.
Ah but you see it’s ok because every 100 stitches or so there’s one in a colour that might be better described as “light brown” 😂
I have 3 cross stitch projects I’m working on right now.
This first one is actually finished, but I need to get around to washing and framing it. It was a Christmas present for my father, so hopefully I can get it done soon 😅 It’s of Zion National Park which is in Utah, and is one of his favorites. The pattern is by Awesome Pattern Studio
This next one is a silly one that I started last pride month and has been sitting at about 80% done for a year, so I intend to finish this pride month - the bi pride opossum. Just need to finish the foliage. The pattern is by Studio Ansitru
Finally my monster WIP, the 2021 stitchalong from Modern Folk Embroidery. Hoping to get this one done within this year. Since it’s only 2 colors it actually works up pretty quickly. Pattern is by Modern Folk Embroidery
Those are all of my WIPs for now. I have the materials for another project on order and possibly arriving on Friday.
So much fun! I love your third, mono(duo?)chromatic one. I just picked up needlepoint again after a decade. Once I’m done with my little project, I think some crossstitch is in order. I’ve been eyeballing the ones on longdogsampler.com
I have so many long dog samplers on my wishlist! I’ll probably pick one up after I finish with the Modern Folk Embroidery project.
They have such great patterns, but they’re such a commitment! I still have the “Pandemic” freebie they gave out during lockdown sitting there glaring at me from the “to be stitched” pile. One day, one day!
That Zion pattern is 100% exactly the sort of style I most love to stitch! It’s absolutely gorgeous, great work! Kinda hesitant to click the shop link but we all know I’m gonna give in.
Love the pride pattern too, I’ve seen that one around and it never fails to make me smile :D
(I see what you’re doing with that “another project” plan 👀)
(I see what you’re doing with that “another project” plan 👀)
Yes, I couldn’t help myself 😂
Those are awesome, especially the anarchist possum.
I love the possum one.
Is music allowed here? Or only visual arts?
I’m working on an arrangement of the Super Mario Bros theme song on the guitar. I wanted to try composing, and thought using an existing melody as a base would be easier for a first song.
The lead guitar part is coming along nicely, the rythm guitar part isn’t fully formed, and I have no bass or drums yet.
Yes, music! I keep posting ukulele stuff here: if we build it, they will come!
Awesome project! Made me think of this arrangement for solo guitar I hope to play someday! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hASvFH3w1Ik
Hell yeah! You’ll have to let us hear it when you’re through.
Any plans on how you’ll do the bass and drums? Live as opposed to electronically.
I can borrow a bass but I don’t have easy access to drums.
My band played a calypso version. So fun! We played it a ton on tour in the '90s. Always a crowd favorite.
Bit of a different vibe but I’ve been slowly working on making a game prototype in a new-to-me engine. As you can see, the UI is giving me some trouble!
What engine?
Godot (specifically Godot 4). I’d always used Unity up until now but it’s just getting far too slow and frustrating to use.
Yeah, UI containers are a little weird in Godot. Maybe a center-container (https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_centercontainer.html) as parent node would help?
I’ll give it a go, thanks! Am still very much at the stage where I don’t even know what my options are so I’m just browsing through the node list and trying things at random. This is how we learn! 😆
(p.s. if you’re a fellow gamedev, come join us at [email protected])
Trying things at random with a healthy amount of ‘git reset’ is my go-to learning strategy. And, thanks for link! (just joined)
It’s funny. I’m a hobbyist game tinkerer and moving from Unity to Godot. I started using Unity 11 years ago, and today I just find it bloated and invasive. Godot 4 is easier and more powerful than the old Unity I fell in love with.
Yeah it honestly makes me sad, I remember Unity seeming like a world of opportunity when I first started but it’s just ridiculous these days. Godot gang high five!
(also come and chat with us in [email protected], yes I know I’m a shill but how else are people gonna find communities :D)
I’m working on my story-driven farming game! The gameplay involves growing a bunch of magical crops to incrementally transform each biome from a “bad” to “good” state. I’ve had a ton of fun developing it over the last few years! Here’s the steam page (if curious): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2381040/Cirrus_Business/
This is so heckin’ cute!
Thanks so much!!
That sounds and looks adorable! I really like the theme.
I’m so happy to hear that, it’s exactly what I’m going for :D
Not a lot at the moment. I’m helping my son make a plaster diarama of the Lost Woods from Tears of the Kingdom, painting Star Wars miniatures with a friend who is getting into the Legion tabletop game, and building a Gunpla that I repainted to look like Samus’ Varia Suit from Metroid Dread. Also hoping to find time to jump back into teaching myself Blender after a 3 month break and probably losing 90% of what I’ve learned.
I had the same issue with Blender recently, it’s amazing how quickly it all seems to fade. But I binge watched a load of Grant Abbitt videos over a couple of days and was immediately back in the swing of things. Might be worth a try if you’ve not already seen his stuff, he’s great at explaining things clearly.
Thanks. Yeah, I am subscribed to him and enjoy his work.
Blender is such a versatile program, but also insanely complicated. I always feel like any time I use it I have to consult a bunch of Youtube tutorials.
Yeah, same
I’m working on a motion comic! I’m trying to convert a comic that I drew a few years ago into a video format. I’ve never done this before, so we’ll see how it goes.
What software are you using for the animation?
Kdenlive. And Krita to work with the images.
I’m still quilting up the scraps for my bellbottoms and I have a corset I’m still stitching some binding onto but I have to finish my crafty garden book by next month so that takes priority 🥲
Nice I keep thinking about trying to get into quilting. Then I look at all the pending projects I have…
The tedious cutting sucks up so much time. If I ever win lotto I’m buying one of those little fabric cutting quilting block machines.
I’m working on painting up some things for Oathsworn (boardgame). I’m painting a huge monster, and I just finished painting some terrain pieces that my partner 3d printed, like a ruined building and some walls overgrown with moss. Haven’t had much time for painting lately so I’m happy to make some progress again. (now I just gotta figure out how to add pictures to a post!)
Edit: I think this should work?
Yes you do! It should be the 4th icon along from the “select language” thing under the text box :D
Thanks! I found the button, though it appears that it rotated my images somehow… Looked normal on my end! Oh well. Baby steps.
I don’t think that’s anything you did, think it’s a bug, I’ve seen it happen to a couple other people too.
Wow, when I scroll on jerboa the images flicker, it’s really bizarre…
Your work looks great! Thank you for sharing it!
I have the same issue with the flickering, really trippy!
Thank you for the compliment 😊 It’s a bit of a side project with low pressure, which I really enjoy because I can just play around with effects and try some new things, without worrying how it’s gonna turn out. So it’s nice to hear that my little experiments are appreciated!
Knitting a cabled turtleneck sweater called “Orosi” by Carol Feller. I’m fussing over the armsceye and short rows for the bust dart, so I’ve set it aside for a while until I get it figured out. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/orosi
I’m currently sewing a skirt. I have 2 panels hemmed and ready, but I still need to cut and hem the two side panels. I picked out this lovely woven cotton fabric, and I’m very excited to see it come together.
You must show us when it’s finished. That’s the LAW 👀
Yes ma’am! Its an a-line maxi skirt that I plan on using to make more cottagecore/edwardian-inspired/hippy outfits.
Oh well that sounds just about perfect in every way!
I’ve been practicing watercolor painting as a new hobby. I’m honestly surprised at how things are turning out as someone who really doesn’t do many creative things. It’s been fun. I’m mainly painting landscapes and simpler scenes at the moment.
Nice one! I dapple with landscape painting every now and then – mostly following Angry Mikko’s tutorials on YouTube – and it’s super satisfying.
I started sketching and drawing again. I am pleasantly surprised with what I have made. I’m also obsessed with flowers.
Edit: Leaves and I have a love-hate relationship. Let’s pretend they’re not there.
Those leaves look perfect for a cosmos flower. I relly like your style, it almost looks like a lino print
Thank you so much. I love line work and the style really speaks to me. Thank you for the kind words, I really doubted the leaves.
I love this! This might be a bit weird lol, but it kind of reminds me of the illustrations you’d find next to a poem in a poetry collection.
This makes me so happy to see. That’s such an amazing compliment, thank you sm! x
For the last month or two I’ve been building a set of cabinets/room dividers to hide my TV in (There’s a TV lift under there!). Construction has gone well, and I got a lot of the doors built this week (hooray! I was pretty nervous about them). But now I’m starting to butt my head up against learning how to stain wood, which I have very little exposure to… so… that’s been challenging. Hopefully I’ll figure something out… it’s turns out maple is pretty tough to stain.
A novella/novellete: https://beehaw.org/post/458403
The pitch is essentially: Breaking Bad + Magipunk Fantasy.
