Crafters?

Got any crafty people here?

I like to crochet. 

This is an afghan I'm working on. 


What sort of crafty people do we have 'round these parts?

There are a lot of creative people on this site.    I also like to crochet although I can only make ripple afghans.  Yours is beautiful.  I'm also into drawing and photography.  Years ago I designed landscapes and made pots but apartment living has ruled those out for now.  

Here are a few drawings from awhile back.  My apologies for their poor presentation:

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Wow these are really nice! Well done! Very inspirational too! I may take up drawing again soon. 

Oh I also make Jewelry. 

Here's a paper bead bracelet I made:


And these earrings were also made from recycled items, like a 2 liter Pepsi bottle and scrap fabric, as well as a couple of black beads and earwires:

Your jewelry is very nice, too.  I love the idea of turning recycled components into things of beauty.  

Here's a couple of odd projects I've done with yarn.

This is a random-color chain link infinity scarf


This is an interlocking scarf


This is a scrap yarn afghan I made

Tracie Holladay said:

This is an interlocking scarf

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This is a scrap yarn afghan I made

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Wow, these are lovely!  I wish I could crochet or knit that well. 

Those are beautiful!  There is just something about curling up with a hand-made blanket that I love.  For most of my teenage years I had one on my bed that my Grandma had made.  My Mother wouldn't let me take it when I got married. 
I put this together for a secret santa exchange a few years back. The cabin was pre-made.  I painted it, added lighting,etc.  The tree diddn't stay in place during shipping unfortunately.  If the roof had come off it would have been easier.  But it was still a fun project!






Now I'm going to want to make something again.    I did just buy a bunch of sculpey to make paw prints of my girls and my Mom's 3 cats and her dog.  Her dog is 15 and still happy; but showing her age.  So I've picked out a different color for each of them and we will do prints soon I hope.  At least for her dog.  I made some ornament ones of my girls paw prints a few years ago using leftover salt dough from a project with DD.  They were super cute!

I'm going to apologize in advance for the amount of images in this post.

I am in art school and I'm majoring in cermics, but I dabble in pretty much everything.

I made a holiday-themed cookie jar for my mom a couple years back. Needless to say, she LOVES it haha
The inside turned out really well, a nice deep red, which is sometimes difficult for cone 10 stoneware.


I sculped this Chuck Taylor out of wire in my intro to 3D design class. I then painted the wire.
I made this Halloween themed bowl 2 years ago. I forgot to take a picture of the final product. But I sold the bowl for $60. After it came out of the kiln, the legs had shrunk to a point that they actually contracted and lifted the bowl up off of the surface it was supposed to sit on. So it really did stand on 8 legs like a spider!

Another sculptural project that I forgot to get a final picture of:


I made a set of coral reef themed cups.


I could only find final images for one cup. Omg I'm so bad about taking pictures of the final products.


A set of 8 cups that I made and then spent countless hours painting intricate designs on.

Small vase that turned out really well

Self portrait I painted in my senior year of high school.

Portrait I drew if my boyfriend and his dog [emoji]128516[/emoji]

Wow that to me is beyond crafting. That is art.

Yes I am a crafter too! Mostly just knitting now days though, when I gave time at least never enough time. Currently working this cowl.

Oooo!  I like that color @candicew!

I am so envious of all you clever lot. I don't have any artistic bone in my body.

beautiful works of art, everyone! I am preparing to paint my dad's dog. I hope I get it done in time for Christmas

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beautiful works of art, everyone! I am preparing to paint my dad's dog. I hope I get it done in time for Christmas

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 What kind of paint is safe to use on a dog?  

Margd said:

 
 What kind of paint is safe to use on a dog?  

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Hardy har har, lol.

Margd said:

 
 What kind of paint is safe to use on a dog?  

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I was about to ask if the dog would sit still that long. 

hehehe ^ 

Verna davies said:

I am so envious of all you clever lot. I don't have any artistic bone in my body.

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That's what I thought too until I started watching crochet tutorials on YouTube. I only started crocheting about 6 years ago.

There's tutorial videos for everything out there. For example, this is the video where from I got the idea to make my orange earrings

I used to dabble in crafts. Crochet. knitting. needlepoint embroidery. I had this intricate tiger lily on a pillow case but I lost it in the many moves in my early 20s. I also attempted to sew a shirt with a pattern. mom taught me how to pin the fabric with the cut out shapes and sew them with the sewing machine-I also tossed that half done project years ago. kicking myself because it came out well. All I had to add were the button holes and buttons. It was this bright pink fabric with this crazy design. Since I always have worn collar shirts like a smock design. Then also dabbled in drawing for many years growing up. I tried graphic arts when I was 21 but I hated it. I dabbled in fine arts too. I don't think I have any drawings on here but I haven't draw anything in a few years. Seems I get frustrated because the object and my eye-hand coordination is way off so I just quit. I know it's a bad thing to do..maybe I will pick it up again. I did try to crochet a blanket but already used 4 skeins and only figured out one pattern...I still have that one. Its in a bag I think in my messy office. Along with all the paints/canvas/tools etc I collected for the past 20 years. Some day would be nice to spend less time working and more time dabbling in arts and crafts.


Honeybee drawing...came out sideways..sorry


Madonna-her self titled album. I was 15 when I did this one. I'm 41 now.


Justice For Katniss  I did in 2014. That was the last year I really did any drawing.


This was something I did in graphic arts in the 1990s. I don't even remember drawing it. It's about 2'x3'.