NATIONAL CRAFTING MONTH MEET AND GREET

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Welcome! Here is our space to squee about the current theme and tell others a bit about our crafting interests.

Below are the thematic questions for this months fest. Fill in as much or as little of it as you wish, depending on your interests as they relate to National Crafting Month.

 

My Name (how I wish to be known):
Type(s) of Crafting that I’ve tried:
I consider myself a Beginner, Intermediate, Master, or Other:
Crafting I’ve loved and/or loathed:
Project I’m particularly proud of:
Something I learned the hard way:
Something I haven't done yet, but I'd like to try:
Biggest crafting frustration(s):
Something else I'd like to share:

Feel free to copy this Meet and Greet into your blog as well as filling it out here.
<strong> My Name (how I wish to be known):</strong><br /><br /><strong>Type(s) of Crafting that I’ve tried:</strong><br /><br /><strong>I consider myself a Beginner, Intermediate, Master, or Other:</strong><br /><br /><strong>Crafting I’ve loved and/or loathed:</strong><br /><br /><strong>Project I’m particularly proud of: </strong><br /><br /><strong>Something I learned the hard way:</strong><br /><br /><strong>Something I haven't done yet, but I'd like to try:</strong><br /><br /><strong>Biggest crafting frustration(s):</strong><br /><br /><strong>Something else I'd like to share:</strong>

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[ruric]

My Name (how I wish to be known):ruric

Type(s) of Crafting that I’ve tried: Lets see - writing (not active any more), knitting, sewing, embroidery and blackwork, patchwork, jewellery making (beading and wirework), furniture restoration, dabbled with photography, a tiny bit of drawing and painting and started crocheting in Nov 2023. Also I'd stretch the boundaries and consider DIY gardening and allotmenting an offshoot of crafting *G*

I consider myself a Beginner, Intermediate, Master, or Other: intermediate with regard to most of the ones listed - though probably halfway between beginner and intermediate with crochet. Very much a beginner with drawing and painting which I haven't really done in the last 50 years.

Crafting I’ve loved and/or loathed:I've really enjoyed most of the crafting I've done. I loved jewellery making and plan to go back to this when I retire and have more time and branch out into silver clay and metalwork. At the moment I'm really enjoying crochet - started in November with a beginner's class at Hobbycraft and I was hooked. *G* Within 3 weeks I had a very basic very chunky half treble blanket. I followed up with a 6 week course on making a Granny Square blanket (they taught 5 different types of GS) and I'm adding in some extra squares to that to make a bigger blanket and I've almost finished a rather a simple granny square lap blanket which I made to use up 8 balls of spare wool. I've got yarn for my next 4 projects too (maybe 8 projects if you include knitting)! *G*

Project I’m particularly proud of: several of my furniture restoration projects, a fantastic jumper I knitted in my 20s (which alas is no more), several jewellery pieces and my recent quick crocheted granny square lap blanket.

Something I learned the hard way: allow time for projects and don't try to rush things. You'd think as a lifetime gardener this is something I'd understand but I find myself hopping from foot to foot wanting to crack on with furniture restoration and have to really ensure I leave adquate times between coats of varnish/finishes.

Something I haven't done yet, but I'd like to try: so MANY things. Pottery, stained glass, silver clay jewellery and metal work (in the jewellery sense not the blacksmithing kind)!

Biggest crafting frustration(s): lack of time and space! I live in a small flat - half my crafting supplies are in the attic and the rest are taking over my living space. I work a job that is seasonally very busy (and being a keen gardener/allotment grower) I find my time for other crafts is pressured. I knew I wanted to learn crochet so cannily timed my courses/learning in the November to March period. My local Hobbycraft also runs a crochet club 2 x week and since I work flexi hours I plan to try and attend at least one of these a week so I finish my damn projects!

Something else I'd like to share: I decided last year (before I got into crochet) that I was going to have a year of finishing projects and sorting out my stashes. Then I got the crochet bug and now have 4-5 more proects to add to the list. But I will (a) get together a proper Project Masterlist of every uninished project (b) try to NOT take on any new projects and (c) start finishing the semi completed ones and finally (d) sort out my materials, embroidery, wool, jewellery and art supply stashes and get more organised!

Also if anyone has links to good crafty communities on DW please hit a girl up!

[shaddyr]

silver clay jewellery and metal work (in the jewellery sense

Yeah, that sounds like something I would be very interested in. I've told myself firmly, "No more craft hobbies!"

if anyone has links to good crafty communities on DW

There is a comm that basically an encouraging place to talk about what you're up to craft wise. It's called get_knitted but it's not just yarn. People talk about all manner of crafting or writing.

Try this ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Also if anyone has links to good crafty communities on DW please hit a girl up! <<

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