Comments | adularia: workin' hard i promise

adularia

workin' hard i promise

Jan 24, 2006 15:21

I keep drooling over this lace pattern and the recommended yarn. I have PLENTY of knitting and cross-stitch for my copious free time.

Nonetheless, the margins of my school notebook are filling up with pattern designs and jewelry motifs. Knitting for quiet000001 really turned me on to knitting lace. Still abjectly terrified by crochet. (and yes, poor Kris, ( Read more... )

hobbies, metalwork

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qazwsxmko January 24 2006, 23:37:16 UTC

I wanna make a knife!

gfish January 25 2006, 00:26:23 UTC

We should have a knife-making party someday.

qazwsxmko January 25 2006, 01:47:53 UTC

That would be cool beyond words.

adularia January 25 2006, 02:04:03 UTC

the ANGST. I have a pretty nice torch and fuel for it, and thinking of buying a tank of propane and a Little Torch, but I have no decent shop space. I'm holding back from building a bench by thinking "ew. I don't wanna work in THERE." ("there" having no power, and a leaky ceiling, and a car in it most of the time.)

Brandon was kicking around ideas for a co-op shop, as we so often dream about. Whatever happened to that?

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troglodyteking January 25 2006, 04:04:32 UTC

Ooh... knifemaking. Now that is something I could drool over. One of the vague daydreams I frequently have is of learning how to do smithing/forging/metal-working, although mostly from a historical/recreationist/minimalist type of direction (i.e. having a roaring fire and hitting things on an anvil while wearing a heavy leather apron, etc.).