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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

It’s somehow been three months since @[email protected] and I agreed to take over moderation of this community, and we’ve not really had to do anything other than keep an eye out for reports. It’s not exactly been a taxing job, so firstly thank you stitchers for being so undramatic!

But that all happened while I was still super ill and to be honest most of November and December is like a weird fever dream. So I kind of did not do the one thing I said I’d do at the time: post some prospective community rules.

Basically what I’m thinking is we want to have something written down that we can point to just on the off-chance of misbehaviour, but at the same time we don’t need anything draconian or super specific while we’re so small.

Since I’ve already been through this process with [email protected] and there are even quite a lot of people here who are in there too, I think it makes sense to maybe start off with similar rules to the ones the knitters agreed and then diverge if we need to.

Main concerns over there were:

  • encouraging people to add pattern info to their posts and
  • making sure we have a rule in place to allow removal of ads

On that second point, it was generally agreed that active members of the community should be free to advertise their shops and products in context, but a complete stranger barging in to post a straight-up ad and then leave should be removed. Basically kind of vibe-based, depending on if you look like a spammer or not, which works fine for a small community tbh.

I’d love to hear from community members on this. Are you ok just following the template from /c/knitting for now? Is there something more specific to us you’d also like to see included in the official rules? Or do you maybe disagree with one of those two things above and want us to rethink?

Input very much welcome, thank you!

And for a bit more of a fun thing, we have a random community banner and icon that I guess the original owner just googled on the day and never thought about again. In /c/knitting I made a banner featuring some recent FOs that had been posted by the most active members, and that was pretty popular.

I’d be happy to knock up something similar for here, but also want to throw it open in case anyone else would like to give banner design a go! Maybe we’ll say if nobody else comes up with something by the end of March I’ll go full collage mode with our FOs, that gives time for a few entries if you fancy it?

We'll also need an icon and I did not make the knitting one so am officially looking for ideas of what we could use. Actual images, vague concepts, all assistance welcome!

Thank you for bearing with this wall of text. Now get back to stitching!

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Stitchy friends! Since makers tend to make more than one sort of thing, and we crafters need to stick together, here's a list of fellow creative communities for your navigation pleasure.

For each craft I'll include the current most active community first as well as alternatives, and add each with their full URL as well as local links for Lemmy and Kbin users respectively.

3D PRINTING

Bookbinding

COSPLAY

CROCHET

CROSS STITCH & EMBROIDERY

DICEMAKING

KNITTING

LASER CUTTING

LEATHERCRAFT

MODELS & MINIATURES

POTTERY

SEWING & QUILTING

SOAPMAKING

TATTING

WOODWORKING

MISC

Posted with mod permission & I'll keep it updated as I find more relevant groups / smaller groups merge etc.

Craft on, people. Craft on 🙂

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submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I'm 2/3 done. Ish. Just the top chunk left. I'll probably hit a year working on it before I finish but it'll be close.

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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I'm busy making a wedding gift (which i haven't shared, as this is my first post here), and I'm doing the Noel sampler from Satsuma Street as my togo project. So I'm really not supposed to start anything new..... buuuut yesterday I got the final ingredients for "the stitchers book club" stitch-along from Cloudsfactory. I have been eyeing it since it started in January, and I was finally enabled enough to join. And then i couldn't (wouldn't) help myself, and had to start it!

I'm so excited to see if i can catch-up, as I'm starting 7 months late, and it's NOT supposed to be my main project

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submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I don't know why it just cuts off at the waist like that, but that's the total pattern 🤷‍♂️

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submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

These are old but the thread is perfectly good!

More pics.

They had hand-written price tags with amounts of $2, $4, $5, and one $7.50 (very full, seen next picture)

Most were about half full, but the highest price-tagged one was almost full.

Here are all the colors that I got:

Now what should I make with all these? Anyone need some?

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

It's kinda bigger than expected but since I'm on sick leave again I can make up for some time :D

Pattern available on Etsy

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WIP Wednesday!!! (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Goku is about 75% done now! I hope to be finished by this weekend!

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

By now I have a bunch of these cards with left over yarn. I'm looking for a solution to store it properly (bring same colors from different cards together, label them with the correct ID numbers, ...) but I'm not sure how.

Space is definitely an issue so I was thinking about one of these TCG albums.. any better ideas? How do you store your yarn?

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WIP Wednesday (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

The colors do look a little better now that the hair is done

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WIP Wednesday! (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I'm having concerns about some of the color choices that were included with this one as Goku is looking a little weird here... I'll keep going though maybe it will look right once the hair is done?

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WIP Wednesday (feddit.org)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

It's a bird... It's a plane... All I know is: It's not Superman!

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WIP Wednesday!!! (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I decided to take a break from Dracula's castle to do this little Super Saiyan Son Goku!

I'm using some very old aida cloth that my aunt gave me and I thought it was 14ct but it's definitely smaller! This stuff is from the 80s and it kinda feels like I'm stitching on a well worn old T-shirt lol

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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Finished just in time to start something new before WIP Wednesday :D

Pattern available on etsy

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submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Hey guys, been working on a more comprehensive thread inventory! Let me know your thoughts :)

Can be found here: clickstitch.app/inventory

🔍 Searchable

  • Supports DMC, Anchor, Kreinik and Madeira threads
  • All of which are sortable by code and description

🔃 Find Alternatives

  • There's a button for each thread in your inventory to find alternative threads of a similar colour, both for the same brand and other brands.

🧵 Sortable

  • Threads are sortable by code, number of that thread in your inventory and colour
  • Sorting by colour makes it easier to see what groups of colours you have in your inventory!

Preview of what sorting looks like:

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WIP Wednesday!!! (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I've had a lot of other stuff going on so I haven't got as much done as I like but I'm past the halfway point!

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WIP Wednesday (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

46.5% done. It's coming along nicely.

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WIP Wednesday!!! (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Progress continues slowly but surely!

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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Finally finished the middle third. Happy to reach that milestone. Hoping the rest goes a little quicker.

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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Hey guys!

Similar to my other post, I've created a small widget-style page for converting from one thread brand to another!

https://clickstitch.app/tools/thread-brand-converter

📅 Up-to-date

I’ve written a script that will retrieve all threads listed on the brand websites to ensure new ones are available.

Currently a total of 1683 threads exist, split as:

  • DMC: 665
  • Anchor: 484
  • Madeira: 379
  • Kreinik: 155

But there are many more so these will come in the future!

🎯 Accuracy

All stored threads are compared, and the thread with the closest RGB value is chosen per brand.

🎇 Modern

A search engine for threads, it will find the closest match to whatever thread brand/code/description you enter!

Hopefully it’s useful, what other brands would you like to see?

Any bugs or suggestions let me know! Best way is via Discord: https://clickstitch.app/discord

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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

At least until I think of something else it needs anyway

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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Little house in the woods, who may live here 🤔

First time working on black fabric. Muscle memory makes it easier with time but black on black is a real pain in the ass :D

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Hey guys!

As part of ClickStitch I've has to store threads from multiple brands and ended up creating this fun colour picker!

https://clickstitch.app/tools/thread-brand-finder

📅 Up-to-date

I've written a script that will retrieve all threads listed on the brand websites to ensure new ones are available.

Currently a total of 1683 threads exist, split as:

  • DMC: 665
  • Anchor: 484
  • Madeira: 379
  • Kreinik: 155

But there are many more so these will come in the future!

🎯 Accuracy

All stored threads are compared, and the thread with the closest RGB value is chosen per brand.

🎇 Modern

Find your colour using a colour picker, no need to go through hundreds of colours and codes manually!

Hopefully it's useful, what other brands would you like to see?

Any bugs or suggestions let me know! Best way is via Discord: https://clickstitch.app/discord

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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Another quick Ninja Turtles cross stitch!

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