Other crafts besides knitting

@peavey (16936)
United States
January 4, 2007 5:12pm CST
Do you do other crafts besides knitting? I like to embroider and do needlepoint, but I seldom do them any more because I'm always busy with a knitting project! If you do other things, when do you find the time?
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19 responses
• United States
8 Feb 07
I sew things ocassionally. I actually have only just recently learned to knit. I also have an embroidery sewing machine that I'm trying to get the hang of!
• United States
8 Feb 07
Oh and I forgot to say.... we ahve five children so as far as TIME goes I have no time for any of it unforunately. I am always trying to squeeze more hours into the day.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
24 Aug 12
Already raised my kids so I don't have to worry about that. Still, I never seem to have enough time to do what I want to, either.
@roshigo58 (4859)
• Pune, India
24 Aug 12
Hi, My wife likes knitting. But she likes embroidery more. She aslo likes painting. She is very happy with all this artistic things.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
24 Aug 12
Crafts are relaxing and satisfying. I'm glad your wife can enjoy them!
@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I love crafting- I do not knit however. I do alot of different types of crafting. I can embroider, sew (have made several quilts, and quillo's, wall hangings, etc.), I would say my favorite craft is wood crafts. Each week 5 of us women get together and make wood crafts- We buy the wood in sheets (knotty pine, plywood, luon, barn board (this is hard to find).. then buy patterns off the internet of books out of stores. trace the patterns onto the boards and cut them out (we have one of our husbands do the cutting)-- then we girls sand them, paint them, and put them together.. Its so much fun! It takes on average 3 weeks to finish a project... the big ones-- if we do small projects it could take 1 week. I love to craft.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
24 Aug 12
You sound busy, too! My son loves to do wood work, but we've never worked together on a project.
• United States
30 Jan 07
I crochet, sew and reborn "babies". To find the time (because I always have at least 3 projects going on at the same time!) I try to concentrate one day per project and alternate.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
24 Aug 12
That's a good idea. I sometimes feel overwhelmed after starting too many projects.
• United States
1 Feb 07
I used to do cross-stitch, but that was before I discovered knitting - I haven't gone back to cross-stitch since! It just seemed like it took so long to make something that wasn't really useful - I'd much rather knit for a few hours and have a hat! I do a lot of paper-crafts - like cardmaking and scrapbooking. However, the majority of my craft time is spent knitting!
@peavey (16936)
• United States
24 Aug 12
Just like me. I enjoy other crafts but love to knit!
• United States
10 Oct 11
i love to do all sorts of crafts i also like to embroider and do needlepoint too i like sewing and doing cross stitching and i like to buy fabric and make my own clothes and blankets i would like to learn to spin my own yarn but no such luck yet i like to do all of these when i find the time but i seldom ever do get a chance to do them i spend most of my time having to take care of my farm and working online on different sites to make money and by the time i am done with all that i am just too tired to do anything else knitting has always made me really sleepy
@peavey (16936)
• United States
10 Oct 11
I can understand why you don't have enough time to do many crafts! I would love to have a farm to take care of again, but I don't, so I spend more time online and crafting. Knitting is relaxing to me, too and sometimes I find myself getting sleepy with needles in my hands. P.S. I would like to learn to spin yarn, too. I got a drop spindle but have never done much with it. One of these days, though!
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
4 Jan 07
i love to do crosstitching. it's my favorite hobby. i spend atleast an hour a day when doing projects. i've done lots of it already and had some framed. i am now doing a crosstitch project for my boyfriend's birthday.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
4 Jan 07
I like to do crosstitching sometimes too, but the charts for the really beautiful things are too much for my old eyes. I love the finished pictures done in crosstitch.
@rdrelle1 (449)
• United States
5 Jan 07
i love cross-stitching and crocheting, but i spent and will spend more time cross-stitching than crocheting. i have always admired people who knows how to knit coz i dont know how to do it.. i want to learn but how? i dont know where to start :) and also, i'd like to start quilting.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
8 Jan 07
Red Heart used to put out a really good pamplet that showed how to start knitting. I don't know if they still do, but there are a lot of books on it, if you learn easily that way. Also, look up knitting videos on the internet, or just "Learn to knit" and you'll find lots of instructions. And if you get stuck, come here and ask for help. There are plenty of knitters here who can help!
• United States
11 Jan 07
Knitting - knitting
I want to start up crafting again. Before I had my twins (15 now) I used to own a small shop that we sold our crafted items in with my best friend. It never made us a ton of money but it was fun. I gave it up knowing with 3 little ones I'd be pressed for time. But I love to craft, everything from painting ornaments to just creating different things. I would LOVE to learn to knit though. I'm not sure if I could or not as my MS sometimes acts up limiting my small motory skills but I've heard it's not nearly as tedious with your hands as crocheting.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
24 Aug 12
Probably the only way to find out is to try it. It's inexpensive to start - just a pair of needles and a skein of inexpensive yarn. I hope you can do it.
• United States
4 Jan 07
I have a needlepoint dragon painting I'm 3/4 done with. I've literally been working on it for years. I do gourd art. I paint. I sew all my own costumes for belly dancing. I never have enough time to do them all but I refuse to give any of them up! Right now I'm making pottery for a pit firing later this month. And I'm learning flintknapping, which is making arrowheads out of stone. And I have a flute kit to build. It's amazing how much time you free up for crafts when you stay off the internet, stop watching TV and hang up your cellphone.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
4 Jan 07
Understood! When I don't get on the internet, it's amazing how much I can accomplish! You sound really busy but happy.
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
4 Jan 07
I make stained glass pictures. I made a some this past Christmas. They aren't that hard really to make.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
4 Jan 07
I think stained glass pictures are beautiful, but I've never tried to make them.
• Canada
13 Jan 07
I like working with beads, making necklaces, bracelets, anklets and keychains.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
24 Aug 12
I love the looks of beads but have never crafted much with them.
@CatEyes (2448)
• United States
11 Jan 07
I like to chrochet, latch hook, make wrethes, homemade pottery, Knitt, tatting, (love to read), write short stories for my son and Love to sew anything. Yes, it is time consuming, but when your at home watching TV, it is very easy to do the things listed above, besides I love mutlitasking and that is it at it's best. I even take my progects with me when I go somewhere (my husband drives), in the car, at the Dr. office at friends homes (they get intrested and it please & tickles me to end that I can teach them something new), when I go to my moms house (and when I am on the phone, especialy the longwinded ones). I am addicted.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
24 Aug 12
You sound really busy!
• Philippines
18 Jan 07
Aside from knitting, I did cross stiching before when I was in highschool. But now because I'm busy, I don't have time to finish the one I've started. It's Japanese Garden. Hope I can finish it soon.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
24 Aug 12
Have you got it finished yet?
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
5 Jan 07
I also like calligraphy and beading. But I mostly knit, because the products are most consistent.
@mayammb (1815)
• Australia
4 Jan 07
i love embroidery too but find time to do them only during the holidays.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
4 Jan 07
During the holidays is when I don't have time to do crafts! :)
@puma_nz (999)
• New Zealand
4 Jan 07
Weave.. Flax Kits (Bags) and Poi.. (Which is a Ball at the nd of a String) on my days off from work usually..
@peavey (16936)
• United States
4 Jan 07
How do you do the Poi? I don't think I've ever heard of it.
5 Jan 07
I used to knit years ago, but then went on to cross stitch, then handmade card making. I seem to have gone full circle as i'm back to knitting again. I'm having to remember the stitches again. i'm sure i will get there eventually
• United States
4 Jan 07
I usually do several projects at once. So when I get frusterated with one, I move on to one that I am not frusterated with. I have found that I finish projects quicker this way, because I don't get mad and just quit. I just redirect my attention. I knit, cross-stitch, and quilt.