#crafts & hobbies

[dandy-daisylion]

every time someone says ‘oh, you knit? do you like it?’ i have the marrow-deep urge to tenderly take their face in my hands and press my lips to their eyelids and telepathically transmit the full overwhelming awareness that i carry just beneath my skin every moment of every day of how important fiber crafts and textiles are and historically have been to humanity. every stitch i work is a thousand billion stitches that have already been worked and will be worked in the future, from the farthest reaches of prehistory until time immemorial. every spindle i spin is spun with the same flick of uncountable fingers from ages past, all united across history in the deceptively simple movement that has shaped history, and art, is the context within which every single person on earth has ever lived their life and lives their lives still. everything from our phones to our homes is given shape and form by the overlooked but utterly important textile arts.

‘of fucking course i like knitting, you jackass,’ i say gently. ‘i wouldn’t do it otherwise.’

#knitting #fiber crafts #textiles #people can be real stupid about ‘unconventional’ hobbies sometimes

[malacandrax]

On a splendid walk!

I finished making this guy, v inspired by @slocotion, old clown dolls, and Vanessa Stockard. I'm not sure what to call him, Timothy, maybe!

#just for me not for sale #I am not allowed to monetize other hobbies lol #see my next post for more abt making him #oofa doofa #ooak #ooak doll #mal crafts

[cuubism]

you guys know about the hobby lobby smuggling scandal right

#this is. the funniest crime ever to me #tfw ur a craft store owned by evangelicals so you smuggle in some artifacts you think 'prove' the bible to put in your bible museum (and ge #a tax write off but we neednt mention it) #i think about this every time i pass a hobby lobby XD

[empty-movement]

Hi, Vanna here. I have submitted to the strange authority of Xenforo's image hosting system, which demands that if I want gallery items to appear in proper order, I will have to upload them back to front.

As such, welcome to the last few page's of Animedia Magazine's September 1997 supplemental Duelist Bible, translated by Nagumo and edited by me!

Anyway

THIS IS NOT A DRILL, VINTAGE OFFICIAL PATTERNS FOR YOUR VERY OWN DIY CHU-CHU

#revolutionary girl utena #utena #rgu #sku #animedia #utena merch #utena crafting #my god this is a timeless assault on us #they are attacking the 20 hobby projects scattered around my house #don't even #you are all the same

[bembely]

Can someone please explain to me WHY no one can accept that I knit for pleasure?? Every time someone compliments me on my knitting they ask me if I've thought about selling it. NO GOD DAMMIIT NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE A SIDE HUSTLE

It would take all the pleasure out of it.

Bring back people doing things for fun. Jesus.

#knitting #hobbies #crafting #for the love of god kill the grind #no im not making an etsy shop #im here to SPEND my money and time doing something i like

[noirandchocolate]

Several weeks ago one of my coworkers called me over into her cubicle and gave me a very unexpected gift. Her mother passed away recently, and she'd been packing stuff up at her condo to give to relatives and sell, so the home could be sold. The mother was an avid knitter and crocheter, and when my coworker came upon her stash of equipment, she told me, she "immediately thought of me as someone who might get some use out of it."

So, I have inherited a varied collection of knitting needles and crochet hooks, cable needles, sewing needles, and, best of all, now-out-of-print pattern books, mostly for blankets, because that was what this lady loved to make most. Plus, I also have a bunch of gauge swatches she made, pinned to little bits of card covered in perfect schoolteacher handwriting setting out the patterns they were made to test.

And also...

My coworker brought another bag, full of yarn and...knitted blanket squares. Her mother's last started project, before she got too sick to continue. And she asked if there was anything I could do with it.

It turned out, there are twelve completed squares, and I quickly located the pattern book they are from amid those given to me. It's a book of 60 patterns, meant to be put together however the maker wishes into blankets of 20 squares. I figured out which of the numbered patterns were already made, and selected eight more that I thought might go well with them.

So now! I am working on completing! My coworker's mother's last knitting project!

And I really am feeling very good about doing it.

#kidk says stuff #knit #i love making blankets anyway and these patterns are honestly cool #i already have most of the equipment i'd ever need but i still feel warm and fuzzy having this old gal's stuff too #my coworker thought of me ;__; she's seen my scarves and the table runners and stuff i have in my cubicle #she gave me precious things from her mother's beloved hobby because she 'knew i wouldn't let them go to waste'! #i feel very much like a human being and a member of a community because of this idk it's just nice all right? #crafts #blanket completion project

[ineffectualdemon]

I really think everyone should find an offline hobby that you can do while listening to podcasts or music

Like there is nothing more centering then listening to something enjoyable while doing something with your hands that isn't endless scrolling

Hand sewing small items or embroidering moss while listening to people chatter about things I don't really care about just to enjoy their chatter is so very grounding

#hobbies #embrodiery #sewing #fiber arts #crafts #i feel like im connecting to my ancestors going back thousands of years #its great

[carterthefrog]

idk who needs to hear this but if you knit or crochet you do not need to stress about it all of the time. that defeats the purpose of having a hobby. yes sometimes i do projects that require learning new stitches and making several runs to the craft store and searching for a specific brand of yarn and counting stitches and recounting stitches. but i also have a blanket that i call my "idgaf blanket" and it's literally just a giant gloriously repetitive chain stitch blanket made of a conglomeration of whatever yarn i happen to have scraps of. my rules are no undoing for dropped stitches, no overthinking color patterns. for just this one project, i simply crochet it because i like the feeling of crocheting. sometimes i just need to work on my idgaf blanket and that's okay and when it's done i'm sure i'll appreciate it a lot more simply because it never gave me anxiety

#crochet #crocheting #knitting #fiber crafts #i crochet but im sure that the spirit of the idgaf blanket can be applied to any hobby #yes you should challenge yourself and make beautiful art you can take pride in #but also you don't have to stop creating whenever you don't have to motivation to do so #don't be afraid to have an idgaf blanket #fiber arts #crafts #art

[grickle14]

Some quiet knitting time for the King of Monsters.

#grickledoodle #godzilla #knitting #hobby #crafting #kaiju #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

[contrappostoes]

yeah I can’t do this anymore

#shopping is not a hobby LEARN A CRAFT!!! #i know i’m preaching to the choir just let me bitch for a moment #reblogs off now terfs can you go die.

[lolliepopcrusader]

Calling all chronic creatives - here's how to up your crochet game!

I'm an avid crocheter, but holding the hook for long periods of time became exhausting and painful. Being chronically ill, losing the ability to enjoy my hobbies was tough for me accept.

My husband took me to the craft store and we purchased a ergonomic crochet handle. This handle needed to fit my criteria;

able to hold a variety of hook sizes

hold up to high tension crochet projects (I do a lot of amigurumi crochet, which you need to complete with tight tension)

reduce my wrist/hand pain

reduce the amount of grip strength needed to hold the hook to avoid fatigue

This ergonomic crochet handle *seemed* to tick all these boxes. It was quite an expensive purchase and to be honest, I was disappointed in it in all aspects.

The purchased handle uses small rubber stoppers to hold the crochet hook in place, but as you are crocheting the hook works loose and spins around inside it. The handle itself was too small, making it painful to hold. I had to use a lot of grip strength to keep it in my hand, which is what I was trying to avoid by purchasing the darn thing. The little knobbly bit at the end really dug into my hand and hurt. It was so annoying to use and I gave up on it altogether after three days of using it (not to mention one of the rubber pieces broke apart within hours).

I expressed my disappointment to my husband, and he decided to come to my rescue! Over the course of a week, he designed me his own ergonomic crochet handle in a computer program called CAD. He then printed it out using his 3D printer. I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this new handle - its a game changer!

During the design process, he took into consideration all of my complaints about the disappointing handle and my criteria that I had listed. The handle he designed is bigger, so it uses less grip strength to hold it in place which also reduces my pain.

Instead of using rubber stoppers like the other handle, he designed a 'lock and key' system for keeping the crochet hooks in place and it works fabulously! The hook never moves and I'm really rough with my crochet hooks. It holds up to my high tension crochet projects and I have completed many amigurumi with it, even small, intricate items. Since it is designed with the lock and key system, my husband was easily able to print different keys to be able to hold multiple sizes. I've got keys ranging from 1.25mm all the way up to 6mm!

I can now crochet for hours on end and I swear my crochet skills have gotten so much better.

After expressing my delight at the crochet handle my husband designed for me, both him and I want others to be able to experience the freedom that I now have when crocheting. With chronic illnesses, its important for you to be able to continue with your passions as much as possible, so we have decided to make this crochet handle a sellable physical item for others to enjoy.

Here's the link to purchase one if you would like to give it a go!

Each crochet handle will come with the hook sizes;

1.25mm

2mm

3mm

4mm

4.25mm

5mm

6mm

If you want other hook sizes, send us a message and we can design one.

The cost of the handle and keys covers the cost of the 3D printing material, we are not making a profit off of this because we want as many people suffering from chronic illness to be able to enjoy crocheting again. We are happy to post internationally as we are based in New Zealand, send us a message before purchasing so that I can get you the cost of shipping.

I hope you will love this crochet handle and hook set as much as I have!

#cfs/me #chronic fatigue #chronic illness #chronically ill #me cfs #myalgic encephalomyelitis #spoonie #chronic fatigue syndrome #chronic pain #mobility #mobility aid #crochet #crocheting #amigurumi #yarn crafts #yarn #hobbies #creativity #life hacks #hobby #craft

[lilaco21]

I think everyone needs to have a go at a new hobby every once in a while because:

1. You might find something you enjoy

2. You gain more respect for those who can do said hobby

3. You remind yourself what it actually feels like to not know anything about a subject

#i looked at many instructions for 1h before getting so overwhelmed and having to walk away #knitting #crochet #cross stitching #needlework #sewing #hobbies #crafting #creativity #cute cross stitch #creative writing #this is about crochet #embroidery #crafts #art and crafts #like skills

[morganbritton132]

Eddie posts a Tiktok where he’s speaking like an old boxing announcer, “Ding, ding, ding, it looks like we got a new hobby in the house. What do you have to say, sir?”

Eddie flips the camera around to Steve, his ball of yarn, and awkwardly held crochet hook. He shoves his hand in Steve’s face like it’s a microphone and Steve leans in like it’s real when he says, “My doctors says this is good for reducing memory loss.”

“Have you lost any memories?”

“How would I know that?”

“Touché,” Eddie says. “Will you make me a hat.”

“I will make you a very long chain because I don’t know how to make a second row.”

#Eddie: I would love a long chain by you #Steve doesn’t pick up crafting hobbies often so Eddie gets excited when he does #I am currently trying to teach myself to crochet with mixed results. that’s why there’s only two posts today #eddie munson tiktok saga #steve harrington #eddie munson

[melofairy3]

13.7.23 ~ Got back into decorating (decoden)! This is a glamour photo of my pink DS Lite 💖 There will be another photo 😅😂

#cute #pastel #pink #games #gaming #sanrio #my melody #nintendo #nintendo ds lite #bling #decoden #craft #hobby

[staticonthestratosphere]

friends, crafters, hobbyists:

I'm very curious as to everyone else's situation because I've always got a million different drinks going at once

#captains log #yarn #knitting #knitblr #knitters of tumblr #crochetblr #crafting #cross stitch #creativity #crafts #poll #polls #hobby #crafters of tumblr #crocheters of tumblr #yarnblr #crocheting #yarn crafts #hobbies

[girlboyburger]

with my move around the corner and life feeling sort of real again, i'm having Regular Thoughts about hobbies i've been meaning to revisit...

#i didnt realize just how close i was to finishing my suit until i started packing up my supplies #i really did just let the joy get sucked out of me in this place #aahh... so SO excited to LIVE again. ill have hobbies! a consistent work schedule! maybe even treat myself better! #actually. absolutely will treat myself better. and a fursuit? that'd fix me better than therapy tbh #waves my hands around #ee #my art #furry #fursona #fursuit #oc: cow #the cow fursuit timeline #<--this tag will be used again! yay!! #augh #little known hyperfixation is fursuiting btw #i like to watch fursuit parades while drawing sometimes. or like. whole eating lol #and i can name most makers as it goes on #i love fursuits i love crafts