lol I have a bajillion projects... And 10x as many photos xP.
Here is a hat I recently made/ designed... ta-da!

I have a bunch of other projects - mostly hats and some scarves that are finished...

What! That hat is adorable! Is tat you in the picture?! You look like that actress - oh lordy... I have to look this up. Omg - I can't find it. But if you are that actress - I will totally find out.
*^.^*

lol the top photo is my sister.
The others are me.

And thank you :).

You both look like her then! I will find out!

Also I am making two sets of wings.

What is your medium? Sewing? Or some other craft?

And we are twins. Fraternal, though.

Thank goodness you are twins, I thought I was losing it. :D

I'm making one pair out of craft foam and one out of fabric - speaking of which, I should probably get off the computer and make some wings!

Yeah lol. I've never thought we look all that much alike though. Well we have a family resemblance but we have other sisters and we aren't really closer in appearance with each other than we are to them. Hah.a

And oooh. Better post pictures! :D.

I've got a zillion projects going at any given moment. Right now this moment I have this hat going hopefully to sell on my Etsy shop and this one for personal use. Of course, neither looks much like a hat the moment, but all the same...

I really have to take a photo of my wings.

Hi there! I've got a question:

Is the cream colored WIP crochet or knitted? I can tell that the green and purple one with the stitch markers is, but I'm not sure of the other. And if it is knitted, what stitches are those and do you have a pattern you'd be willing to share? O.o

I learned to crochet when I was about 8 (I'm 25 now) and here within the last few years have picked up my hooks again. I'm in the process of making a granny square bumper for my daughter's crib (the little buggar keeps pinching herself on the bars in her sleep... *sigh*). I've made several hats, a few scarfs, and a couple of my more recent conquests include a flower teether and a few Dice bags/coin purses. I've gotta take pictures of everything so I can upload them. I'm in the process of trying to open an Etsy shop for myself. :)

I'm always pleased to find fellow "hookers" (crochet joke).

lol, I'm glad you like it. And it is crocheted :). A pattern I've made a few hats with in my shop. I've been meaning to write it up but I can't decide how exactly I'm going to package it. I've also been trying to tend to a shop - a pattern shop on Rav and Craftsy and a handmade items shop on Etsy. Good luck with yours!

I take pictures all the time and I have auto-upload to google photos from my phone haha.

@Fauxreal: Indeed ;).

HAHAHAH! Are you saying, crocheters do it by hooking. *ROFL!*

lol it is a pretty commonly used term actually. There is a book called "The Happy Hooker" and the author said that actually, crochet gained popularity as a lace making technique when prostitutes and down on their luck women made lace to sell to rich people...

HA! I totally didn't know that!

I could be misquoting. But it was something like that.

That is hilarious though.

A little bit, yeah. Good they had something to do that might help them I suppose.

You learn something new everyday! I didn't know that about the actual hookers. Nifty.

I've never really done the whole etsy thing before. Are there any fees associated with selling items?

On etsy, I thought there was. They have to make their money somehow!

That's very true. I'm being all lazy again, and haven't been on etsy in a while. I came up with my shop name, but I haven't up loaded any pictures of anything to sell yet. Looks like I'll be checking them out in depth today. ^_^'

Make sure to tell me what you come up with! SHARE!

The shop name is "Hooked by Cici", and THIS is a link to my finished stuff. They don't have any descriptions because I just uploaded them, so to fill you in on what's what:

The green and orange flower is a teether I made for my daughter. The red bag is a dice bag I made for my husband. He had a black dice bag (I'm pretty sure they're side by side in one of the pics) and wanted a bigger one, so I made him a stand alone one that's is bigger than the old one. The name on it is his Character name. The small blue one was made specifically for his favorite dice set. The white one is mine.

I'm planning on taking pictures tomorrow of the granny squares I'm working on to make a bumper for my daughter's crib.

And the pictures are horrible... but that's because I took them with my 3ds and didn't have the best lighting. >.>'

Awww! I want a 3ds - everyone in my family has one but me! lolz!
And I love those dice bags!

Thanks! I'm pretty proud of them (I didn't use a pattern, they were straight from me own noggin). And they're soooo easy to make, too! I've been trying to come up with prices, but I'm at a loss. My mom (a fellow crocheter) said to keep track of how long it takes me to make them and charge according to minimum wage plus materials. What do you, as a fellow crafter, think?

Yeah the 3ds camera is not exactly star quality. It's novel cause you can take 3d photographs of things. And I like the colors!3d draw/paint program on there.

I got past the fiddly part on my wobble bass hat finally @_@. I was distracting myself with other projects for a bit cause the colorwork was so tedious but I'm past that part now woot.

Etsy does charge a small fee with every sale, and a $0.20 listing fee... I think one listing lasts 3 months or something. And there is a limit to the number of photos you can add for free... I mean I don't really begrudge them any of that of course. They are providing a service.

For pattern listings, Ravelry is good - they don't charge anything unless a minimum earning is met, and then it is nominal - and Craftsy is even better - no fees at all, ever. But Ravelry has a nice community and a very easy to organize format and Craftsy is a bit less neat. I have two patterns published so far - one for sale and one for free - on both sites. The free pattern has had several downloads on Craftsy and none on Ravelry.... So I don't know what the difference is. There are pros and cons, I suppose.

For actual physical items I do have an Etsy shop but I'm not sure I like my name... At the same time at this point i can't really change it I've done all of my branding so far with that name and I can't really come up with anything better anyway...

OMG! coming up with branding names is crazy town!

I just heard of Craftsy recently.

Yeah. Well about a month ago I was suddenly moved to actually put some effort into my shop so I created a Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and blogger account and a separate email account to associate them all with...

And I haven't spent too much time with Craftsy but it is useful in its way. I am just more comfortable navigating Ravelry haha. There's also a new site called Nimblestix.

I forgot about this thread! Though not sure I've been here before, either. I was on a crafty kick for a while, cross stitch, but now I'm working on something to do with my stitching rather than just frame it or leave it in a craft bin. I got a sewing machine for Christmas, so I may well learn to use that in the forthcoming months.

On wood, I have a piece of drift wood that I want to make a staff out of and it's well and dry, but apparently if you get wood *too* dry it will crack or split as well. It might need some manner of oil or seal on it. That's something for me to look up. I have a piece of amethyst geode to put on it, and I'd like to do some knotting work with hemp to add some fun little danglies.

I need more amethyst in my life!

I also need to get with the crafty program.

lol Faux...

Quiet, that sounds like fun. lol several years back my dad fashioned himself some walking sticks... Nothing really fancy... He looked like a dork walking around with them haha but he was slightly obsessed with the idea.

If I were to do wood working I would probably try to fashion myself a crochet hook or knitting needles, or a spindle of some sort.

I'd like to make myself a DODEC wheel (free plans for a cheap-to-make spinning wheel made mostly by a single 2x4).

My sister started making dolls, and spins her own yarn for their hair. I've started to do it too. It's a little awkward at times, but it's relaxing. I like working with my hands so crafting is fun to do. I've sat and cross stitched during a class or two. Seems to help me focus a little.

oh wow! I have never spinned yarn!?! It sounds kinda fun! <3

We currently use what I think are called drop spindles, little weighted stick-things that you hook the yarn onto and manually spin. My sister wants a wheel but it's going to cost as much to get it shipped to where she is as it would cost to buy it.

I'd like to get a spindle and some wool but I have no idea what I'll do with the actual yarn yet. Maybe improve my knitting.

Yeah I find the same thing. If I cross stitched it would be the same. Crafting... Doing something with your hands that is productive is nice, lets you let out any excess energy or keep your brain focused...

I find myself jittering if I can't be knitting. Or in some way crafting.

I spin a little bit. I have three spindles which are purchased; several others which are from improvised materials (peanut butter jar lids and wooden craft dowels, erasers and double pointed knitting needles... bits of old cardboard box with wooden craft dowels and hot glue...)

Wow... that sounds complicated.

That does sound complicated. O.o

And thanks for the info Femme. :) I appreciate it, and will definitely keep it in mind. *nod*

So how exactly DO you spin your own yarn?

I imagine it's complicated. lolz!

Hey FAUX! Do you have any pics of your crafties?

On my comp I do ~ I'm on my mom's right now - so I can show off some stuff when I get to my comp.

*Slow-mo Arm Flail* Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! >x<

Lolz ~ I totally forgot the pictures!

Anyway! off to get a haircut!