What did you make today? - Page 37

footfootfoot · 07-07-2014, 07:01 PM

Because who is John Galt? I had to fix my own god damned weed whacker, small engine repair is one of those things I am theoretically more than happy to let the other guy make a living at, but alas, no.

So I got the fucker completely apart and back together and it runs. But I still can't find the shoulder strap (or the parts to make one) so I still can't whack weeds.

Fixed the leaky faucet upstairs and de-calcified both toilets. Also repaired son's fan and one of the fluorescent lights in the basement got a new plug.

Mr. Fixit.

monster · 07-07-2014, 07:03 PM

D'you use tiny needles, like lace needles, Limey?

limey · 07-08-2014, 02:46 AM

Yes. I may do a photo essay, but not today.
Well done Footsie Fixit!

Sent by thought transference

footfootfoot · 07-08-2014, 10:46 AM

O. and btw, Limes, those are awesome tinies. If you kniffted them out of kevlar you could stuff them with catnip for the kittehs.

orthodoc · 07-08-2014, 09:00 PM

Limey, the pics you've been posting are amazing and gorgeous! My stupid post-hyperbaric therapy vision would never let me make anything so beautiful. Please keep posting pics!

lumberjim · 07-09-2014, 12:39 PM

I bet you could make scads of cash at the right craft festival.
Do you put magnets inside of them?

limey · 07-09-2014, 01:44 PM

Jim - for me, knitting is like sex. If I love you it's free, but if not you can't afford it! (Apart from the Sticky Willies, that is).
I originally got the pattern book with the intention of putting little magnets in the figures, but started knitting the figures last week when I was making a new batch of Willies and ran out of magnets, because I'd got a taste for knitting on that scale. For me part of the appeal is that they are totally useless.

elSicomoro · 07-09-2014, 02:28 PM

I've made too much poo today.

lumberjim · 07-09-2014, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by limey

Jim - for me, knitting is like sex. If I love you it's free, but if not you can't afford it! (Apart from the Sticky Willies, that is).
I originally got the pattern book with the intention of putting little magnets in the figures, but started knitting the figures last week when I was making a new batch of Willies and ran out of magnets, because I'd got a taste for knitting on that scale. For me part of the appeal is that they are totally useless.

I get that. Jinx was of the same mind regarding photography. I just meant that they are desirable. Useless, but I still want one.

Just... It could be a beanie baby type fad and you'd be stupid rich.

Are they all from patterns, or do you create them from scratch? Can you do a little cock? Rooster, that is.

limey · 07-09-2014, 04:04 PM

They're all from patterns. I wouldn't get stupid rich, they take an average of a couple of hours each, so I'd have to be paid, say, $40 per piece? That's just not going to happen, is it. Or outsource the labour. The only way to make money out of this is to publish a book of patterns, which Anna Hrachovec has done, and I bought it.

Cock is tricky. Getting sufficient identifiers in at such a small scale isn't easy. The less you have to work with, the more each element matters. I reckon it's far easier to write a 60,000 words novel than a 32 word children's book, and the same thing applies here.

Sent by thought transference

BigV · 07-09-2014, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I get that. Jinx was of the same mind regarding photography. I just meant that they are desirable. Useless, but I still want one.

Just... It could be a beanie baby type fad and you'd be stupid rich.

Are they all from patterns, or do you create them from scratch? Can you do a little cock? Rooster, that is.

https://www.google.com/search?q=cock+cosy

elSicomoro · 07-09-2014, 10:12 PM

Someone brought this up in light of the recent Hobby Lobby case...http://sandiegofreepress.org/2014/07...male-employees

xoxoxoBruce · 07-10-2014, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by limey

All the teenies are knitted from patterns in a book called "Teeny tiny Mochimochi" by Anna Hrachovec.
I'm afraid I knit purely for my own entertainment and don't take commissions, sorry.

They are sooo cool.

Wonderful to have a hobby you love that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, and small enough to take with you. I don't know if they'd let you take the needles on a plane, though?

limey · 07-10-2014, 10:47 AM

Bruce, I don't take this sort of project around with me: it's too fiddly, requires a certain amount of attention and the bits would get lost. I do have travel knitting, usually a pair of socks, which I take most places. For the socks I use a set of five wooden needles which are about five inches long and less than 1/8 inch or so in diameter. I have not yet had any trouble knitting at airports or on planes (sometimes I'm asked to put it away during take-off or landing). If asked I'd take the needles out of the project and submit them for confiscation without argument, even though I reckon they're less dangerous then a fine-point biro. After all, security is only doing their job, and this sort of thing seems to be (anecdotally) at the discretion of the security personnel to a certain extent.
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This is a birthday present for a friend of mine with a significant birthday this weekend who provides office services ...

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fargon · 07-10-2014, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elSicomoro

I've made too much poo today.

How much is too much?
Pix or it didn't happen.

07-07-2014, 07:01 PM	#541
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Because who is John Galt? I had to fix my own god damned weed whacker, small engine repair is one of those things I am theoretically more than happy to let the other guy make a living at, but alas, no. So I got the fucker completely apart and back together and it runs. But I still can't find the shoulder strap (or the parts to make one) so I still can't whack weeds. Fixed the leaky faucet upstairs and de-calcified both toilets. Also repaired son's fan and one of the fluorescent lights in the basement got a new plug. Mr. Fixit. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-07-2014, 07:03 PM	#542
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	D'you use tiny needles, like lace needles, Limey? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-08-2014, 02:46 AM	#543
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Yes. I may do a photo essay, but not today. Well done Footsie Fixit! Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

07-08-2014, 10:46 AM	#544
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	O. and btw, Limes, those are awesome tinies. If you kniffted them out of kevlar you could stuff them with catnip for the kittehs. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-08-2014, 09:00 PM	#545
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Limey, the pics you've been posting are amazing and gorgeous! My stupid post-hyperbaric therapy vision would never let me make anything so beautiful. Please keep posting pics! __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

07-09-2014, 12:39 PM	#546
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I bet you could make scads of cash at the right craft festival. Do you put magnets inside of them? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-09-2014, 01:44 PM	#547
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Jim - for me, knitting is like sex. If I love you it's free, but if not you can't afford it! (Apart from the Sticky Willies, that is). I originally got the pattern book with the intention of putting little magnets in the figures, but started knitting the figures last week when I was making a new batch of Willies and ran out of magnets, because I'd got a taste for knitting on that scale. For me part of the appeal is that they are totally useless. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

07-09-2014, 02:28 PM	#548
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I've made too much poo today.

07-09-2014, 04:04 PM	#550
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	They're all from patterns. I wouldn't get stupid rich, they take an average of a couple of hours each, so I'd have to be paid, say, $40 per piece? That's just not going to happen, is it. Or outsource the labour. The only way to make money out of this is to publish a book of patterns, which Anna Hrachovec has done, and I bought it. Cock is tricky. Getting sufficient identifiers in at such a small scale isn't easy. The less you have to work with, the more each element matters. I reckon it's far easier to write a 60,000 words novel than a 32 word children's book, and the same thing applies here. Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

07-09-2014, 10:12 PM	#552
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Someone brought this up in light of the recent Hobby Lobby case...http://sandiegofreepress.org/2014/07...male-employees

07-10-2014, 10:47 AM	#554
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Bruce, I don't take this sort of project around with me: it's too fiddly, requires a certain amount of attention and the bits would get lost. I do have travel knitting, usually a pair of socks, which I take most places. For the socks I use a set of five wooden needles which are about five inches long and less than 1/8 inch or so in diameter. I have not yet had any trouble knitting at airports or on planes (sometimes I'm asked to put it away during take-off or landing). If asked I'd take the needles out of the project and submit them for confiscation without argument, even though I reckon they're less dangerous then a fine-point biro. After all, security is only doing their job, and this sort of thing seems to be (anecdotally) at the discretion of the security personnel to a certain extent. This is a birthday present for a friend of mine with a significant birthday this weekend who provides office services ... Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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