Have you made something and want to show it off? This is the place for your photos or just talk about the things that you have made or would like to make. All crafts from knitting and crochet to woodwork, in fact anything that you have made!
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StripyPixieSocks
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StripyPixieSocks
Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:14 am
What do you get when you cross DMC cross stitch floss with Jumbo Paperclips?
A cheap storage solution, that's what:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyblue1971/4366915690/
I'm going to have to make some kind of wire display that I can hook them onto but I already have an idea for that and will follow in time.
I don't have the spare cash for bobbins or those plastic things you slide the floss onto for storage so this was a cheap and quick solution
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Millymollymandy
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Millymollymandy
Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:08 am
Well I had to look at the photo as I had no idea what most of all that meant (thought you meant dental floss
). Looks like a knitting stitch holder to me too but great idea and pretty too.
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Milims
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Milims
Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:11 am
Guess that makes 2 non embroiderers - I thought she was talking about dental floss at first too! Funny how DH knew what it was!
Looks good tho - and I'll bet it has many more applications too. Well done SPS!
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Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
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Green Aura
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Green Aura
Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:49 am
Fantastic sps
And you'll know where to find your stitch holder the next time you do some knitting
(I know where mine is too - it's been in the same cardigan neckline for the last 10 years or so
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crowsashes
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crowsashes
Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:56 am
that is actually quite cool, but i prefer the card holders ( im lucky enough to get given them) youve actually reminded me i really need to sort out my cross stitch and knittting stuff.
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Keaniebean
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Keaniebean
Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:10 am
Well done SPS, I thinks it's amazing how being a little more frugal about things fires up imaginations.
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Penny Lane
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Penny Lane
Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:53 pm
Excellent idea SPS, my floss... flosses... floss's...
are all shoved in a little drawer at the moment and are crying out for organisation!
"It's breaking the circle.
Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
The Norm.
What we should be doing is working at the job of life itself."
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StripyPixieSocks
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StripyPixieSocks
Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:28 am
Hee hee... I'm really pleased with it and once I get my cabinet made for holding said flosses I will be really happy.
I am thankful however that this time I actually have a whole spare room to turn into a craft room so I won't be tripping over my wool. yarn. tools. jewellery stuff, beads, costumes and on and on... hmmm... anyone got a spare empty aeroplane hanger they feel like renting me :D
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Elise1609
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Elise1609
Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:44 pm
Sounds cool but the image is no longer available. I cross stitch and finding suitable storage is always a challenge! I use bobbins, bags, card thread holders and DMC plastic boxes...
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Green Aura
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Green Aura
Mon Feb 11, 2019 6:36 pm
I'm guessing the image has been lost in the mists of time, Elise. I haven't been able to access any of my flickr pics for years!
Maggie
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fruitfly
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fruitfly
Sun Jun 09, 2019 6:44 pm
Laundry pods come in closeable boxes, so if you know people who use them, ask them for one.
(thanks)
