Does recording supremely weird noises on the guitar count?
If not, shuttle tatting (aka trying a million knots, but artfully) and freehand embroidery (aka stabbing a canvas lots and lots of times, but artfully)
@jakeline As long as you make note of it (as you just did) it counts as craft AND science!! Brag your guitar - Strat? Jackson V? Ovation acoustic? Wait… those are my three. Sorry!
It’s mostly been the pedal board that’s been getting the work. The guitar (sg jr) is secondary for the godawful noise. What can I say? I play what’s in my heart.
(Personally, I have a mid-90s les Paul, but the husband has a lot of gear. My favorite is the 1960s Rick 12-string with the checkerboard binding. So tasty, even if the neck is incredibly tiny.)
@simplersimon I came here to say that - we trimmed the big cedar this year and have lots of 2 - 6 inch diameter pieces that I’m thinking of making into cabinet pulls but will probably whittle to a sharp point over and over, also.
@simplersimon@stolicat If you whittle multiple sticks into sharp points you can make stakes, which are useful against vampires. Possibly more like filling an armory than crafting, but if that’s what works for you I say go for it!
@tweezak That would cost way more than it is worth since the 911 is rear engined and the Caddy is in front. This is a bicycle hauler more than anything. If I wanted a powerful engine I could do a tuned 2.0T from the Golf R and get almost as much power at a much lower cost than a Beetle…I mean 911 motor.
The goal is the Digifant motor out of the '90 to '93 Cabriolet that is reliable, easy to work on and bolts right in. It is .01 litres larger in displacement but stock delivers 50 hp more than the 60 hp 1.7 litre currently in there. Some basic tuning and I could probably get 120 to 130 hp in a truck that only weighs 1800 lbs.
@yakkoTDI Ok…when you said Caddy I thought you were talking about one of those old rear engine beetles that had the horrendously ugly Cadillac or Rolls Royce front clip on them. Hence the reason I was thinking 911. Once you finish the pickup you need to post a gif of a big smokey burnout! With bicycles in the back, of course.
@tweezak I sometimes forget not everyone is a VW person. The Caddy name was way more popular overseas because they didn’t call the mark 1 cars a Rabbit. Since it was always a Golf to them it made sense to call the vehicle that hauls your junk the Caddy.
Might get a burnout picture but I will not risk they bikes. Those things are expensive.
I’m probably not going to crochet a gigantic pair of ram’s horns to wear, but maybe I will? Really, a cap is more likely. Oh, I should put little horns on a cap. Holy crap, I should put little devil horns on a cap.
@mossygreen many years ago, I made my sister, who is a Batman fan, a bat beanie. Basically, a regular black beanie, but with Batman ears sewed into it.
@gt0163c I told my mom about my plan the next morning, and she was like, is this for a certain newborn baby we both know of? [boss’ new grandkid], and I was like NO IT IS FOR ME. But I do need to learn how to scale patterns, at this point in time I can barely manage figuring out the gauge. And my boss’ new grandkid, or the first grandkid, does need some kind of a devil hat. Obviously.
Well, ideally, go out and use some of the vast accumulation of type and printing equipment in my garage, but I need to clear a bunch of junk that’s in the way first.
Build plastic scale models, and practicing the guitar I took back up after mumble years ago when I stopped playing to go to university. Seemed like a good PlagueTimes activity.
Resin art, cardstock papercrafts, adhesive vinyl, graphic tees, cross-stitch and needlepoint, baking and cooking, jewellery making, painting and drawing. It depends on my mood.
I have a small metal lathe but I want to make some mods to it. Then I want to get a mid-size mill or a Bridgeport if I can find a bargain. I’ve been trained on machining but haven’t had a lot of practice. I also need to upgrade my grinder and would like to start learning to weld. I’m tempted to try one of those portable 120/240 inverter welders to start with for basic small stuff.
@tweezak Lathing, milling, grinding – sounds destructive (and fun). But welding is not; it’s constructive (even for a rank amateur, such as I).
Closest I’ve been to welding for years is a little soldering for electrical repairs; decidedly not the same (but still constructive).
@phendrick I’ve been doing soldering (mostly under a microscope) off and on for over 30 years. I do it almost daily in my current job. I’d also like to get into additive (3D printing) rather than just subtractive (machining) but I just like the permanence of metal over plastic. And I don’t think sintered metal 3D printers will be affordable (by me) anytime soon. Welding is a basic skill that would enable me to do so many things. I like to repair things and that would be better in many cases than drilling and bolting together.
Does building things with small plastic interlocking blocks (and because it’s FIRST Lego League season, beams and axles and assorted connectors) count as crafting? Because I’m doing a lot of that right now.
A lot of it isn’t terribly fun to look at because it’s mostly to give my FLL team ideas in how to solve whatever problems they’re running into (how to change the direction of the holes on a beam, how to change the direction of rotation coming off a motor, how to build things that are strong and rigid).
@gt0163c I had to look up FLL – sounds interesting. I might have to get involved locally. I searched for teams in my city and was returned 16 – of which 8 were actually local here. (Three were out of country! Plus one in California, which I have considered a separate country for at least the last few decades. Questionable – and weird – search function.)
I’ll have to see if anything in my budget for Legos, of which I currently have none.
[are you a GT Ohh or a GT Zero? just curious…; looks like a zero, but a lot of people use “leet” spelling in user names. I used to have a Chevelle SS396, inherited from a girl friend but in terrible shape, but never a GTO. I currently have a '64 LeMans sitting in my garage, waiting for me to get back to restoring it, which I halted a few years ago – wonder if it misses me? I miss it. Last I drove it, it had some starter and carburetor issues, but otherwise was in pretty good shape, especially the body.]
@phendrick I’m assuming you searched for FLL teams in the FIRST website. You’d think that would be a great way to find teams to be involved with. Sadly it’s really not. The better way is to figure out what region you’re in and then contact the regional partner to volunteer.
This is a weird season (stupid pandemic) and many teams are meeting partially or completely virtually (stupid pandemic). Many tournaments will be all or partially virtual as well (stupid pandemic). But they still need volunteers to judge and referee.
I think it’s a really cool and very unique program. I’m in my 8th (I think) season as a volunteer coach and it’s been a really great experience for me.
I’d be happy to help you figure out your region and get contact info for the regional partner if you are interested. You can whisper me your general location if you’d like.
@phendrick Oh, and the GT0 is a 0, but the GT is Georgia Tech and not related to vehicles (I’m more of an airplane nerd than a car geek). Students at Tech get a GT number which is based off their assigned post office box (usually) and is the unique portion of their student email address. It also can identify roughly when the student started based on the letter. (I was the third person to use post office box 50163 since they started the system). And it makes for a nice, unique user name on message boards.
@moonhat I’m an intermediate-to-advanced knitter, but I’m incredibly slow, so I don’t have a lot to show for the amount of time and money I’ve invested in knitting. You should learn another stitch, though! It makes knitting even more fun.
@Thumperchick Ugh, I actually should finish the project I started for meh’s birthday last year (but thought of the previous birthday) before I do anything else. Just in time for Halloween, three years and three months late! If I finish it… if I find it.
Weld
@duodec that is cool as hell
Make beer
@davea510 Would that make it craft beer?
@davea510 I came here to say the same.
Does recording supremely weird noises on the guitar count?
If not, shuttle tatting (aka trying a million knots, but artfully) and freehand embroidery (aka stabbing a canvas lots and lots of times, but artfully)
@jakeline As long as you make note of it (as you just did) it counts as craft AND science!! Brag your guitar - Strat? Jackson V? Ovation acoustic? Wait… those are my three. Sorry!
@Clumber ooh! Fun mix!
It’s mostly been the pedal board that’s been getting the work. The guitar (sg jr) is secondary for the godawful noise. What can I say? I play what’s in my heart.
(Personally, I have a mid-90s les Paul, but the husband has a lot of gear. My favorite is the 1960s Rick 12-string with the checkerboard binding. So tasty, even if the neck is incredibly tiny.)
I accidentally bought 20# of air dry clay. I need a studio now.
@OldCatLady that’s an impressive accident.
@OldCatLady Sooo…if I “accidentally” buy a bunch of raw metal stock, I should be able to set up a machine shop. I like your logic.
@tweezak You would be 100% justified.
Is whittling sculpting? Is it still sculpting if I just whittle a stick to a sharp point over and over?
@simplersimon I came here to say that - we trimmed the big cedar this year and have lots of 2 - 6 inch diameter pieces that I’m thinking of making into cabinet pulls but will probably whittle to a sharp point over and over, also.
@simplersimon @stolicat If you whittle multiple sticks into sharp points you can make stakes, which are useful against vampires. Possibly more like filling an armory than crafting, but if that’s what works for you I say go for it!
@gt0163c @simplersimon @stolicat just use a pencil sharpener to whittle sticks into sharp points.
Photography, if you count that as crafting. Otherwise, home repairs and maintenance.
Engine and electrical swap on my '83 VW Caddy.
@yakkoTDI Do the Porsche 911 upgrade. New brakes and steering while you’re at it.
@tweezak That would cost way more than it is worth since the 911 is rear engined and the Caddy is in front. This is a bicycle hauler more than anything. If I wanted a powerful engine I could do a tuned 2.0T from the Golf R and get almost as much power at a much lower cost than a Beetle…I mean 911 motor.
The goal is the Digifant motor out of the '90 to '93 Cabriolet that is reliable, easy to work on and bolts right in. It is .01 litres larger in displacement but stock delivers 50 hp more than the 60 hp 1.7 litre currently in there. Some basic tuning and I could probably get 120 to 130 hp in a truck that only weighs 1800 lbs.
The Caddy to be crafted.
@yakkoTDI Ok…when you said Caddy I thought you were talking about one of those old rear engine beetles that had the horrendously ugly Cadillac or Rolls Royce front clip on them. Hence the reason I was thinking 911. Once you finish the pickup you need to post a gif of a big smokey burnout! With bicycles in the back, of course.
@tweezak I sometimes forget not everyone is a VW person. The Caddy name was way more popular overseas because they didn’t call the mark 1 cars a Rabbit. Since it was always a Golf to them it made sense to call the vehicle that hauls your junk the Caddy.
Might get a burnout picture but I will not risk they bikes. Those things are expensive.
Cook.
That way, stuff gets eaten instead of accrued.
@2many2no IDK, my refrigerator tends to accrue cooked stuff (esp. green stuff, apparently).
@phendrick You should probably store more batteries in there.
@2many2no Not unless I’m to use it as a morgue:
My batteries are Lucas, bought from Meh – I don’t think they can be resuscitated…
mostly 3d printing and painting
Woodworking to build a dog house. I need a new place to sleep on those special days.
I’m probably not going to crochet a gigantic pair of ram’s horns to wear, but maybe I will? Really, a cap is more likely. Oh, I should put little horns on a cap. Holy crap, I should put little devil horns on a cap.
@mossygreen And then give us a picture!
@Kyeh Oh, this is going to happen.
@mossygreen And then you could scale the pattern down and make little devil horn caps for babies, cats and dogs!
@mossygreen many years ago, I made my sister, who is a Batman fan, a bat beanie. Basically, a regular black beanie, but with Batman ears sewed into it.
@gt0163c I told my mom about my plan the next morning, and she was like, is this for a certain newborn baby we both know of? [boss’ new grandkid], and I was like NO IT IS FOR ME. But I do need to learn how to scale patterns, at this point in time I can barely manage figuring out the gauge. And my boss’ new grandkid, or the first grandkid, does need some kind of a devil hat. Obviously.
Leatherwork!
Well, ideally, go out and use some of the vast accumulation of type and printing equipment in my garage, but I need to clear a bunch of junk that’s in the way first.
@Kyeh Is clearing and unjunking considered a craft? (If so, I need to do more crafting.)
@phendrick Let’s agree that it is - that way we can feel creative and productive for doing it!
Something with resin!
@Zeusandhera hey, me too! Along with other crafting projects.
@Zeusandhera YES resin is so cool!
Build plastic scale models, and practicing the guitar I took back up after mumble years ago when I stopped playing to go to university. Seemed like a good PlagueTimes activity.
Watch y’all make your crafts and admire your work
Resin art, cardstock papercrafts, adhesive vinyl, graphic tees, cross-stitch and needlepoint, baking and cooking, jewellery making, painting and drawing. It depends on my mood.
I have a small metal lathe but I want to make some mods to it. Then I want to get a mid-size mill or a Bridgeport if I can find a bargain. I’ve been trained on machining but haven’t had a lot of practice. I also need to upgrade my grinder and would like to start learning to weld. I’m tempted to try one of those portable 120/240 inverter welders to start with for basic small stuff.
@tweezak Lathing, milling, grinding – sounds destructive (and fun). But welding is not; it’s constructive (even for a rank amateur, such as I).
Closest I’ve been to welding for years is a little soldering for electrical repairs; decidedly not the same (but still constructive).
@phendrick I’ve been doing soldering (mostly under a microscope) off and on for over 30 years. I do it almost daily in my current job. I’d also like to get into additive (3D printing) rather than just subtractive (machining) but I just like the permanence of metal over plastic. And I don’t think sintered metal 3D printers will be affordable (by me) anytime soon. Welding is a basic skill that would enable me to do so many things. I like to repair things and that would be better in many cases than drilling and bolting together.
I have some more facemasks I need to make.
Mostly just crochet.
I’ve crocheted blankets, ponchos, a couple toys, a pillow, some hats. Need to make a couple hats for some diy Halloween costumes for my kids.
Nap.
I actually spin my dog’s fur into yar for knitting purposes…
@dptalia Need more raw material? I could vacuum my carpet for you.
@dptalia @phendrick I have a corgi, so I second this
@dptalia @SpoopySkeleton Not familiar with Corgis (Corgies?). Do they shed sweaters?
@dptalia @phendrick OH yes they do. Most groomers hate working on corgis for that reason
@phendrick @SpoopySkeleton I’ve got a Great Pyrenees. It takes 12+ hours to get him dry after a bath. And the fur is constant…
@dptalia @phendrick OH MY GOSH that’s a big pup! I love them already.
Does building things with small plastic interlocking blocks (and because it’s FIRST Lego League season, beams and axles and assorted connectors) count as crafting? Because I’m doing a lot of that right now.
A lot of it isn’t terribly fun to look at because it’s mostly to give my FLL team ideas in how to solve whatever problems they’re running into (how to change the direction of the holes on a beam, how to change the direction of rotation coming off a motor, how to build things that are strong and rigid).
@gt0163c I had to look up FLL – sounds interesting. I might have to get involved locally. I searched for teams in my city and was returned 16 – of which 8 were actually local here. (Three were out of country! Plus one in California, which I have considered a separate country for at least the last few decades. Questionable – and weird – search function.)
I’ll have to see if anything in my budget for Legos, of which I currently have none.
[are you a GT Ohh or a GT Zero? just curious…; looks like a zero, but a lot of people use “leet” spelling in user names. I used to have a Chevelle SS396, inherited from a girl friend but in terrible shape, but never a GTO. I currently have a '64 LeMans sitting in my garage, waiting for me to get back to restoring it, which I halted a few years ago – wonder if it misses me? I miss it. Last I drove it, it had some starter and carburetor issues, but otherwise was in pretty good shape, especially the body.]
@phendrick I’m assuming you searched for FLL teams in the FIRST website. You’d think that would be a great way to find teams to be involved with. Sadly it’s really not. The better way is to figure out what region you’re in and then contact the regional partner to volunteer.
This is a weird season (stupid pandemic) and many teams are meeting partially or completely virtually (stupid pandemic). Many tournaments will be all or partially virtual as well (stupid pandemic). But they still need volunteers to judge and referee.
I think it’s a really cool and very unique program. I’m in my 8th (I think) season as a volunteer coach and it’s been a really great experience for me.
I’d be happy to help you figure out your region and get contact info for the regional partner if you are interested. You can whisper me your general location if you’d like.
@phendrick Oh, and the GT0 is a 0, but the GT is Georgia Tech and not related to vehicles (I’m more of an airplane nerd than a car geek). Students at Tech get a GT number which is based off their assigned post office box (usually) and is the unique portion of their student email address. It also can identify roughly when the student started based on the letter. (I was the third person to use post office box 50163 since they started the system). And it makes for a nice, unique user name on message boards.
Hire someone.
Make Christmas cards, crochet pads for pet carriers, making straps for masks. Bug the hell out of @RiotDemon.
Sew for work, sew for fun
Craft beer-duh!
Knit. Planning to learn to crochet this year too, because I need another expensive hobby that I’m only okay at.
@ahacksaw me too. I can only knit and crochet a basic stitch which gets me no further than afghans and hats and scarfs. I love it though
@moonhat I’m an intermediate-to-advanced knitter, but I’m incredibly slow, so I don’t have a lot to show for the amount of time and money I’ve invested in knitting. You should learn another stitch, though! It makes knitting even more fun.
@ahacksaw I can do both but I find Crochet more relaxing
Make more doomerflangies, as time and storage permit.
I don’t really craft. I tend to make disaster-pieces, not masterpieces.
Paint, crochet and other random crafty stuff…
Papercraft!
Crochet. Possibly sew, but that requires a more considered workspace.
Closest thing is scoring some cardboard and cutting some notches in it, producing an end tabley thing.
https://www.sadanduseless.com/crocheted-cat-sofas/
A friend of mine insists she’s going to make my cats one of these
@moonhat Lucky you! I’m envious.
Embroidery! It’s kicking my ass because I took on a big piece with lots of lines and I hate myself!
I’ll be crafting cocktails. Daiquiris, whiskey sours, gimlets, martinis, negronis, mai tais.
Perler beads!
@The_Tim love them!
drink some bourbon… why?..
Cross stitch or card making
I’ve recently gotten into BJD it’s crafting and photography and sewing and design all rolled into a compact size
@Foxborn ball jointed dolls?
I only build things that I need. Otherwise, I am mostly restoring things in the garage. Cars, shelves, toolboxes etc.
3D print or whittle/woodwork. Also solder.
tinker/fix
Sewing or working on the cross stitch I’m making for @ChadP that’s never going to be done.
@Thumperchick Ugh, I actually should finish the project I started for meh’s birthday last year (but thought of the previous birthday) before I do anything else. Just in time for Halloween, three years and three months late! If I finish it… if I find it.
Maybe make some small stained glass windows… Would need to design them first and do it around the glass I have left so I use that up.
I do a lot of crafts with lights. Lampshades, hanging lights. And oh, lots of stuff that glows. I also do tinkering stuff.
@ladywolf32433 hello new user. Let’s see this glowing stuff, shall we??
Does putting a new cam and lifters in my Trailblazer count?
I do a lot of crafts with lights. Lampshades, hanging lights. And oh, lots of stuff that glows.