Crafting & DIY Thread

I've dabbled in all sorts of crafting/DIY stuff over the years... sewing, clay, scrapbooking... right now I've been focusing on knitting (using a loom) and various bath, body, & other scented products (wax tarts and whatnot). Right now, I'm working on a king sized 10 stitch blanket... I'm 5 skeins of bernat blanket yarn in...
 
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I've made so much cool shit simply because no one else could do what I wanted.

From modding one of those prop Skyhooks from Bioshock Infinite to run with a motor, to molding battle gloves from both KLK and S-CRY-ed out of metal. I generally got into from cosplay parts. I've never been much of a full character cosplayer, but I love certain props from characters. Weapons, accessories, or jackets most of all. I generally get obsessed with each of those at the start and if I really get into it, then I'll do the full character.

I made an entire Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome outfit with real vintage parts and in a similar way Max would've crafted them in-universe, simply because I loved the jacket initially, for example.

One thing I hate about costumey things is when they are cosmetic only. I strive to make everything as real and functional as seemingly possible. I hate when you can tell something is just "a costume".
 
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Lately I've been doing a lot of crochet and embroidery. Right now I'm making a shawl that is based on an antique lace table runner pattern.

Now that my work space is warmer I'm going to be casting more resin too. The next project I want to do is an accent lamp with moss and led fairy lights embedded in it.

I just bottled some dandelion and violet wine I made too and want to do a lot more fermenting projects this spring/summer.
 
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So, I made a prior post but deleted it. Here's some info on prison communication.

Transmitters
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This transmitter was made in a prison in Germany. What inmates will do is they'll take a prison FM radio from the commissary that should look like this:

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And they cannibalize it into a transmitter so that they can eavesdrop on guards and communicate remotely with other inmates. It's essentially a prison cell phone.

Computers
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This computer can be made out of paperclips. It's called the paperclip computer and it's based off a 1960s book telling you how to make it. Seen below.


It is by far the simplest digital computer ever made that can be made out of some everyday items.

Letters
Inmates have also been known to use cryptography to communicate with others or the outside world. One method they use is writing their letters using water as invisible ink, which unlike piss, milk, sperm and citrus juice, can't be detected using UV light. You have to use iodine vapor to reveal the writings. This was actually used by the Nazis during WWII.
 
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Any crafters on the farms? As in making anything (makeup, clothes, body products, wood craft, jewelry, metalwork, etc) from raw ingredients.
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Dr.Research, I'm not quite sure can we say that it's a craft or something, but I do like making some figures and little statues from the hedges I have on my garden. Few weeks ago I've purchased the best gas hedge trimmer I could find from Poulan firm, and made my backyard looking like a park of hedge statues, hah.
 
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SigSauer said:
So, I made a prior post but deleted it. Here's some info on prison communication.

Transmitters
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This transmitter was made in a prison in Germany. What inmates will do is they'll take a prison FM radio from the commissary that should look like this:

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And they cannibalize it into a transmitter so that they can eavesdrop on guards and communicate remotely with other inmates. It's essentially a prison cell phone.

Computers
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This computer can be made out of paperclips. It's called the paperclip computer and it's based off a 1960s book telling you how to make it. Seen below.


It is by far the simplest digital computer ever made that can be made out of some everyday items.

Letters
Inmates have also been known to use cryptography to communicate with others or the outside world. One method they use is writing their letters using water as invisible ink, which unlike piss, milk, sperm and citrus juice, can't be detected using UV light. You have to use iodine vapor to reveal the writings. This was actually used by the Nazis during WWII.
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You might already know this, but prisons don't have cigarettes or any other tobacco products, lighters/matches or rolling paper/machines/filters so what inmates do is they take some tea bags (say four or five) empty them into a container, then take their nicotine patch, place that in a separate container, then put it in the microwave for about 30 seconds to get those juices out, then they mix it in with the dry tea leaves, leave that to dry, before hand rolling it with either toilet paper or pages from a small prison-issued Gideon's bible, and a cardboard filter and smoke it using a lighter made out of two AA batteries, two razor blades from a disposable razor and some electric tape. They 're called teabacco. I've read conflicting reports about how dangerous they are. Some sources say they're no more dangerous than regular cigarettes while others say that they can cause circulatory problems, nosebleeds and other stuff and hospitalization in other cases. Other than that, they could use the pouch on their nicotine patch as dip or chew so that the nicotine will absorb through the gums. I've even heard some inmates smoke grass (not the good kind).
 
I made a mini-skateboard rack for my Tech Decks because I'm gangster like that.
This is the rack unpainted, you can see my cuts are a little, uh, rough. A jigsaw would probably have made this very easy but I just had hand saws and gumption at my disposal.
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Painted and stickered
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I'll take my autistic ratings, but I think it's pretty fuckin' radical. 8)
 
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I'm counting seashells as "raw ingredients," since I collected all of them myself. I had an unused shadowbox for a previous project I never got around to, so I used it to make this for my dad for Christmas. I'm not very good at photography or photo editing, but I tried to bring back some of the color and clarity that got washed out from taking the pictures under harsh fluorescent lights. Sorry if they look stupid.

I won't PL to give away the story behind it, but let's just say my dad is very special to me, there's a reason for using the shells I did, and this gift has a lot of meaning for both of us.
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Bottom right closeup:
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Top-down view of the center:
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Sorry for so many pictures. This took me forever, and I'm kinda proud of the way it turned out.
 
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Does anyone else do power carving? It's difficult o find patterns that aren't spoons or gnomes and shit.

I do a lot of restoraton/diy/upcycling stuff.
 
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I assume you drafted the pattern for the socks yourself?
If so, I would gladly purchase a copy of the sock pattern.
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I use 16 knots per needle (16 black, 16 green) and I have 4 needle. It's double faced pattern knitting.

This is my pattern but I don't know if it looks good in reality, will see it when I'm done.
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I've never knitted socks before so... this will be interesting lol.
 
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I came up with the best programming socks:
Kiwi Farm logo on the outside. (the one I posted above)
Then: Sneed on the inside attached the knitting template)
And one sock sole has "Seed" and the other one has "Feed".
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Thank me later

Edit: I added Seed and Feed design. I will make them into a pattern when I reach the point of making the heels.
 

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Spend like an hour on making that low res Telegram sticker into a HD image to use it as a knitting pattern. It could be used for a scarf....
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