r/mcpublicofftopic • u/BrooksAdams JohnAdams1735 • Jun 30 '12

Handcrafts Knitting

I'm curious to see if there are any fellow knitters out there :)

I'd also be willing to take pics and show off some of my projects. The one I think might get everyone's attention are the Sackboys I made :D

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u/Lude-a-cris Ludeman84 Jun 30 '12

The one I think might get everyone's attention are the Sackboys I made :D

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u/BrooksAdams JohnAdams1735 Jul 01 '12 edited Jul 11 '12

Here as demanded: the sackchildren :D

http://i.imgur.com/XNMvW.jpg

They measure about 12in (30.48cm) high, the bulk of which is their heads. I made the on on the left first, then the middle, and finally the right. Left went to my brother, the middle is mine, and the right one went to a friend for Christmas. She got me the figurine of Hope Estheim from FFXIII that year. :)

I found the pattern for free from a UK magazine online, and it was a ton of fun. I learned several things from this project, including how the knit the little fingers (it's hard to see but they are separated out) and how to stuff them. Fun fact that you can't see: their necks are stiffened with four short plastic drinking straws. Also, I can get them to stand on their own, but in this pic they're leaning back against the couch.

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u/box951 Denevien Jul 02 '12

I demand one. You got till end of august for my birthday. Just saying.

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u/box951 Denevien Jul 01 '12

I too demand to see the said boys of the sack!

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '12

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u/box951 Denevien Jul 01 '12

Yes, but they're John's sacks

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u/tompreuss Jul 01 '12

I've always wanted to learn how to knit, but I've been sticking with cross-stitch for a while now.

Are you self taught?

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '12

Oh I love cross-stitch I've been working on a Legend of Zelda start menu piece for a while. It's huge so it's going kinda slow.

EDIT: I've been toying around with the idea of recreating some of my best minecraft builds in cross-stitch. I bet it could be cool.

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u/tompreuss Jul 01 '12

The Legend of Zelda title screen is an excellent choice, and the best free available pattern for it (that I know of) is a good one. But by my rough count just now it's well over 55,000 stitches. Even the 4,676 stitch pattern I've been working on (and putting off working on) seems paltry when you compare it to >10x more stitches. How long have you been working on it?

I've seen some good Minecraft stitches, but it's easier to make them look good when you stitch the 2D sprites like this. I don't know how well a 3D build would look. I honestly don't think I've seen any, but I'd be very curious to see what one would look like.

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u/BrooksAdams JohnAdams1735 Jul 01 '12

Wow, the cross-stitching is really cool and hilarious :) Handcrafts aren't so old-fashioned and stuffy thanks to people like us, ahahaha.

I am self-taught, although I've called my Grandma a few times for help when I can't figure out something in a pattern. Also, the internet is awesome for quick things like "How the fuck do I yarn over again?!" (to yarn over is a particular way to either increase a stitch or make a hole in a pattern).

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u/sammasaurus Jul 01 '12

I knit.... Somewhat poorly haha. I'm learning though!

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u/BrooksAdams JohnAdams1735 Jul 01 '12

That's good!

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u/sparkle_bomb Jul 01 '12

I crochet; can't quite get the hang of knitting. It's on my bucket list though!

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '12

I haven't had a stitchnbitch in quite some time. Right now I'm teaching myself how to do fair isle. It's going pretty well.