Peek Behind The Curtains Challenge - CLOSED

[TheMistressT (Tara - she/her)]

I am so excited to see all these mystery projects! I hope some of our members who are active swappers and craft-alongers who rarely make posts of their crafts will catch all of your enthusiasm!!!

[fishstix43 (Alicia)]

Oh my gosh! Now I can get rid of some of the guilt from only posting things in the HPC. There’s one I’ve been meaning to do, but I’m sure I can come up with more.

[jellybean (Jamie (she/her) 🇺🇸 🏳‍🌈)]

I’ll have to look through my old projects! I usually feel that a lot of my projects (or their photos) aren’t good enough for their own post, but I’m sure I can find a few.

[TheMistressT (Tara - she/her)]

@jellybean

I usually feel that a lot of my projects (or their photos) aren’t good enough for their own post,

There is truly no way that this is true!

[Renstar (Ren)]

Have I actually started and finished something in that time???

[storerboughtcreation (Jamie Storer - Nerd Games Captain)]

I really love this idea, and I went through and found a few projects that I never created posts for outside of the Nerd Games.

Seagull biscornu

[seagull_biscornu] I made this biscornu back in 2020 and shared it in the Nerd Games, but never gave it its own post. This is one of those patterns that caught my eye, and while I don’t really like seagulls IRL, I just had to make this. I think it turned out rather cute.

Seattle Seahawks wall hanging

[seahawks_hanging] I made this back in 2020 and posted to the Nerd Games, but for some reason never gave this its own post. It’s rather large at about 4 feet across. My dad is a huge Seahawks fan, so I made it for him.

Burned library art

[library board] I made this back in 2021 and shared it to the Nerd Games but never made it its own post. I burned this for my husband. He got a promotion and transferred from one library branch to another. This was what he gifted to his old branch when he left. They still have it hanging up, and even bring it up from time to time when he sees old coworkers.

Did I do this right? Thank you for the reminder to share more outside of the craftalongs!

[Abbeeroad (Abbie - she/her)]

This is an awesome challenge idea and I can’t wait to see what folks dig up!

[Magpie (Straight, not narrow 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 🌎)]

Oh, I have got one! I posted this in a craftalong but never gave it it’s own thread!
Behold, the Frilly Apron of Ridiculousness that I made as a surprise for @curiousfae!

[TheMistressT (Tara - she/her)]

We are off to a roaring start, folks! I will start a master list in the OP in a little bit!

@storerboughtcreation Perfect!

@Magpie WOO HOO!

[tendstowardschaos (Erin)]

I had a handful of projects that only got posted in craft-alongs.

Night Sky Landscape Embroidery

I made this in-between other similar projects, and I used this one as practice for the others. It sat around as a WIP for quite a while, but I did find the energy to finish it. It never got its own post, though! It’s stitched on linen, and it awkwardly outgrew the border I drew. But, I loved making all the French knots! [IMG_20220419_094244128_HDR~2]

Slytherin and Gotland Yarns

These skeins are part of larger projects. The Gotland is part of an eight-breed sampler, and I’ve only spun up about 3 ounces of 8 of the Slytherin colorway. ‘Slytherin’ is a 60/40 blend of Merino/silk from Paradise Fibers. It’s a chain-plied, Z-twist, DK weight yarn. There’s 246 yards in this 94g hank. [IMG_20220427_163951412~2] The Gotland was an interesting spin - it’s a long wool and has more drape and less spring than typical, crimpy wools. The finished yarn is S-twist, chain-plied, and…

Rosaries in Howlite and Labradorite

My church started a (mostly) monthly Broken Rosary Club this year, and I went to the first meeting last month. It was a great excuse to buy more rosary supplies, lol. We did fix a couple rosaries, and make several for charity. I used some of my new supplies to make one for my BIL’s birthday (howlite) and one for myself in my favorite gemstone (labradorite). [IMG_20230330_155831042_HDR] [IMG_20230330_155758019_HDR]

[jellybean (Jamie (she/her) 🇺🇸 🏳‍🌈)]

I posted some projects! Most of them had previously been posted in the HPC or had in-progress pictures in the snapshot threads.

Stash Baskets

I really enjoy making these baskets! Some were gifts, and I use the ones I’ve kept to store various craft supplies. (These ones were made from 2020 - 2022.) Pattern: Stash Basket (they’re inspired by this pattern - I didn’t follow it exactly) Hook: usually between H (5.0 mm) & K (6.5 mm), whatever is needed to make a stiff basket Yarn: worsted weight acrylic yarn with 2 strands held together, usually Red Heart Super Saver or something similar [IMG_20200220_075733199] (Red Heart Super Save…

Pumpkin Patch Shawl

I received some yarn as a gift & wanted to save it for a special project. I finally decided to just use it & made a shawl for myself. Pattern: Cakes Two to Tango, Ravelry link (without any color changes) Hook: H (5.0 mm) Yarn: 11 skeins (1,815 yards) Chirapa from Mirasol Yarn, 705 Vert colorway (sport weight, 100% hand dyed merino wool) I used up the 5 skeins I had & it turned out okay, but it was a little smaller than I’d like: [IMG_20210107_140559731_HDR] So I looked around & found some…

Apple Pie with Graham Cracker Crust

This year I finally remembered pi day in time to make a pie! I didn’t feel like making a traditional pie crust, so I found a recipe that used a graham cracker crust: My finished pie: [20230314_173308] I made a few changes: I used 11 graham crackers for the crust, which ended up being a little more than the 1 1/3 cups of crumbs that the recipe asked for, but I used all of them anyway. I brushed the crust with an eggwash before baking (I think you’re only supposed to use the egg white, but…

[Annchen (Ann)]

What a great challenge! I love what”s comeout of the woodwork so far. I’ll have to see what I’ve neglected to post

[Bunny1kenobi (Deanna 🇺🇸)]

Mini Cryptid Dioramas

I made these for @gozer. I posted them in the nerd games, but have never made another post for them on the site. They are small, but were very fun to make! [image] I used this tutorial from our good friend @Knickertwist: Pixie Hill: Happy Halloween with Bonus Pocket Cryptid Content

[TheMistressT (Tara - she/her)]

I am loving seeing so much enthusiasm and SO MANY new topics already! DY-NO-MITE!

[Animegirlie (Malinda - burner of pizza)]

Ooooo - I think I have a couple!

[Cindy]

Here are two I never made individual posts for until now …

Christmas Ornaments 2022

I made these for the Ornament Swap in 2022. Sadly this one was stolen from the envelope [image] The white spots are glow in the dark glue [image] Sent this as a replacement [image] It also glows [image] [image] A folded and cut snowflake [image] Applique penguin [image]

Toques crocheted in 2022

These are some of the toques I crocheted between September and December 2022. Most of these went to family and friends, the other 5, I forgot to take photos of, went to a Christmas charity. [image] [image] [image] All the yarn was purchased from Hobbii.

[Immaculata]

Yes, I love that everyone is suddenly posting all these things!!

[Annchen (Ann)]

I started browsing to see what I had posted, and realised this project (made in 2022) was missing:

The Värmland shawl

This shawl was from the third installment of #ullenviärvde (the wool we inherited). It was a collaboration between Tant Kofta, a swedish indie dyer and knitwear designer, and Båvens spinnhus, a smaller scale yarn mill. All packages showcased a Swedish heritage breed, with yarn and pattern suitable for the wool. This took me around 7 months to finish, and even longer to show it off properly here. [image] I didn’t have a proper ”finished” photo, so I used the april snow as backdrop. All colou…

Kind of a big one. I took it off long enough to take a picture.

I’ll see what else I can find.

[Renstar (Ren)]

It seems I did start and finish things in the window of opportunity. Now to decide what to share…

Disclaimer: I don’t think I have ever posted a separate post for things I have created, more just posting on the various *-alongs and snapshot, if this is not the case then let me know and I’ll amend.

Crazy Eights Shawl

My friends got married last year (Finally after about 100 years of saying they were), it was the hottest summer on record (I think) but i wanted a shawl for the evening just in case it got to cool. I already had 2 WIP shawls (still WIPs) that were going to take too long to finish and wouldn’t go with my dress, so I parked them an made this: [IMG_20220806_130446007] I’m pretty sure I shared it in the shawl-along, but I know I never make individual posts. I had made it before so knew it was an…

My foodie trials are in full force this year, this and my “Jam curry” have been faves:

Steak Bakes

I regularly meal prep because it just makes my life easier, but living on my own often means several portions going into the freezer until i fancy that again. And if I forget to label - well who knows what I am eating. My brother and his fiance split towards the end of last year, he didn’t take it so well and when I saw him this one time, he looked so skinny, I thought I would palm off some food to him. Big mistake!!! Now I cook for Mum & brother - both are perfectly capable but they like some…

And some pouches from the start of 2020

Pouches, pouches everywhere

The start of 2020 saw me make a bunch of pouches, 1. because my friend wanted a wash bag, 2. because I had (have) a load of zips doing nothing and 3. if you’re doing one, you may as well do many. So here they are: [IMG_20200119_171059137] They were all offcuts from other projects, so a good de-stash

[Bunny1kenobi (Deanna 🇺🇸)]

A multitude of masks (slightly pic heavy)

I have chronic dry eye and so I put ointment in my eyes at night and use a sleep mask (Dr.’s orders, believe it or not.) Anyway, knowing that they will get goopy, I made a bunch so that they can be washed frequently. [image] [image] [image] [image] Both sides of the ones that have different fabrics on each side: [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] I may make more, yet. These were really quite fun!