u/cornishtraceyb

I'm someone who really enjoy reading about crafts (one day I'll actually balance this with more time doing them as well!), and always enjoy learning new ones. This is especially so for the ones you encounter more rarely (eg soutache), those which are more historic (various lace making techniques), and also for those practiced around the world (eg different needlework names/styles in various countries). I use Antique pattern library quite a bit as older books tended to cover more of a variety of crafts. What I would love though is one central place online that lists the crafts in categories and links to the various resources that are available. Does anyone know of such a directory style site? 

If there isn't one, is it something others would be interested in and find useful? I know it would be a lot and would start off quite basic probably, but as someone who worked as a library assistant and studied history, organising information is definitely up my street!

I'm someone who really enjoy reading about crafts (one day I'll actually balance this with more time doing them as well!), and always enjoy learning new ones. This is especially so for the ones you encounter more rarely (eg soutache), those which are more historic (various lace making techniques), and also for those practiced around the world (eg different needlework names/styles in various countries). I use Antique pattern library quite a bit as older books tended to cover more of a variety of crafts. What I would love though is one central place online that lists the crafts in categories and links to the various resources that are available. Does anyone know of such a directory style site? 

If there isn't one, is it something others would be interested in and find useful? I know it would be a lot and would start off quite basic probably, but as someone who worked as a library assistant and studied history, organising information is definitely up my street!

I'm someone who really enjoy reading about crafts (one day I'll actually balance this with more time doing them as well!), and always enjoy learning new ones. This is especially so for the ones you encounter more rarely (eg soutache), those which are more historic (various lace making techniques), and also for those practiced around the world (eg different needlework names/styles in various countries). I use Antique pattern library quite a bit as older books tended to cover more of a variety of crafts. What I would love though is one central place online that lists the crafts in categories and links to the various resources that are available. Does anyone know of such a directory style site? 

If there isn't one, is it something others would be interested in and find useful? I know it would be a lot and would start off quite basic probably, but as someone who worked as a library assistant and studied history, organising information is definitely up my street!

I'm someone who really enjoy reading about crafts (one day I'll actually balance this with more time doing them as well!), and always enjoy learning new ones. This is especially so for the ones you encounter more rarely (eg soutache), those which are more historic (various lace making techniques), and also for those practiced around the world (eg different needlework names/styles in various countries). I use Antique pattern library quite a bit as older books tended to cover more of a variety of crafts. What I would love though is one central place online that lists the crafts in categories and links to the various resources that are available. Does anyone know of such a directory style site? 

If there isn't one, is it something others would be interested in and find useful? I know it would be a lot and would start off quite basic probably, but as someone who worked as a library assistant and studied history, organising information is definitely up my street!

I've hard quite a bit of experience with some counted needlework techniques (x stitch, hardanger, some drawn work) but I'd like to venture out and try the other forms of needlework, rather than just ending up down a rabbit hole reading about them. I have a tendency to buy random things though and never use them so was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for nice sampler kits for techniques which don't cost too much. I'm in UK and obviously there is Temu & Amazon but I'm torn between them being cheap but the fact I do have concerns about ethics and stealing designs, as well as them only having some very limited offerings.

Hi, I don't suppose there's anybody who could help me get some medication from a pharmacy this evening please, as I'm not really well enough to go out. I will obviously pay money for your time and expense.

I've hard quite a bit of experience with some counted needlework techniques (x stitch, hardanger, some drawn work) but I'd like to venture out and try the other forms of needlework, rather than just ending up down a rabbit hole reading about them. I have a tendency to buy random things though and never use them so was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for nice sampler kits for techniques which don't cost too much. I'm in UK and obviously there is Temu & Amazon but I'm torn between them being cheap but the fact I do have concerns about ethics and stealing designs, as well as them only having some very limited offerings.

Hi, I'm not very good at chopping (don't have great detexterity or coordination in my hands, please don't judge), and find that I avoid cooking even simple meals as the thought of it overwhelms me. I'm looking therefore to get something to help me but don't have a lot of room in my kitchen for gadgets (I'm UK based, in a shared house, complete with small kitchen) and especially those that don't actually get used as they are cumbersome or a pain to wash up.

I'm unsure whether to get a stick blender with chopper attachment, a manual veggie chopper (the grid style one, possibly interchangeable with a mandoline blade), or a proper food processor. The pros of the stick blender is the ability to make spice pastes, and also hopefully crush ice. However I'm unsure how good at chopping it would be, and obviously it wouldn't slice veggies. The food processor would be the most versatile but I'm unsure how good a cheap one would be and how easy it would be to store and clean.

Any thoughts most welcome!