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Ok, let's talk about scary crafting techniques
I was for a very long time intimidated by knitting. I came into the crafting world as a complete ZERO. I learnt to crochet. Then attempted knitting after a couple of years and after an encouragement that if you can knit and purl you can make it
Then I saw brioche (namely, Stephen West) and it looked so very difficult and I just marveled at the makes and designs. I looked through a number of Stephens designs before I tried a simple one (a flat knit brioche hat - pattern available here). Then I tried one of his briogarters. And I'm a goner :) I loooove brioche! I live how it's magically turns the fabric into intricate maze.
Please share what scares you :) I'm genuinely curious

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Entrelac knitting. I love how it looks, but the tutorials I have found have made me put down my needles. One day I will give it another try, but that day is not today.
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Entrelac knitting. I love how it looks, but the tutorials I have found have made me put down my need ...

I hear you! this one also looks scary for me
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Just the size of a Heaven and Earth Design for cross stitch scares me. I started one once and only got two out of something like 60 pages of the graph pattern. I admire anyone who can knit. I have only done socks on a knitting loom. I tend to drop stitches if I don't have something to hold them for me.

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I only cross-stitched small designs. Big ones scare me too. Hand picking colors is way out of my comfort zone too  Post time 2023-8-30 18:59
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Shuttle tatting.  Needle tatting you can frog and try again.  Shuttle is cut or trash.  Sniff.  Shuttle tatting gives those tight neat stitches, but not for a novice. Too intimidating.

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Oh, shuttle tatting is on my list. Still in search of good instructions. Also tried several times, got frustrated after the 3rd knot  Post time 2023-8-30 19:00
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For me it's always been knitting in the round or on DPNs, i just can't  for some reason.

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C8H11NO2 I've tried loads of times over the years but i just can't get on with them :)

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Wow, that's interesting. I don't like dpns, but still use them for hat crown finishing.  Post time 2023-8-30 19:01
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