Calling all crafter's out there to share tips.

Here is one tip that could be used in knitting and crocheting, and why not in needle point too: If I want a shimmering effect on let´s say knitting, I use two yarns with the same grade of darkness, maybe medium blue and medium lilac, together. You get a new shimmering color, that I think is very beautiful. You could make stripes by using the same blue color and only change the second color which could be green and lilac. If you like vertical stripes, you can knit the stripes one at the time and then sew them together, which is rather easy to do so that it looks like everything is knitted in one piece. I guess you know how to do it. ....

One cute tip that I learned the other night was that you can use empty diaper wipe containers to hold your yarn quite well while you are working. This is a perfect idea for me. I use diaper wipes and save the containers. I am also quite picky about putting my yarn on the floor after making it into a yarn ball. But this is the only way for me to work.

I've done the coloring in in cross stitch, most of my needlepoints aren't from charts but painted canvas. I do a certain amount of skipping around, but mostly on smaller projects. I could sure use all the tips I could get, but what I want to learn to quilt and would love to see some tips on doing that!

I really don't have any tips that I use, but I sure do like the tip you use for countd cross stith. That is a good idea to shade in what you have done on the pattern so you don't make mistakes. I should have been doing that, as I have made plenty of mistakes, and have had to start over as I didn't get it exactly in the center, or I put in the wrong color, or I didn't do enough of the color. Now that I have this tip, I will probably put it to practice. I also like the idea, you do one section, no matter the color. I have aloways stuck with just one color, but there again, I have a tendency to make way to many mistakes doing it that way. I will have to do it the way you do, and I am sure it will be much easier that way. One thing, I do, is sort out my colors first and put them on some cardboard with the color number so I keep them straight. I basically, try to put the color numbers in order, that way they are easier to find. Take care, and happy mylotting.

well like you i also like to do knitting and needle point but i do not crochet or quilt but quilting is something that i would like to start doing but i do not have all that many tips for people i think that crafting is a learn as you go and learn from your mistakes kind of thing like a trial and error when i am cross stitching i just pay attention to where i am in the pattern and i do not shade in where i have already been i also just work one area at a time and i try to do one color at a time depending on how spaced out the colors are but that is just because i do not like having to keep tying off