There are several people here who are able to create custom framing for relatively cheap.

Brian

Not that I wouldn't trust folks to build a lovely custom frame ... stitchery framing is a specialty ... not every framer can do it.

Oooh oooh oooh! I found another one!!

http://scribe.fork.org/cellar/crafts/mousse.JPG

Once you have it mounted on a stretcher, wouldn't it be the same, except for the thickness?:confused:

Stitchery framing is a PITA, that I prefer to pay someone else to do, particularly for "the big projects". Little stuff I have done myself. The process includes mounting onto a (sometimes padded) backing board, cutting mattes and glass (often overpriced "non-glare" varieties), and the actual construction of the frame itself.

Most of the pieces that I have framed or managed to have framed were given as gifts over the years.

Since there was a lot of football to watch yesterday, I had some time on my hands.

I can't just sit.

Since I wanted to actually watch some of the playoff games (anybody else hoping for an All-Penna. Stupidbowl?)

So I got caught up on some crocheting. The green one was about three-quarters finished. I did all of the yellow one yesterday.

It's been a big year for babies at the nuthouse. Two cow orkers have already given birth, one is pending. So I figured I better get cracking on the blankies that I've been slacking on something fierce (one of the kids is on solid food already, I have to get the blankie done before she's in college).

That leaves one to go as of now.

Great work, Wolf. No Hello Kitty inspired stuff, though?

If I ever get around to it, I might consider an HK filet crochet project ... But for the most part, no, I haven't done any specifically HelloKitty crafting.

Nice job!

I'm attempting to learn crochet... to put a border around a blanket. I think I'm ready to give it a try for real.

Oh! Those are beautiful! I love them both, but the green is a favorite. I so wish I could do that. Those are special gifts---I know, coz I've kept the ones people made for me when I had my little ones.

Crocheting is probably one of the easier crafts. There are only about 5 or 6 stitches you have to learn, everything else is based off that.

Actualy I'm pretty much got the hang of double crochet and I'm just going to do that all the way around. The big thing I don't know is how to hook it all back together once I've come full circle.

Can I worship you from afar you massive, bearded, tweed-ed (?) nerd-fest of a dude?

I think you have inspired me to pick up a crochet needle, wolf. I remember doing it when I was a kid, learning from my grandmother. IIRC, it required significantly less manual dexterity than knitting. I hope so, because my knitting career was short indeed.

Help yourself... sorry, no tweed.