what stumps you?

No matter how much I try, I cannot use a sewing machine. I'm completely serious, follow directions to the "t" but ultimately, the needle breaks, the thread is tangled and I get frustrated. I sew everything I make by hand now... I might try again eventually...

I totally agree with you Christina! The sewing machine hates me too. It's very sad because I see people making awsome clothing and I always want to make some too but I can't manage the machine.

Knitting patterns - I always lose count!

oh and I wish I could draw - I can't draw a straight line with a ruler!

Knitting. full stop.

The casting on, the stitches, the tension, the casting off, the lot...

My kids are 12 and almost 16, and my sisters have 4younger ones between them, and each time a pregnancy is announced I REALLY TRY but i just can't get my head around it!
My mum is an awesome knitter, so when i was pregnant with my eldest, she tried to convince me it would be relaxing to knit something special for my baby....RELAXING??? ZOMG! I nearly burst a blood vessel! If i'd had an antenatal appointment they'd've hospitalised me for highbloodpressure. I would sit there, stabbing away at these stitches, as it impossibly tightened more & more, until in the end, she realized it was causing more harm than good and, fed up watching me destroy a row and her having to rip out 3 to fix it, took it off me and finished the damn thing!!
We now make use of each others strengths - she knits & i sew together n stuff

knitting...who the heck created knitting? OMG...it is like torture for me.

also i have an irrational fear of sewing machines. i bought one second hand for 10 dollars and haven't even tried. i have no idea if it works or not.

Lol @ Corvus! My kinda gal!
Lifes waaayyyy too short to be knitting!!

That reminds me, I wonder if my mum has finished my cute little anklet thingies yet?? I've so got it sussed, i buy her regular "gifts" of knitting magazines - usually when i see something on the cover that i fancy ;D

knitting, crochet, scared of sewing machines (would like a simple, slowish one that does about 4 different stitches, is easy to change the thread, and can sew thick things like fur)
jewellery making, making things that look "professional", all my things look like they are completely hand-made.
anything that doesnt have step-by-step instructions and clear pictures i fail at.
I want to be able to knit or crochet so much! I cant get the hang of patterns or the tension or any of it
I want to try new things like making stuff using resin, dying things, making jewellery, but they seem so expensive to start I've found that books help me the most when learning something new, especially if they give you the materials to make something with (like thread bracelets), but otherwise going out and buying each item that you need makes a dent in the bank balance. I'm only able to afford to make plushies/things out of fabric that can be hand-sewn because I already had thread, needles and un-used scissors, plus I raided my grandmas old stash of things. I have loads of knitting needles and crochet hooks and wool, but the wool ends up being bracelets or plaited or hair. I have tried knitting looms (round ones) but after a while my hands get achey so I have to stop.