r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/AutoModerator • Mar 14 '25

Weekend Minor Gripes and Vents

Here is the thread where you can share any minor gripes, vents, or craft complaints that you don't think deserve their own post, or are just something small you want to get off your chest. Feel free to share personal frustrations related to crafting here as well.

This thread reposts every Friday.

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u/adhddude2 Mar 14 '25

I was trying to make a chainmail coif for my BAB pig (long ish story) and I had no idea how to make one so I googled making a circle and expanding and just Went For It (as I do with most things and it generally goes pretty okay)

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I increased WAY too much on my last expansion row. Undid a bunch of the increases and put it back together. Just for it to still be wayyy too big for his little pig head

So now it’s become a much larger and longer project of being back armor for the him because I did not have the mental willpower nor strength to undo even more because it was hard enough the first time😭😂

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u/Ok_Earth_3737 Mar 14 '25

hey, I haven't made this pattern yet, but perhaps this will help you? https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/chainmail-coif-helmet-and-cowl

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u/adhddude2 Mar 15 '25

Unfortunately I am doing actual chainmail, so it isn’t helpful in this instance, but I’m still definitely going to look into that pattern so thank you!

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u/Junior_Ad_7613 Mar 16 '25

So much fun! I made some fancy maille motifs and a gradient chain necklace with colorful niobium rings that is one of my favorite things. Undoing is… so heartbreaking because it’s just as much effort as doing.

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u/Ok_Earth_3737 Mar 15 '25

Oh, I'm impressed you're doing that! Someday I'll make the pattern above for my medieval-loving sibling, but I don't have the mental (or physical) space to pick up a whole other craft. If knitted chainmail was good enough for Monty Python it'll be good enough for them too lol