knitting

[Blueyes]

Look it up online, Gayle. There are detailed instructions on YouTube

[gja1000]

I may try that!

[DianaB]

Yes, I still have my Cricut machine. I don't use it as much as I'd like to. I did however buy a new cartridge that I'm excited to use. It's a border for frames and I plan on using it when I work on framing pictures.

Unless you were wanting designs larger than an 8 X 11 I would recommend the smaller Cricut.....but if you check on e-bay you may be able to get a good price on a used unit. Also keep in mind that you have to buy the cartridges. But in saying all of that......I love mine!!!!

[Janet]

What all do you use yours for? I'm thinking I could make some cards, but not sure what else....I just want one....lol

[DianaB]

I use mine for scrapbooking and some cards. There are soooo many ideas out there to use it for. A lot of the words that you see on walls are done with a Cricut. You have to buy special vinyl paper and adhesive but I don't think that they cost too much. You can add embellishments to picture frames. I've used mine to make letters for church functions. There are even ways to do acid designs on glass.....but I've never done that. There is a Cricut website that will have a lot of ideas and answer questions.

http://main.cricut.com/community/default.aspx

[Janet]

From what I'm seeing, there are different models. How would one go about picking one? When you have time...no hurry, could you send a link of the smaller one you mentioned?

[DianaB]

Here's a smaller one. It cuts up to 12" X 6".

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Provo-Craft-...item4843b0cc9e

This is the one that I have. It cuts a 12" square piece of paper and even a 12" X 24" piece of paper but you have to have a mat that size to do it and I don't have a mat that big. I really haven't had a need to cut anything that big but I do use it to cut things larger than the smaller one could cut.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXPRESSION-M...item43acaa0af9

If you look for a used one on e-bay you should be able to find one for a good price. Just remember that each cartridge costs $20-30 or more. That adds up pretty fast.