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Hello laser folks! Since makers tend to make more than one sort of thing, and we crafters need to stick together, here's a list of fellow creative communities for your navigation pleasure.

For each craft I'll include the current most active community first as well as alternatives, and add each with their full URL as well as local links for Lemmy and Kbin users respectively.

3D PRINTING

!3dprinting@lemmy.world - Lemmy / Kbin
!3dprinting@lemmy.ml - Lemmy / Kbin

Bookbinding

!bookbinding@lemm.ee - Lemmy / Kbin

COSPLAY

!cosplay@lemmy.blahaj.zone - Lemmy / Kbin
!Cosplay@kbin.social - Lemmy / Kbin
!cosplay@lemmy.world - Lemmy / Kbin

CROCHET

!crochet@lemmy.ca - Lemmy / Kbin
!crochet@kbin.social - Lemmy / Kbin

CROSS STITCH & EMBROIDERY

!lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works - Lemmy / Kbin (both cross stitch & embroidery in general)
!embroidery@discuss.tchncs.de - Lemmy / Kbin
!crossstitch@kbin.social - Lemmy / Kbin

DICEMAKING

!clacksmith@lemmy.world - Lemmy / Kbin

KNITTING

LEATHERCRAFT

!leathercraft@lemmy.ca - Lemmy / Kbin

MODELS & MINIATURES

!tabletopminis@lemmy.world - Lemmy / Kbin (tabletop gaming miniatures)
!modelmakers@lemmy.ml - Lemmy / Kbin (models in general)
!dollhouse@lemmy.world - Lemmy / Kbin (dollhouse miniatures)

POTTERY

!pottery@lemmy.world - Lemmy / Kbin

SEWING & QUILTING

!sewing@lemmy.world - Lemmy / Kbin (sewing in general)
!sewingrepairing@sh.itjust.works - Lemmy / Kbin (reduce waste through sewing)
!sewing@sh.itjust.works - Lemmy / Kbin
!quilting@lemmy.world - Lemmy / Kbin

SOAPMAKING

!soapmaking@lemmy.ca - Lemmy / Kbin

TATTING

!tatting@sopuli.xyz - Lemmy / Kbin

WOODWORKING

!woodworking@lemmy.ca - Lemmy / Kbin
!bodgers@lemmy.ml - Lemmy / Kbin (hand tool woodworking)
!beginner_woodworking@lemmy.ml - Lemmy / Kbin

MISC

!imadethis@lemm.ee - Lemmy / Kbin (cross-post your crafts here!)
!Lace@kbin.social - Lemmy / Kbin (a celebration of lace, in any craft)
!creative@beehaw.org - Lemmy / Kbin (NOTE: not accessible to users on lemmy.world or sh.itjust.works)

Posted with mod permission & I'll keep it updated as I find more relevant groups / smaller groups merge etc.

Craft on, people. Craft on 🙂

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[–] bleepbloopbleep@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, that's very helpful :D thanks a lot!

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Always happy to enable!

[–] Hypnotized@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for posting this, now I just need to figure out how to use my Mod powers to sticky it!

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By our powers combined we have achieved glory! Or a vaguely useful pinned thread, which is pretty much the same as glory right?

[–] Hypnotized@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

There is hope for the future.