Learn to crochet?

I have got my neighbour knitting poppies also I'm knitting them, if I crochet they look like fi
dish cloths. I MAY have an army of oldies doing them as well I'll ask tomorrow.

I cannot find the first thread asking for them, who wants the completed ones?
 
Indy259 said:
I have got my neighbour knitting poppies also I'm knitting them, if I crochet they look like fi
dish cloths. I MAY have an army of oldies doing them as well I'll ask tomorrow.

I cannot find the first thread asking for them, who wants the completed ones?
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This is the earliest thread I can find...
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@Jenben you lovely funster my crochet hooks have arrived!! In a beautiful purple case ! So much choice of hooks so I must have another go!
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thankyou
 
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Went to Aldi (and so did mum) soooo I now have two sets of hooks :LOL:.

Made some poppies (getting better the more I do) but before I continue are the red ones OK cos it's a very dark red. The pink ones were practice ones before I got red wool and are no good for this project, I know.

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jumartoo said:
Went to Aldi (and so did mum) soooo I now have two sets of hooks :LOL:.

Made some poppies (getting better the more I do) but before I continue are the red ones OK cos it's a very dark red. The pink ones were practice ones before I got red wool and are no good for this project, I know.

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They are lovely ... I think @Puddleduck wants assorted colours so they would all represent someone killed .. eg ladies , black people, horses, etc etc ...

Can you count them and deduct from 49,521

Good on you. :)
 
49,504

Minus 4

= 49,500
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(We have reached our first 500 girls :) )

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Now I've done 3, how many do we actually need for what projects.:D
500 is a brilliant total amazing what can be achieved along with a bit of fun.
I've been practicing the magic circle which @Janine patiently showed me but some where between Chester and here the magic seems to have disappeared, but I need to work it out for my festival shawl, any easy ways to do it please.
 
Carol said:
Now I've done 3, how many do we actually need for what projects.:D
500 is a brilliant total amazing what can be achieved along with a bit of fun.
I've been practicing the magic circle which @Janine patiently showed me but some where between Chester and here the magic seems to have disappeared, but I need to work it out for my festival shawl, any easy ways to do it please.
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I think Janine put on a link to a you tube tutorial for the magic circle Carol it’s somewhere in the last 45 pages :cry:
 
Janine said:
There are lots of youtube videos, @Carol - choose the one that explains it to you best.

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That looks so much like when my neice was showing me her loom bands!
 
That looks really easy, she also holds hook in right hand like I do, if I use my left I cock it up.
 
@Carol Puddleduck also demonstrated the magic circle with pictures. In the early pages I think.

Our local Aldi was an absolute shambles. In all the tat/rubbish I found only one pack of yarn and that was black. I went from there to Poundland and they had 50g balls 3 for £2 which wasn't that good considering Wilko sell a 100g ball for £1. I thought I was sure to get something in the Factory Shop but they didn't have red.

I didn't have the energy to trawl the charity shops. Methinks I need to find a local Wilko - I know there's one in Norwich.

I've sewn in all the ends of the crochet squares I've completed. I may have a go at joining them together to get an idea of how many more I need to do.
 
Aaargh I've come down with the lurgy so having a sofa day and making poppies!

How many do you think I'll make today? Challenge on :-)

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snailtrailer said:
I didn't have the energy to trawl the charity shops. Methinks I need to find a local Wilko - I know there's one in Norwich.
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I had problems finding bright red wool last year - our local market came up trumps in the end with 100g balls for £1.50.
 
Janine said:
Aaargh I've come down with the lurgy so having a sofa day and making poppies!

How many do you think I'll make today? Challenge on :)
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Probably 40 because you know what you are doing .... but you have the lurgy ... soooo ... my guess is 33.
 
Does anyone need black buttons sent to them ? I have quite a few buttons and am happy to sift through them and send a bag of black buttons out to someone for their poppies?
 
Janine said:
Check out Hobby craft - they have them, I think.
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It's 47 miles to our nearest Hobbycraft!

Indy259 said:
I have got my neighbour knitting poppies also I'm knitting them, if I crochet they look like fi
dish cloths. I MAY have an army of oldies doing them as well I'll ask tomorrow.

I cannot find the first thread asking for them, who wants the completed ones?
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I am aiming for 1,000 for 2019 (signing of the Treaty of Versailles) and as many as we can get on or before November this year - I know someone else was looking for poppies as well.

jumartoo said:
Went to Aldi (and so did mum) soooo I now have two sets of hooks :LOL:.

Made some poppies (getting better the more I do) but before I continue are the red ones OK cos it's a very dark red. The pink ones were practice ones before I got red wool and are no good for this project, I know.

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The red are fine for my project - as are white, purple, black and shades of these colours (including pink!)

[I'm feeling pretty :sick: today having walked further than sensible yesterday. Martin has pulled a muscle in his back and we still have the Grandson so I am up and down and running round after them both .... not good]

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@movan you only get one of the flower makers - some are more expensive than others. The blurb says that the big one is three inches across.
 

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