Learn to crochet?

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Being investigated by a nosey cat!
 
davanne said:
Me too Hazel I like warm weather but if it gets too hot I’m fit for nothing.
@BOD46 after reading what you said about your daughter it got me thinking about my dizzy spells and I think there is a pattern in so much as they seem to happen after I’m stressed or have an infection l
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Well if we get to meet up one day & it happens to be hot, we can prop each other up in the shade.(y)
 
To achieve neater edges I slip the last stitch purl wise.....bring the yarn forward as if you are going to knit a purl stitch, but don't knit it, just slip it onto your needle. Then knit the first stitch on your next row. Hope that makes sense.?

I'm not very good at explaining, but it makes a lovely neat edge...
 
Hope those poorly are on the mend.
Have got my knitting mojo back woo hoo, back finished and front on its way. I like mindless telly while knitting, so back to back Homes under the hammer did it for me, till someone came home from golf and wanted to watch football, oh well his loss it's his jumper, might et it finished this year.
Am shocked at the amount of wool i have.
 
Just watching Corrie and noticed the NICU nurse tucked a knitted octopus in with " baby Bertie" ( Sinead and Daniel's (doll) baby)
 
One down, one to go
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I am not that keen on drop shoulder garments, I had finished the back and said to my daughter that I knew I had wide shoulders but this cardi was taking the mickey a bit. She said did I not know that it was a drop shoulder cardi? Not sure if I did not take or maybe should have used stronger glasses when I bought the pattern, although it does not look that bad on.

I also finished off another rug:
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Preemie cardigan from @Jenben 's pattern in 4ply, £1 coin for scale as I don't have a 50p!

I didn't think much of the transformation challenge on GBSB this evening.
The flares brought back memories of making myself some massive bell bottoms and a matching jacket from pale blue uncut cord in around 1977 or 8. I would have been 15 or 16 and thought I was the bees knees :rock:

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Right... sooo many cock ups can't wait to try another one to see if I have learned anything .. still cannot do neat edges and now struggling to attach sleeves.

On the good side ... I didn't like the neck and the hood so I have designed my own and made that instead. OH YES I HAVE ... :whistle::whistle:

No. It wasn't a mistake... :sneaky:

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movan said:
Right... sooo many cock ups can't wait to try another one to see if I have learned anything .. still cannot do neat edges and now struggling to attach sleeves.

On the good side ... I didn't like the neck and the hood so I have designed my own and made that instead. OH YES I HAVE ... :whistle::whistle:

No. It wasn't a mistake... :sneaky:

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Looking good Joy ...your edges won’t matter too much as you can fudge it as you stitch the pieces together (y)
 
Looking good @movan jst realised as i was knitting John's jumper I knit the first and last stitch on each row seems to be reasonably neat. The wool you are using looked a bit 'knobbly' that wont help with neatness, it will be ace when all done and sewn up.
Will you b taking orders? :)
 
@movan love the new look!! And the colour of course ! With the hoodie it will be very useful on a funster Rally in a cold field . Well done for persevering with migraines hope they are are dissipating!

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Well it's made up this morning but it is so horrible .. I couldn't even 'fiddle' the seams because the sides are so bad, loopy etc. But I will wear it locally to go for a coffee. .
I'm blaming my eyes because of the headaches but that is not true ...I just struggled .. even all the videos seemed to give different instructions!

...but I won't give up.. :)
 
Bring it to Chester and we'll try to fettle it, if needed, can't think that it will be as bad as you believe it is.
 
Don’t be too hard on yourself, Joy - I doubt whether any of us is really satisfied with anything we make!

I couldn’t resist buying some yarn in Aldi this morning. I just love the colour and will probably make a small blanket to keep in the van. It was £3.99 for 200g.

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They didn't have that in our Aldi :( will have alook at the others near me.
Am now almost up to the armholes on the front of the jumper, done more in a week than I did in the last 2 years :ROFLMAO: Keen to get it finished as I
a) have seen a pattern I really like
b) have enough wool to keep me active for a very long time.
 
scotzsue said:
They didn't have that in our Aldi :( will have alook at the others near me.
Am now almost up to the armholes on the front of the jumper, done more in a week than I did in the last 2 years :ROFLMAO: Keen to get it finished as I
a) have seen a pattern I really like
b) have enough wool to keep me active for a very long time.
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It was in our ALDI weeks ago Sue but they didn’t have any left when I was in last week
 
@davanne i really shouldn't be thinking of buying any more yarn. Have a massive case full, several bags, and also A part finished crochet square which is now big enough to cover a double bed.
Son wants it when it is finished, :LOL: so many memories of all I have knitted over the years in it
 
Was in Aldi today and they had some of that wool that Janine bought so if you try different branches you may still manage to find some.

For the other crafters .. this pack is there ..reduced to £3.99 ... if you do stones or jars.

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Well we are home and right into "interesting times".

I had a sore eye when at my parents on the way home but their needs always trump mine. Anyway got home late Thursday and got an emergency appointment with GP at 8.45 yesterday. She sent me to an opthalmist who saw me later that day - and them called in a colleague for a second opinion - and then phoned Edinburgh Eye Hospital and I was told to go straight there. By 9 pm I was back home having had a retinal tear and small detachment laser treated. I go back in 2 weeks for further investigation.

Still haven't sewn in the ends of the socks - actually feeling a bit yuck at the moment with all the running round after toddlers and old people and then coming last myself when I should have been first :(

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@Puddleduck relax and have some me time. hope you feel better soon. Timely treatment for your eye too.
 
Puddleduck said:
Well we are home and right into "interesting times".

I had a sore eye when at my parents on the way home but their needs always trump mine. Anyway got home late Thursday and got an emergency appointment with GP at 8.45 yesterday. She sent me to an opthalmist who saw me later that day - and them called in a colleague for a second opinion - and then phoned Edinburgh Eye Hospital and I was told to go straight there. By 9 pm I was back home having had a retinal tear and small detachment laser treated. I go back in 2 weeks for further investigation.

Still haven't sewn in the ends of the socks - actually feeling a bit yuck at the moment with all the running round after toddlers and old people and then coming last myself when I should have been first :(
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Hope all is well with your eye. Many years ago, 36, my dad had a detached retina repaired successfully.
 
@Puddleduck PLEASE forget everyone else .. and and craft or reading .. get yourself better. Eyes are delicate ... we will all be here when you come back. Xxx
 
@Puddleduck Helen hope you are soon feeling better our eyes are so precious.... take time to get your eye better everything else can wait.
 

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