Show your (craft)work
- baargain
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Please note. The lampshade has a WORKING LIGHT heeeelp
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Oh my Godfathers, Baa!!
- H1ppychick
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I’ve seen the kit on Amazon since you started making it, you’ve done it better than the pics in the listing
Amazing.
Amazing.
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It is a thing of wonder
I hope you have a very safe place to put it, where there is no risk of it being knocked off a shelf.
I hope you have a very safe place to put it, where there is no risk of it being knocked off a shelf.
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You’re mad Baa, in a good way.
I’m feeling a bit loopy myself. That’s 5 dresses, a skirt and some culottes that are done bar hemming. I’ve also cut out 5 pairs of red cycle shorts that have been requested for under summer school dresses.
I’m feeling a bit loopy myself. That’s 5 dresses, a skirt and some culottes that are done bar hemming. I’ve also cut out 5 pairs of red cycle shorts that have been requested for under summer school dresses.
- baargain
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We're all mad down here, Wendy.
I've no idea where to put it, I might have to bin the cats.
I've no idea where to put it, I might have to bin the cats.
- rosy
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Baa, that is incredible.
It’s like a normal midlife crisis only with more chandeliers and foreign languages.
- baargain
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Do show us! I can cut and fold and stick, but I just cannot knit or crochet.
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Yes, Beatrix - show off your blanket. Blankets always take longer than you expect. Probably because they get so boring about half way through .
I have just cast off a massive thick cashmere jumper. It is this pattern but I have added a cowl neck, and made it out of six strands of lace weight held together. I have another in the same pattern but very different yarn, and I wear it a lot. This one will be super warm, though, so it is likely to be winter before I get a chance to wear it (unless I have more garden lunches). It will also be a pain to block, as I need to wash the spinning oils out of it first, and it will take ages to dry. Cashmere wicks, so thick jumpers can look dry, but when you touch them you get a wet handprint. The last one I made that was this thick took two days over a radiator interspersed with 15 minute blasts in the dryer, and that was after a long spin. I'm going to wash and block it when I'm likely to have the heating on for a couple of days, and I'll post a photo when it's dry.
Meanwhile, I have cast on for this one. I'm using a boucle merino yarn, and I'm not 100% sure about it. When I've done enough to get some idea about what it will look like, I'll post for advice.
I have just cast off a massive thick cashmere jumper. It is this pattern but I have added a cowl neck, and made it out of six strands of lace weight held together. I have another in the same pattern but very different yarn, and I wear it a lot. This one will be super warm, though, so it is likely to be winter before I get a chance to wear it (unless I have more garden lunches). It will also be a pain to block, as I need to wash the spinning oils out of it first, and it will take ages to dry. Cashmere wicks, so thick jumpers can look dry, but when you touch them you get a wet handprint. The last one I made that was this thick took two days over a radiator interspersed with 15 minute blasts in the dryer, and that was after a long spin. I'm going to wash and block it when I'm likely to have the heating on for a couple of days, and I'll post a photo when it's dry.
Meanwhile, I have cast on for this one. I'm using a boucle merino yarn, and I'm not 100% sure about it. When I've done enough to get some idea about what it will look like, I'll post for advice.
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I would like to see Beatrix. Like Morganna says, blankets are always an achievement due to becoming boring after a while!!
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That's lovely!
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I’m making a jumper (that I will probably never wear) because I’m fed up with blankets and hats and scarves and mittens. I’d forgotten how much concentration I need when I knit, and I haven’t yet got to the point where I intuitively know where I am in the pattern and I can work out what i I need to do by looking at the stitches (and I’ve done 10 inches so far). At the moment it doesn’t feel like I’ll ever get to that stage.
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I like those colours Beatrix.
I’ve downloaded a crochet cardigan pattern for Elvis who has chosen some cerise yarn I have. None of my patterns are large enough for my children any more!
I’ve downloaded a crochet cardigan pattern for Elvis who has chosen some cerise yarn I have. None of my patterns are large enough for my children any more!
- Morganna
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What's the pattern, H1ppy?
When you say you haven't got to the point, do you mean in general, or the point in that pattern in particular? I'm happy to help if I can.
Beatrix, it's lovely - no need for embarrassment at all! The colours look great, and it will look jaunty on a cot.
When you say you haven't got to the point, do you mean in general, or the point in that pattern in particular? I'm happy to help if I can.
Beatrix, it's lovely - no need for embarrassment at all! The colours look great, and it will look jaunty on a cot.
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The colours are lovely, Beatrix!
- rosy
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That’s super, Beatrix! I love the colours.
It’s like a normal midlife crisis only with more chandeliers and foreign languages.
- H1ppychick
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Hi Morgs, I mean in general! The pattern is stocking stitch with a lacework central column, it’s the lacework pattern repeat that won’t stick in my head.
Anyway it’s this one.
https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/p/swea ... adable-pdf
I’m doing it in this colourway (Chinook) https://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/stylecr ... g?___SID=S
Anyway it’s this one.
https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/p/swea ... adable-pdf
I’m doing it in this colourway (Chinook) https://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/stylecr ... g?___SID=S
- Tits McGee
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This thread is amazing, and I now want to make everything. I’m especially fascinated by your tiny things, Baa!
I’m almost finished knitting a cardigan for my soon-to-be nephew - it’s more than a bit wonky, but I’m really proud of it because I’m awful for abandoning projects halfway through and this one is actually going to be finished on time!
I’m almost finished knitting a cardigan for my soon-to-be nephew - it’s more than a bit wonky, but I’m really proud of it because I’m awful for abandoning projects halfway through and this one is actually going to be finished on time!
I've got ham, but I'm not a hamster
- baargain
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I AM DONE
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Amazing!
What’s next?
What’s next?