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[rosy]

Fabulous!

[overthehill]

They're great!

I shall soon be digging out my crochet hook again. My stepson and his partner are expecting. We never thought it would happen.

[Morganna]

Congratulations, OTH

Those doll's clothes are great, Wendy.

I've made another cardigan for Loki with the remains of the cream yarn I had leftover from the jumper that kept on giving .

It's getting posted on Monday, and then I have said i'll knit a tiny teddy for a friend of S whose partner is expecting a baby, then I've had a request from Mr M for a jumper, then I can get back to my own queue if nobody else pushes in in the meantime .

[wendy james]

What are you planning OTH?

[Cerise]

In the absence of any need/inspiration, I have decided to yarn bomb my street postbox. It will be a spring-like affair.

Did I post the sunflowers I did for the village Flower Power trail?

[SunnyMum]

Oh I love the sunflowers!
I love the idea of yarn bombing. I think the world needs it.

OTH, I too have an expected (as in they'd given up hope) baby blanket to make. Mine will be for Baby Barthélémy. It feels a bit weird that Baby already has a name (he's due in June). But it seems it's a Corsican thing. I'm still in the "thinking about it" stage. I feel I need to make something special. I made a big Lucy blanket (meadow?) for his cousin. What are you planning ?

Wendy, I'm impressed! Even IF I had down time at work I wouldn't dare pick up my crochet because I fear I would never put it down!

[FiveO'Clock]

I love the doll clothes!

What is yarn bombing?

[Kleio]

I love the dolls clothes. The chunky polo neck gives me warm thoughts from my own childhood.

Love the sunflowers Cerise and good luck with the yarnbombing. I used to do it on a huge scale but after it constantly was vandalised or stolen I decided to take a permanent break.

[Cerise]

I love the doll clothes!

What is yarn bombing?

It’s where you decorate object with yarny things (stolen photos). I did a string of 100 poppies once and hung them on the park railings. They survived.

[FiveO'Clock]

I love that!

[overthehill]

What are you planning OTH?

I honestly haven't a clue. Baby blankets are always popular, aren't they? I re-taught myself to crochet in 2015, when I was staying with my mum, waiting for my leg to mend. I was going slightly mad with round-the-clock soaps on tv. As I remember, it was the turtle collective that introduced me to ravelry.com. You lot are absolute life-savers! You might vaguely remember these two masterpieces.

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I made a hat too, but it doesn't fit and I always meant to unpick the brim and re-make it. So, I can crochet, but I literally haven't picked up a crochet hook (other than to sell) since. Looks like I'll be revisiting YouTube. All ideas/inspiration welcome!

[overthehill]

OTH, I too have an expected (as in they'd given up hope) baby blanket to make. Mine will be for Baby Barthélémy.

How lovely. Weirdly, our French address is 'rue Saint Barthélémy'. I've never met anyone actually called Barthélémy.

[SunnyMum]

Neither have I, yet.
It seems like a very big name for a baby.

[wendy james]

The sunflowers are lovely Cerise. You did show them but didn’t say you’d made them, sneaky!

I’ve made up some cardigans I’d been making on and off for a bit. I hate making up!

I ordered the yarn to make a red summer cardigan.

[Cerise]

Getting around to sewing on the buttons usually takes me WAY longer than making the cardigan itself!

[wendy james]

The bottom two are for the same family - a baby due this month and his older sister. I’ve made them both a raglan top out of tractor print fabric too.

I knocked this mug cosy up during family monopoly last night. Sproglette claimed this one and chose the button so I have to hand it over.

[lazzbo]

You're a machine, wendy.

I intend to buy this pattern when I've worked through a baby blanket for my best pal. https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/9214449 ... ve_3&crt=1

[wendy james]

That’s cute!

I’m just so BORED and not very good at sitting doing nothing. The craft room became a temporary school room so I’m doing less sewing (plus I had 4 days of downtime ‘working’ with no actual work to do, so was tied to my desk).

[lazzbo]

It's impressive!

I love the colours, I'm quite the fan of rainbow attire. I just hope it doesn't come out too bulky, I've never crocheted any clothing.

[wendy james]

Could you get a cotton yarn to reduce bulk?

This is the cardigan I have planned. I had to find a substitute yarn (the recommended has wool in it) and have gone for a cotton one so it’s more use for summer.