Knitting, crocheting and general craftery

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May 2016
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EvilPixie
v-rap you have some robin paintbox yarn (from looking at your projects you used in it the "brick" cushion cover you recently did)
I got some to crochet with but it's too busy ... any ideas as to what I should/could use it for?

currently using some lovely hand dyed purple yarn with sparkles on a hitch hiker - made a couple of mistakes 1 through tiredness 1 due to annoying husband! Had to frog 3 rows this morning - as I'm on tooth 18 this was several stitches!
May 2016
3:16pm, 10 May 2016
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Velociraptor
I must take a photo of the things my mother made with the Robin Paintbox yarn, Pix. Even she couldn't do a thing with the Duplo-coloured stuff, but she managed to turn the pink and lilac stuff into a cardigan.

I started making a baby cardi with Robin baby 4-ply. It was like knitting with ragged old plastic carrier bags. I have most of 200g of the stuff in white if anyone wants it, otherwise it's going to the charity shop and I am going to knit with woolly wool instead.
May 2016
9:28pm, 10 May 2016
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Meglet
Those brightly coloured skeins look lovely but don't always look the same once knitted up! I like some of the patterns pairing them with a dark main colour, using the bright as accents/flashes.

Here's my Magrathea, finally written up
ravel.me

I've also bought some blocking mats today. (Bit late for the Magrathea!) If anybody is in need Morrisons have interlocking foam mats intended for hopscotch for £4 a set!
May 2016
9:34pm, 10 May 2016
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Girlie
That looks fab Meglet and a lovely colour. I love Martinas patterns, they are so easy to follow and suit all sorts of yarns.
May 2016
12:06pm, 11 May 2016
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icemaiden
I have been busy with stuff, but have busted some stash using up three lots of leftover wool for socks.



They are much more orange than the pic suggests.
May 2016
12:37pm, 11 May 2016
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Star
they look fab :-)
May 2016
1:09pm, 11 May 2016
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HellsBells
I like those very much :-)
May 2016
1:21pm, 11 May 2016
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icemaiden
Happy go lucky boot socks ravelry.com - I have the book and am working through it. Mind you there's lots of other lovely three colour socks on ravelry too.
May 2016
1:27pm, 11 May 2016
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EvilPixie
cool IM what book?
May 2016
1:37pm, 11 May 2016
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icemaiden
Sock Knitting Master Class amzn.to

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