Knitting, crocheting and general craftery

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Wine Legs
Wine Legs
Jun 2020
1:07pm, 25 Jun 2020
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Wine Legs
Those are lovely HB! I hope it was self striping yarn...
sallykate
sallykate
Jun 2020
1:13pm, 25 Jun 2020
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sallykate
Always so in awe of people's ability to knit socks - those are wonderful HB!
HellsBells
HellsBells
Jun 2020
1:16pm, 25 Jun 2020
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HellsBells
Yes it was Mind The Gap - I love it, colours of the underground map

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poppyH
poppyH
Jun 2020
3:56pm, 25 Jun 2020
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poppyH
I have some, just waiting on me getting enough confidence to knit it! Perhaps I'll find a crochet hat pattern instead.
Meglet
Meglet
Jun 2020
10:44pm, 25 Jun 2020
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Meglet
Just caught up on sewing bee. Agree it was the right result, though all the final dresses were stunning in their own ways.
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Jun 2020
3:15pm, 27 Jun 2020
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
I have just caught up too, had to ignore this thread for a couple of days.
Meglet
Meglet
Jun 2020
3:48pm, 27 Jun 2020
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Meglet
Finally the fabric I’ve been coveting for a few weeks has arrived. I saw it online but there wasn’t enough for the dress I wanted to make. Scoured various websites. Ordered it from what looked like a dodgy Chinese site and turned out it was! Then the original site had it in stock again, yay! That took another two weeks.

Now being ultra good and washing it before cutting. Does anybody actually do this? I never usually bother but this is really nice cotton, there is 4m, and I wouldn’t want to find it shrinks. Plus I have a cotton lining which I’m also washing so they don’t shrink at different rates, fingers crossed!
Cyclops
Cyclops
Jun 2020
4:00pm, 27 Jun 2020
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Cyclops
I always wash fabric first. Learned with some cheap cotton I made a skirt out of a long time ago. Made it, wore it once, washed it and it shrank!!
Meglet
Meglet
Jun 2020
4:13pm, 27 Jun 2020
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Meglet
Do you stick it through the washing machine? I just gave mine a fairly quick dunk and rinse in the sink and a spin in the machine.
HellsBells
HellsBells
Jun 2020
4:23pm, 27 Jun 2020
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HellsBells
I always wash fabric first - generally in whatever way I’ll be washing and drying the finished garment

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Possible tour of the Strictly costume workshops?

Details here: dsi-london.com

The regular "Behind the Seams" tour starts with champagne, lasts about 2 hours and includes lots of crystals and swishy dresses.

DSI London headquarters

The Courtyard

131 Aurelia Road

Croydon

CR0 3BF

If anyone wants to organise a group booking then hand up now please. Groups are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday at 11am or 2pm.

Otherwise we could make individual bookings at £29 each (2pm Saturday or Tuesday)

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A thread for those of us who like making 'stuff'.

Recommended yarn/craft shops: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=456

Lists of books/patterns http://www.fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=460

Fabric shops - bricks or on-line. fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=556

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