Knitting, crocheting and general craftery

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Ness May 2021 8:36am, 7 May 2021 15,057 posts	0 Ness That’s fabulous!
Gus May 2021 11:02am, 7 May 2021 1,769 posts	0 Gus Great work, can you remind me what the pattern was?
panad May 2021 2:29pm, 7 May 2021 2,397 posts	0 panad Stunning runnyeyes ❤️
runnyeyes May 2021 3:11pm, 7 May 2021 1,979 posts	0 runnyeyes Thank you all.. I really appreciate your compliments. Gus .. it’s fern and feather by Jennifer Steingass. She has loads of variations on top down sweaters. I just paid me money ($6 I think) and downloaded it.
runnyeyes May 2021 3:12pm, 7 May 2021 1,980 posts	0 runnyeyes Sorry.. meant to say from Ravelry
LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 May 2021 12:05pm, 8 May 2021 249 posts	0 LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 I can't knit or crochet. Well, I can kind of. I can't cast on for knitting, and can only do plain or purl once started, and I can make coaster-type thing in crochet, but that's it. Both are on my list of things to learn properly, anyone got any suggestions where to start, other than YouTube? In the meantime, here's something I have made, using modular origami:
EvilPixie May 2021 12:11pm, 8 May 2021 25,099 posts	0 EvilPixie Pooh bear! Fabulous
GimmeMedals May 2021 12:13pm, 8 May 2021 20,919 posts	0 GimmeMedals I have found VeryPink Knits to have good videos for all things knittery on You Tube, but don't have any non-You Tube advice. For crochet, I bought a book for beginners off Amazon and followed the diagrams.
Meglet May 2021 1:02pm, 8 May 2021 21,804 posts	0 Meglet Knitting is only plain or purl stitches just in different combinations so you’re not doing badly! There are lots of different cast on methods but if you’re starting it doesn’t matter which one you use. You can even do a crochet chain and knit into that. Not sure about non YouTube, it really is very helpful to see stuff in action and I second Very Pink Knits. Attic 24 for crochet has photo tutorials, not sure about similar for knitting.
LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 May 2021 1:30pm, 8 May 2021 250 posts	0 LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Ooh, I like the idea of starting by a crochet chain, that's one thing I can do! I may have to bite the bullet and get on to YouTube. I guess the advantage of that is I could always rewind several times if they go too fast.

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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

Article about sewing machines: fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=557

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