Knitting, crocheting and general craftery

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11 Jul
2:46pm, 11 Jul 2024
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Kittenheels Kath
I've never had the nerve to try this, but your success is inspiring. (We have the same laundry basket).

My next sewing project is to turn a super-king sized duvet cover into two singles. Mr Kath and I use single quilts (best night's sleep of my cohabiting life when I discovered that trick), but in the sales they only had one single of the fabric I liked. Buying a super-king-sized is also cheaper than two singles.
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2:51pm, 11 Jul 2024
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Elsie Too
I wouldn't have had the courage without SS's help. I thought about making them into a cushion cover or something simple, but SS suggested this top and I love it.

The single duvet trick is one we discovered when we went to Sweeden.
11 Jul
6:33pm, 11 Jul 2024
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Garfield
Elsie, we've seen that in Germany on holidays...no more hassles with OH stealing covers. :)
13 Jul
7:50am, 13 Jul 2024
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icemaiden
Our Knitting Nana made the BBC BBC News - 'Knitting nana's' England postbox scene for final
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13 Jul
7:37pm, 13 Jul 2024
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EvilPixie
Excellent service from the place recommended by HB
Yesteryear ordered 2m of fluff and it arrived today!
I just now need to put on my big girl pants and do the work
Fabric and tacks >Ā£20 vs new cat tree Ā£130
15 Jul
10:29pm, 15 Jul 2024
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jabberknit
Mr JK and I spent a pleasant morning wandering around Cosby, a local village which has an annual spectacular yarn bombing. This year's theme is Fun and Games.
Some synchronised swimmers:

Some football supporting cows:

Mr JK with some fairground horses:

Tom Daley sitting knitting on a diving board:

An enjoyable outing!
15 Aug
2:43pm, 15 Aug 2024
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LouiseRuns šŸŒ¹šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§ šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡ŗ


I think I've found the reason why my last piece didn't work out the way I was expecting it to! Both these hooks are labelled 10.0mm. I've been using the blue one. Should have used the pink one, which really is 10.0mm, rather than the blue, which is more like an 8.0 ...
15 Aug
4:12pm, 15 Aug 2024
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Meglet
I knitted a whole blanket square on the wrong needles (Iā€™d put them in the wrong pack, only 0.5mm too small). As it was the next of a strip and in the middle it would have shown and would not have blocked to size so I had to completely redo it so I feel your pain!

A needle sizer is one of the next things I have
15 Aug
4:22pm, 15 Aug 2024
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Garfield
Needle sizers are very useful...especially when there are lots of double pointed needles and no numbers on them!!
15 Aug
4:24pm, 15 Aug 2024
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Meglet
*best things I have

Iā€™m not even sure where mine came from

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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

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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 Ā£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

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

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