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Sep 2011
12:42pm, 6 Sep 2011
17,179 posts
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Velociraptor
Planning and getting started is my favourite bit too. It helps if I do something finicky and interesting so that I can lure myself on from one bit to the next 
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Sep 2011
1:29pm, 6 Sep 2011
2,809 posts
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Kittenheels Kath
My copy of the Complete Book of Handicrafts has just arrived from abebooks.co.uk, it had better be worth the 61p that I spent on it!
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Sep 2011
1:33pm, 6 Sep 2011
1,799 posts
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sallykate
Ooh is that the 70s one? Enjoy!!
I have an afternoon to myself, a very rare occurrence which will result in much crocheting once I've got a couple of errands out of the way I have a choice between carrying on with socks or starting a very chunky poncho/shrug-thing.
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Sep 2011
2:53pm, 6 Sep 2011
17,183 posts
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Velociraptor
That sounds great, Sallykate
Enjoy, KK! I wish I had kept my gran's all-purpose how-to-make-and-mend book, which was very, very old and had, among other things, a section of patterns for making clothes for dolls and small children starting with circles of cloth. Once upon a time, I could have recited that chapter from memory. My gran was a dab hand at sewing too, and she actually made a lot of the things
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Sep 2011
3:04pm, 6 Sep 2011
7,959 posts
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Girlie
M4P- Love the blanket, the colours are lovely and it looks very cosy:-)
More sock knitting tonight after Ive finished the latest job application.
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Sep 2011
3:27pm, 6 Sep 2011
9,165 posts
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HellsBells
I've got a book from my mum called Elizabeth Craig's Needlecraft - it was published during the war and has got sections on making clothing coupons go further and knitting for the forces
I used it the other day when I couldn't remember how to do a french knot
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Sep 2011
4:29pm, 6 Sep 2011
1,801 posts
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sallykate
I have a few odd books from an assortment I picked up on freecycle. They're ex-library books and quite old but lovely for dolls and stuffed toys. And dough craft....but I haven't tackled that yet!
M4P that *is* a lovely blanket! I did a buggy blanket for my hairdresser recently and decided that she was definitely not a white / pastel sort of person so used a more colourful wool.
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Sep 2011
4:53pm, 6 Sep 2011
5,840 posts
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runner duck
that's lovely, m4p
i've just dropped son off at university for the first time. a girl he's sharing the house with was saying the sofa needs a throw and he volunteered my services. i pointed out that they might have graduated before it was finished so cheapie ikea ones were decided on instead!
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Sep 2011
4:56pm, 6 Sep 2011
31,071 posts
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LorraineS
Runner duck would you put the article in the header for the thread, please 
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Sep 2011
5:35pm, 6 Sep 2011
5,842 posts
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runner duck
oooh good idea, ls, i'll see if i can figure out how..
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