Craft Corner

I picked up a packet of felting needles today on my hunt for a puppy nose @outlander. As I mentioned this morning, the pattern has some felting which was what I liked about it. I've made a dog body and am working on a head now but I am so tempted to put it down and play with felt cats instead (or even just watch someone else make them on YouTube!). Have you every tried it? If not, maybe you could add it to the one day to try list ☺

Good luck with the doona @Appleblossom.

i cant sew to save my life lol @Appleblossom so your wayy ahead of me!

ohh get some of those giant magifiying glasses! 😉


@CheerBear
did you end up finding your puppy nose?
lol dont get too sidetracked :smiley-tounge: no i havent ever tried them, im not that talented with that sort of thing lol.

It's all practice and playing @outlander ☺ You can sometimes pick up tiny little felting kits with basic things to make in them for a few dollars. They're good to play around with.

Yes I found puppy noses but they're maybe a little small, I'm not sure yet. Whether I will use it will depend on how fussy I am being at the time. I'm sure I'll find something else to use these ones on one day if it isn't for this ☺

(Sidetracked is one of my middle names - too easy for me to do 😁)

for sure @CheerBear at my local big w store they have knitting, crocheting and sewing for beginner kits too i couldnt get them before but with use of my hand i mgiht have another look 🙂


lol it has to look right to you though, no use making something your not happy with!


sidetracked huh- stay away from pintrest lol!

lol @Appleblossom

you look nice just the way you are but whatever keeps you happy 🙂

Oooh those kits are fun also @outlander! If you ever pick up a crochet one I'd be more than happy to help as much as I can from here ☺.

It may have taken a couple of Pinterest hours (days maybe - who knows 😆) to decide on this one little dog. I think that searching for projects is half the fun sometimes!

for sure @CheerBear that would be great!

lol im sure your spending more time on pintrest then what itll take you to make the dog haha

@CheerBear before i buy it- what do you think of this kit?

https://www.bigw.com.au/product/craftmaker-crochet-creations/p/680461/

That looks pretty cool @outlander but it only has one hook (a 4mm which is a good size to start with) and there's not really that much yarn in there. You're paying for a bit of packaging there and for a book which, although I loooove books and can't get enough of them, probably has a lot of patterns you can find the same or similar for free online.

Big W sell individual hooks for about $3 and the "carnival" brand yarn they sell is about the same ($3.50 I think). It's great yarn to learn on as it's sturdy. Aside from scissors, that's really all you need to start with.

If you're brand new to it, like you've never picked up a crochet hook before, it may be worth learning (the really annoying but so worth it!) basic stitches in a square or row to begin with and then going from there. You don't need to master them and it doesn't have to take forever to do, but it can set you up for the more tricky (but not too tricky) counting and shape making stuff.

Also, if you are going to do it that way (with a square or row) chosing a lighter colour yarn to work on first can be helpful. It's easier to see stitches in lighter yarns ☺

Hope that helps and isn't too much info all at once!