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Craft Corner

CheerBearSenior Contributor04 Apr 2017, 11:55 am AEST

Craft Corner

A place to chat and share all things crafty!

What's your favourite craft? Is there anything you're working on at the moment? What would you like to create/work on (I have heaps of "one day" project patterns and ideas that I know I will probably never get around to, but it's nice to imagine)? I'd love to hear!

I have absolutely no artistic side to me and stick figures are the extent of my drawing ability, but I really enjoy learning and trying out new crafts. I learnt crochet during a stay in a prevention and recovery centre and it's something I pick up often when I am feeling blue, I need a distraction or I'm just a little bored. I've tried paper crafts too, although I didn't really get far with anything. Sharpies are some of my best friends and when I find my hands need to move I have a collection of smooth rocks that I draw on (different coloured circles) which often relaxes me. Sometimes I dust off the sewing machine and sew as well. I walk around spotlight for a fun outing 😉

Looking forward to hearing from you all 🙂

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outlanderSenior Contributor18 Aug 2018, 8:58 pm AEST

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@CheerBear the colouring looks odd. It looks 2 tone but the darker pink is the actual colour. I couldnt get the lighting right. Ive decided to add in another colour. Im thinking blue, teal or white

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CheerBearSenior Contributor18 Aug 2018, 9:00 pm AEST

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Oh I'm so looking forward to seeing this @outlander!

Have you picked a pattern or do you have a project in mind for it? Did you find someone to sit with you and show you some crochet the other day? (So many questions sorry but so much yay!)

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outlanderSenior Contributor18 Aug 2018, 9:05 pm AEST

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hopefully it doesnt take too long @CheerBear
pattern? project? i havent even gotten past the first granny square yet!!! haha so different to just doing the single crochet thats for sure. yeah i did, we could only spend an hr though as she had to go out and i was having to mnay headspins so couldnt focus for very long but she taught me the techniques of the centres and branching out, then it pretty much just repeats the same sort of technique till i finish the square so was enough time. this one i started on my own this afternoon.

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CheerBearSenior Contributor18 Aug 2018, 9:11 pm AEST

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Its up @outlander. You have done SO well! That's seriously cool! Again those stitches are so neat and even. It can a while to get to that and to see your progress from never picked up a hook to this in a couple of days is so exciting!

Any of your colour choices would look fab. Are you going to keep working on the same square and let it grow? You'll have a lap sized blanket in no time if you do!

This is awesome! 😊👍😊

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outlanderSenior Contributor18 Aug 2018, 9:18 pm AEST

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i can feel your excitment from here lol @CheerBear i learnt so much in just an hr yesterday. all the basic stitches and how to start it off!

hmm im not sure... i dont know how to join the squares yet (but im sure ill learn!) but continuing on would be a good idea! with making it bigger and bigger though would you make each colour section larger? as in dont just do 2 rows but maybe a few more
ooh i should make a rainbow one in dedication to you!

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CheerBearSenior Contributor18 Aug 2018, 9:32 pm AEST

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I'm so excited for you @outlander! It's fun to learn something new and to see it take off and work out. There really is a never ending amount of creations to make ☺

I've only joined one blanket with granny squares, and I'll probably only ever join one (lol). It was not my idea of fun as there were so many yarn ends to stitch in. But I know some people enjoy it though, so maybe you might.

One large granny square would be cool.

Here's one where they changed colour every three rows

And another where colour changed a little differently (every 2 rows, then every row, then a thick border of 4 rows before the final border).

I think both look pretty great. Maybe mix it up as you feel like it?

Oooh which reminds me of something cool I saw a while ago. It was a mood blanket where the person made one row a day and chose the colour to reflect their mood at the time. Could be an interesting thing to do sometime ☺

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outlanderSenior Contributor18 Aug 2018, 9:38 pm AEST

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will wait for your pics to come up @CheerBear
yeah i was thinking there were going to be too mnay ends to tie off and stitch compared to one big granny square
oh yes i did see that too with the mood blankets. that would be a pretty good project though i wouldnt remember what each colour represented lol.

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CheerBearSenior Contributor18 Aug 2018, 9:46 pm AEST

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A little stitching I can deal with. A whole bag of granny squares - nope!

I think I'd make a mood blanket without a colour to match a mood specifically, but more just a "what colour is my mood that I have in my yarn stash, right now" kind of thing. I'd definitely have a jumbled up blanket by the end of it @outlander 😆

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outlanderSenior Contributor18 Aug 2018, 10:03 pm AEST

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I cant see the first pic but i love the second one @CheerBear
Lol you wouldnt be the only one with a jumbled blanket! Ive only got 4 colours atm so ill see how i go with those for now but i will have to look into a project properly and pick colours to get etc.

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CheerBearSenior Contributor20 Aug 2018, 11:57 am AEST

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Hi @outlander and all

I finished something! 😁 Considering how many unfinished things I have floating around, this is a bit yay!

Crochet meets felting (kind of).

I found this one heaps of fun to create and it makes me want to try proper felting again. I can't get the cats you shared out of my head outlander!

Hope anyone crafting is enjoying it too 😊

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