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Craft Corner

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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Woohoo @outlander 🙂 That looks great and exactly the way the pattern goes. Your stitches again are so neat!

Go you 👍❤😊

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Thank you for your help and encouragement @CheerBear ❤

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You're welcome @outlander 😊 Thanks for sharing your adevnture with us!

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@CheerBear do you reccomend a youtube clip that shows how to change colours? One thats easy to learn off?

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Here's one @outlander. It's how I change colours and what I find looks the best. At the start of the video you'll find how to change colour at the end of the row. At about 6:10 you'll see them change colour in the middle of a row (which is the same idea).

The video is by "Bella Coco" and they have so many different tutorials and hints and tips. All of the videos I've seen by Bella Coco are helpful, clear, slow enough to see etc.

😊

(You're not using your yarn cake anymore?)

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Cool thanks @CheerBear ill take a look.

I need to buy another yarn cake. The purple got too tangled on it and had to cut it so ill buy a new one use that roll first then continue on as itll continue on in the same pattern. Not sure if that makes sense lol.
Ill use the one im doing now as practice ones so like learning this technique and colour changes (unless it looks ok then ill have 2 blankets going lol)

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@CheerBear ive got so many colour patterns in mind i dont know where to start 😂 part of that is i need to master the colour changes first though.

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Haha @outlander the struggle there is real 😆 How cool is it to have too many ideas of what you could do though?!

I like yarn cakes as they take away that need to think of what colour next, which I can ponder for way too long sometimes. I'm not a fan of the price of them though.

I don't think I've shared this one but what you're doing now reminded me of it. It's from a rainbow cake I picked up while I was at the break place as a reward for something difficult I did. Like it sounds you may have done, I couldn't settle on what to do with it and started a few things but wasn't happy with them (I played frog lots 🐸!). In the end I made this little shawl thing for one of mine which they love snuggling up with.

It's made with one cake and a similar kind of pattern with the stitches as your granny square. Totally doable with where you are now.

Just throwing another idea out there 😝 Have you mixed crochet and pinterest together yet? That has baaaad news written all over it 😉😆

Hope you enjoy playing with your project and learning (such a great thing to do) ❤

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The struggle is real! @CheerBear sheesh ive no idea! I want to make a blanket first but im sure ill try things in between!
The yarn cake i brought has 4 colours on it. The rainbow one if like to make i need to learn the colour switches. The rainbow one you showed me before where it had a colour then white in between each colour is something id like to do.
I have to go to big w today and theres a high chance ill end up in the yarn isle lol. Plus they are having a sale on them 😌

No you havent shared this one yet! Looking forward to seeing it! I dont know anyone that would wear a shrawl however i could make one anyway 😆
Oooh yes ive been on pintrest i have a very large board of ideas just for blanket colours! Then another for ideas like doilies and tissue box covers and different blanket techniques and hair elastics and soo much more. Id love to make a mandela blanket like youve done!

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