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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 Contributor03 Oct 2018, 11:51 pm AEST

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Enjoy @saturnzoon its the same technique for a grannysquare except its going side to side instead of in a square.
I can see your picture now too. Nice colour choices

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CheerBearSenior Contributor04 Oct 2018, 5:54 am AEST

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Morning everyone

@outlander - love the colours in your new blanket. I can imagine your aunty will love that 😊

I'd put a border on everything now, but that's just me. To me borders really finish a project, plus I think it's fun to try out new ones. On top of that, borders can straighten the edges and seem to flatten the piece too. A picot border is what came to mind when I saw the picture of yours. I think it would look great but there are heaps of others that would also.

Here's a picot border on a granny stripe that I found online

Hey @saturnzoon. Great to hear you've been able to work on your blanket a little too. It looks like it's going to be really snuggly 🙂

I haven't finished a hexagon project but I have started a couple. Somewhere in a box in the garage I think I'd find a bag of hexagons if I looked. I remember making some African Flowers, which look like this.

I could make them without running in to too much trouble, but from memory I had some issues with getting them the same size and with way too many yarn ends to sew in because at the time I didn't know how to work over the ends.

I found this link to three hexagon patterns which look great to start with. They use just a few stitches which I think you'd be fine with considering how well your stripes blanket is going.

Happy crafting all 😊

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outlanderSenior Contributor04 Oct 2018, 11:17 am AEST

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Morning @CheerBear
I chucked the blanket. I wasnt happy with it and the colour changes were really frustrating me so ive decided to buy a nice yarn cake and just go with that then add a border. The border you picked looks nice and think itll go well with the stripe too.

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MazaritaSenior Contributor05 Oct 2018, 12:30 pm AEST

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Hi @outlander, you asked on the other thread if I could upload some images of my finished knitting project. My phone camera is really crappy and the colours go weird on the edges of the shots. But here are a few images...

Close-up of stitches, 3 colours interwovenMid-shot of stitchesThe whole piece, about the size of a bathmat

This will be wrapped around a tree, along with pieces of knitting done by other people. All together, it will be a patchwork knit-bomb installation at a forthcoming day of music and art for mental health.

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outlanderSenior Contributor05 Oct 2018, 12:41 pm AEST

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Just awaiting your pics to come up @Mazarita im looking forward to seeing them

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outlanderSenior Contributor05 Oct 2018, 4:56 pm AEST

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oh thats really pretty @Mazarita i can see the colours nice in these pics. good job 🙂

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MazaritaSenior Contributor05 Oct 2018, 5:16 pm AEST

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Thanks, @outlander. Good to hear you were back into the crochet yesterday too. 🙂

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outlanderSenior Contributor05 Oct 2018, 5:20 pm AEST

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thanks @Mazarita 🙂

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outlanderSenior Contributor06 Oct 2018, 11:38 am AEST

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Aww i have to start all over again on the blanket 😞
Theres not enough white so now have to put this project on hold ( ill eventually finish it) but noe have to find another yarn cake with more white less green. So frustrating!

@CheerBear @saturnzoon and all anyone reccomend a good mostly blue and white yarn cake?

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saturnzoonSenior Contributor06 Oct 2018, 12:50 pm AEST

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Morning craftys @CheerBear @Mazarita @BlueBay @Maggie

@outlander I have no idea what a yarn cake is?

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