Made a pair of socks for my niece this week, one of a pair for her sister done too. CKD brought home a naked baby doll from the day nursery she works in to be clothed and a friend had a baby boy so I crocheted him a jacket from an online pattern. CKd has started crocheting too and is currently making trousers for another doll.

i used to knit a lot but never did get the hang of crochet

last item i made was a little coat for a little dog!

I'm going to teach the kids to crochet when we do Textiles. I have a lovely book but haven't started yet. It is bag patterns.Lots of stripey ones .

I can just about crochet but have never been able to follow a pattern but how I wish I could is it really difficult?

I can knit and am able to follow a patter.

There are crochet patterns galore on the internet - that jacket is made in half trebles, but is from an American pattern so they call it half double crochet! lol! It's the Baby It's Cold Outside pattern from this site -

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. they have non-baby patterns on other pages too. If you find one you want to try, let me know if you need help - esp. if it's American coz the hook size, wool weight and stitch names are different.

would be lovely to be making stuff over the hols...got decorating to finish as got people coming to view house on thurs/fri. spose decorating could be classed as making!!!!

I'm in the process of knitting scarves using that very thin wispy wool. might show one here when its finished. not as straight!!!as the shop bought ones but it's giving me pleasure and it might - they might...make good xmas presents for next Christmas.

i'd be right chuffed if someone gave me one! straight or not!!! would always remind me of that person,.

but nothing in the league of these crocheted garments - they're lovely.

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they are lovely! Its so therapeutic creating things (she says having not made a scarf for about 4 years!)

I don't know why you don't teach your crafts at night school JD I'm sure that there would be a demand. Certainly in this neck of the wood there would be here. The dolls clothe you've made are lovely.

My Mother used to crochet and knit. I sewed and knit but haven't done either in many a year. It's a shame that these sorts of skills are dying out. I remember my Upper 6 class teacher taught some of us to tat at a lunch time. I've forgotten how to do that as well.

When you can buy a child's jumper for a couple of pounds nowadays there doesn't seem to be any incentive to make your own. There's hard any haberdashery shops around nowadays. In fact around here I can only think of one store that has a department. All the independent shops have long closed down for lack of people buying from them.

I'm going to have a play with my new brayer later and see what I can achieve.

I'm not making but re-organising all my craft stuff into Really Useful Company boxes all labled so I can find stuff.I'm still reeling form the 100plus cards I made for Christmas. I'm hoping to clean out the small bedroom that Jimbo has vacated in favour of her brother's old room(she just makes more mess.) This room has potential fo a craft room! One day!
My sewing machine is playing up so I can't show you the story sacks. Oh I am re-covering an old eiderdown. DON'T ever do it. My best friend was showing me how but sadly she died before we finished it so I have vowed to do it this holidays.I had told her we would put it on the bed and she could come and see it and we'd bounce on the bed. It made her laugh when she wasn't well. We were looking forward to it so I'm going to bounce on it anyway.

I've just finished knitting two Kipper the Dog soft toys for two of the teachers I have worked with who have had babies in the last eighteen months. The teacher I am working with now starts her maternity leave on the 29th Feb so I feel another one is on the way (if you excuse the pun). Although, Wibbly Pig is very tempting for a change. I have made about 10 Kippers since I made the first one for my son 10 years ago.

I am wondering if any of the teachers will work with me soon as the last three I have worked with have all got pregnant. lol

some might be worried Flossie.
I bet they love the Kippers


JD

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Not being cheeky it has loads of patterns free. I'm thinking of teaching the kids but there are 28 so wondering if it might be difficult.

Good site Jack - only thing to watch is that as it is an American site the stitch names differ from ours - they are one out

UK - double crochet
US - single crochet

UK- half treble
US- half double

UK- treble
US - double

The best book I ever saw for teaching kids to crochet was a ladybird one - Learning to Crochet - I taught myself from it. There are thousands of patterns online and I see no reason why children can't do it easily - although 28 at once might be a bit of a handful, can you start them off in groups?

I am thinking of changing my mind and making felt instead. It would be easier with 28.I might have a go at teaching them in small groups do you think it would come under Literacy-Instructions I found some gorgeous wool on ebay to felt.The kids could design their colours.