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[jaxnsmom]

Sarah, those are the cutest animals. I really love the giraffe! The recipients are so lucky.

[jaxnsmom]

Janice, I love the colors you've used. Don't wait another year to finish it! ☺

[Sarah]

I love your quilt Janice. Great colours.

[Janice, Moderator]

Thanks. :)

[Sarah]

Wow that's really nice Janice, I love all the rainbow colours =]

I made a doughnut pincushion hehe =]



I've just finished making a hat/beret. It was a practice attempt, so starting on the proper one now.

[Janice, Moderator]

Your donut pin cushion is cute. The pins look like sprinkles. What did you stuff it with, Sarah? I received a pin cushion that has crushed walnut shells in it. They supposedly keep your pins sharp, but I wonder if there isn't some oil or something. My pins seem to be sticky after they've sat idle for a long period of time. It's a few uses before they slide in and out of the fabric easily.

[Sarah]

Thanks Janice.

Hehe I love it. I was going to use some beans but I had some left over fiber-fill stuffing so just used that... quite a bit actually, it's quite a fat doughnut =P As it's so soft the pins can stick through the bottom a bit, so I just angled them slightly and it seemed to do the trick. That's interesting, I suppose they could keep the pins sharp on shells yes. But yes I wouldn't want oily pins, I think there is oil in them cuz they provide omega 6 or 3 can't remember which.

[jaxnsmom]

Really cute Sarah! You're getting so many projects done, I'm impressed. I agree about the donut sprinkles :)

[Lisa]

I'm loving all the things you have been making Sarah! You have done a wonderful job :)

[[deleted user]]

Lots of talent in this group :-). I am loving your quilt Janice; the colours are so pretty on the white background.

Sarah, that doughnut pincushion is inspired - love it!

[Stephanie]

Such a beautiful quilt, Janice! Love the pin cushions, Sarah! Ya'll are so creative!!

[Lisa]

Beautiful quilt Janice!

[Janice, Moderator]

Thanks. :)

[Tejas Janet]

Sarah, your crochet animal family are so cute! Pin cushion and beret very nice. You seem to really have the knack for crocheting. Did someone teach you how or did you figure out how on your own?

Wow, Janice, I love your quilt. It's like stained glass windows. Really breath-taking!!

[Bella]

Janice wrote: "Your donut pin cushion is cute. The pins look like sprinkles. What did you stuff it with, Sarah? I received a pin cushion that has crushed walnut shells in it. They supposedly keep your pins sharp,..."

My grandmother used to use sand in her pin cushions. She said it kept the needles sharp. (Not beach sand, though, which I think is half cigarette ash and bird poo.)

[Sarah]

Tejas Janet wrote: "Sarah, your crochet animal family are so cute! Pin cushion and beret very nice. You seem to really have the knack for crocheting. Did someone teach you how or did you figure out how on your own?"

I taught myself mostly through youtube videos. I got into it when I found a magazine subscription a few months ago and been learning the stitches through that to make a big throw (It's 120 issues woah so a long way to go yet). And I just brought a crafting kit to make the monkey. After that I went online and searched specifically for what I wanted to make. I used Ravelry and YouTube mostly =]

[Cherie]

Awsome, Sarah!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Bella wrote: "My grandmother used to use sand in her pin cushions. She said it kept the needles sharp. (Not beach sand, though, which I think is half cigarette ash and bird poo.)"

o.O
you need better beaches!

[Tejas Janet]

That's so cool, Sarah. To learn online. Love it!

Great job, you.

[Tejas Janet]

Bella wrote: "Janice wrote: "Your donut pin cushion is cute. The pins look like sprinkles. What did you stuff it with, Sarah? I received a pin cushion that has crushed walnut shells in it. They supposedly keep y..."

What is sand if not beach sand? Hmm...

[Rusalka, Moderator]

We have a market in river sand. Coarser than our beach sand.

[Bella]

Tejas Janet wrote: "Bella wrote: "Janice wrote: "Your donut pin cushion is cute. The pins look like sprinkles. What did you stuff it with, Sarah? I received a pin cushion that has crushed walnut shells in it. They sup..."

My grandmother used to get the sand- which is probably sand from a beach- from the garden center. I'm pretty sure they clean it because people get mad if the sand/soil they buy has seeds, bacteria, that interfere with plant growth.

[Sarah]

Tejas Janet wrote: "That's so cool, Sarah. To learn online. Love it!

Great job, you."

Thanks =]

There is so much online and I found quite a few beginner videos, I've learnt to read basic patterns now so I found found places like individual blogs where they post a written pattern which I can now understand and follow. The tricky part is coverting to different stitches, as US and UK terms are different. SO that can be a bit confusing.

[Sarah]

Okay that's it for a while with the crochet. My shoulders need a rest haha and I'm going away to a gig this weekend so won't be doing much other tha chilling and having fun. These are my creations..

A little miniature pig for my grandma.. I love his tail



My blue beret I showed before, I'm not sure beret's suit me.. what do you think?



And the new hat I made yesterday, is more like a slouchy beanie, I like this one the most.

[[deleted user]]

Love the little piggy! So cute!

[Lisa]

I love the piggy too Sarah! The two hats are great too! Enjoy your gig this weekend. Have fun! :)

[Janice, Moderator]

The piggy is so cute, Sarah. I love the hats. Of the two, the white one really appeals to me.

[Peggy]

Ooh, the piggy is adorable! Great job on the hats, I love the white one!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Both hats suits you, Sarah. And the piglet is really something! Congrats! You not only are doing beautiful things, but it seems you work pretty fast!

I taught myself crocheting too, and knitting (with a little of help from my MIO), but I've never done something so complex and beautiful like your monkey and pig. I prefer knitting, to be honest, mostly because I do it better. My oldest daughter is good at crocheting, but last thing she did was a year ago.

[Stephanie]

I love the pig!! So cute!! The hats are awesome too, Sarah!! I'm going to have to look up the YouTube stuff to crochet :)

[Joan]

Sarah I love the big and the cream colored hat looks great. what do you do at your gigs?

[CFDeeDee]

Ooh such great work, love the hat, got one just like it, but different in color :D
I miss my crochet ! Guess will finish my project soon !

[[deleted user]]

Everyone's projects are wonderful. This is my first time seeing this thread, guess I need to catch up!

I myself crochet. I have 3 projects I am working on. An afghan, a bunny for my DD and a dry bones from Mario for my son. I will have to post a picture.

[Sarah]

Thanks everyone.. The piggie is adorable, I'm going to make one for myself I just have to it's way to cute. My grandma loved it. And the giraffe I did before my mom loved that, she was all excited when I gave it to her (she's a big fan of giraffes).

Now my bf would like a giraffe hehe =]

I love the white hat too, I'm going to make that in cream soon, I shall most likely start it this week. And a scarf and a cowl are next on my list to make.

@Stephanie: If you'd like I can link you to some crochet vids that I found for beginners?

@Joan: This time we were in the balcony and they had seats so I ran to a seat right at the front, otherwise we're in the standing section and don't get the greatest view of the bands. I've seen 'The Subway's standing up and that was good it was on a boat called 'The Thekla' in Brisol, UK, very small venue and I just basiclaly sway and nod my head haha.

Last night was a heavy metal band called 'Megadeth'. It was sold out so was packed. With what happened on Friday with Paris and the 'Eagles of Death Metal' band it was a bit worrying and they were even more thorough with the patting down and searching people and bags on the doors and closed the doors up afterwards. There was loads more security too. I think a lot of people there perhaps didn't enjoy it as much as they could. I bobbed my knee mostly and nodded my head, can't really get into it sitting down that's the downfall of the seats, yet the downfall of standing, is that after 3 bands and the main band is due your feet ache.

@DeeDee and Kelly B: I'm sure we'd all love to see your projects. I look forward to seeing anything from Mario =P

[Stephanie]

I would love some links, Sarah!! Thank you :)

[Sarah]

Hi Stephaie, there are quite a few I used..

This one is what I'm doing throught my magazine, it is UK terms though, but for anyone else interested: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

This one is in US terms: I used these a lot when my magaizne wasn't available: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... or
Behooked I quite like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI9Xl...

I hope that'll help for now.

[Stephanie]

Thank you thank you, Sarah :)

[Sarah]

Your welcome =]

[Tejas Janet]

Oh, I should try to do some of the animals for my baby triplet nephews. Since buttons could pose a choking hazard, maybe I could make eyes from yarn...

[Sarah]

Tejas Janet, you can get safety eyes they clip on and the don't come off, I accidentally pushed one eye together and that's it, it's stuck for good. I've tried pulling them off and even getting some tools on them lol, nope it's not budging. Just search for them on your fave yarn site or go on ebay =]

You can get various sizes, and shapes an even googly eyes as well as different colours.

[Tejas Janet]

Thank you, Sarah. It sounds good, but I'm a nervous nelly so just go with stitching on some black yarn eyes.

Momma is already challenged with 3 triplet babies. So I don't need to add more to her challenge is my feeling.

[Sarah]

Awww, that's understandable, no worries, maybe when they're a little older you can add the safety eyes to other prjoects =]

[Joan]

I made a tea cozy - actually I was given a hat too small for my head but it fit my tea pot perfectly.

[Tejas Janet]

That's funny - and very pragmatic, Joan. Love it!!

[Tejas Janet]

Sarah wrote: "Awww, that's understandable, no worries, maybe when they're a little older you can add the safety eyes to other prjoects =]"

Yes, when they don't immediately put everything into their mouths.

Now to get started!!

[Tejas Janet]

... and when they're past teething :)

[Cherie]

Joan wrote: "

I made a tea cozy - actually I was given a hat too small for my head but it fit my tea pot perfectly."

My attempts to crochet my first granddaughter a hat were used as toilet paper roll covers by her mother. She always hated them. Her youngest son is the only one who ever wore or appreciated any of the hats I made. He still wears them.

[Tejas Janet]

Haaa! That's so funny and sad at the same time. Thanks, Cherie. As always, you rock.

[CFDeeDee]

I've just made those little baby shoes ~> https://www.goodreads.com/photo/user/...

[Almeta]

CFDeeDee wrote: "I've just made those little baby shoes ~> https://www.goodreads.com/photo/user/..."

Aaaawww!