More Grannies!
31 Jan
I’m on a roll now! Two more squares today! I now have three!
My hands hurt a bit now though. Does this get better in time?
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Granny Squares
A few weeks back I enthusiastically signed up for Pip of Meet me at Mike’s Granny a Day 2010. It’s taken me a little while to get started and there’s been a lot of pulling apart failed first attempts, but today it finally clicked and I made my first ever square! It’s wonky and my [...]
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Forest Friends Quilt- Finished!
I spent some of this afternoon sitting in a sunny spot in the lounge room finishing the last of this quilt;
I really enjoyed working on this and it will be sad (in a good way) to see it head off to it’s new owner – a sweet little 18 month old by the name of [...]
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Doily Garland
Today we’re going to make a doily garland. It’s essentially a string of doily’s and paper circles sewn together.
You need:
1 packet of paper doilys. My garland used 32 (plus one extra for your circle template)
Christmas themed paper
circle template – cut the centre circle from your spare doily.
scissors
sewing machine, thread
1. Using your circle template (the centre [...]
they look great! i wish i could wrap my head around it the way you have – you clever duck!
I watched tutorials – then read tutorials, then realised my main problem was not pushing my stitches across so they sat nice. Once I realised that I was off!
Oh good for you!!!! These are EXACTLY what my first granny squares looked like – about a year and a half ago. Your hand does get used to holding the hook, so fear not. And the more you crochet, the more your tension improves, you don’t even really have to actively work on it, just keep crocheting! I am so pleased you kept trying! Look at you now! Hurrah!!
Thanks Pip! If it weren’t for your tutorials I think I would have given up!