Creativity

[moongazeruk]

And I have been incredibly impressed with some peoples creative talents whilst surfing the net for free crochet patterns (of which I now have ...................LOTS!! Or is that more accurately......... squillions - yis -  lol).

I have found dozens of blogs, where people 'show off' their skills, and so they should - there are some very talented

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[moongazeruk]

I never thought about the market. I'lol have to give it a looksee. I know they have a great sweetie stall that sells banana eclairs so now have 2 excuses to go in there, and its close to where I can park.

[comfreymole]

I have loads of cheap wool I picked up at the pound shop too but I am a sod for good wool and good tools.

I have a set of the Denise interchangeable needles and a lovely set of knitpicks pretty multi coloured interchangeable too. The latter I use all the time and the Denise I have donated to Boggy's knitting school :)

As an aside when he was "away" at first they said they wanted to teach him EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing... they dont know HOW it works though)but when they found out he was learning to knit they changed their minds because it helps, not only with the eye movement thing but its hypnotic and calms the mind :)

As for the humour thing, OH YES LOL! I am an honoury member of SPLOL (society for the protection of little old ladies) and LASK (league against sock knitters) PMSL!!!!

I love them. Whatsmore theyre really kind too. I have been sent in the post two patterns because I couldnt find a nice long cardi one I liked and at the time they barely knew me. How nice is that.

[moongazeruk]

Good wool would be wasted on my knitting skills at the moment tho. But it really has the potential to be a very expensive hobby. Maybe I should just get good enough to sell some. That rocking chair image of MC's springs to mind there - LOL.

LASK - I like that - sock knitters seem to be really frowned upon, I noticed that. And I have to ask myself, why would anyone want to wear a pair of knitted socks ??? marks and spencer already do a great line - lol. Hell, even Asda do a great line in lovely soft cotton socks.

[comfreymole]

its not so much that theyre frowned on its just that they are bloody everywhere and go on and on about it as if socks are the be all and end all of knitting!! Bloody annoying I can tell you and so one of the older women on the site I'm on made LASK as a tongue in cheek thing.

And I agree, who would want to.

Ok maybe a few bedsocks and to practise the craft using the round and what have you, if you are not adept at knitting. But they really aren't difficult honestly.

But have you seen them??? They really cant be comfortable. LOL

[comfreymole]

it can be expensive but I managed to buy 400 grams (one huuuuge ball) of 20% wool aran for a fiver. Two of those are big enough for a full length cardi for me, with some left over.

So I bought deep green and a charcoal grey. Fabooolooos!

I also picked up some in hobbycraft that should have retailed at £3.80 for 50 grammes and got them for 99p each because they were slightly unravelled. That was 100% cotton!!

its a case of having a good look round. If you want to practise knitting you can buy really cheap acrylic wool. Thats what Martyns using and at the moment he's making some really nice cushion covers for the conservatory in two shades of green :D

[comfreymole]

Oh and knitted on the round? You'll need circular needles OR you can save your pocket money and get the pretties I have which can be made into circular needles :D

[comfreymole]

PPS remember you need wool not acrylic if you are going to felt:)

I have some great bag patterns, but theyre in a book. I wonder if I can get them scanned???

[moongazeruk]

OOh - yes please. You know me and handbags!! And I even have a folder especially for crocheted and knitted handbags I want to try. if its not too much hassle, I would love them !!