Team Hooker - One pointy thing is better than two

[SoupDragon]

Quiche-tastic.

I'm thinking of it being mo decorative...perhaps an autumn/spring weight "keep the breeze off" kind of scarf."

Mine is definately decorative/keep the breeze off.
Everytime I wore it last year I had loads of compliments, I'm going to have a squeeze of some yarns in the wool shop next week and choose something cosy to make another one

WIPS List:
Pram blanket for PidjChick - on 4th and final square
Rainbow snake - halfway through Indigo
Cardy, bootees and dungarees - need buttons
Cable scarf for me - ongoing, will get dumped at bottom of pile!
MrsY's blanket - 3 more rows, join columns, edge
Little Hugs and Refuge Squares

I also have a half made pair of dungarees to sew, and the nursery furnishings to make... Thank god for unemployment :o

When I change colour, I pull the new one through the last loop of the old,one, then pull the old loop tight, snip the old colour with a 2inch or so tail and knot the new and old ends together. Then I crochet over the tails.

What Soupie said - and i mostly do that on the MN Woolly Hugs so extra precious!

I'll post a couple of links in a mo (touch screen tablet only lets me paste once per post ) if you fancy getting involved in Mn projects...

MN Woolly Hugs

Blankets for Refuge

There are meets coming up in Glasgow and Winchester too :)

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1514861-Blanket-Meet-ups-Sign-in-here

Anyone in your country? (just check the last post or so on the thread :))

See? We also get regular contributions from America, Canada, New Zealand...

On another note, I've finished my car seat blanket - will post pics tomorrow if i can get a good one - and am onto Violet on my snake toy :o

Morning all... can you help?
I've had a request from a friend for a tea cosy and oven glove, and would like to make them in a matching stitch/style. I have done a felted oven glove before which my friend covets, but I'm not good enough to do a tea cosy without a pattern, so has anyone come across a pattern for a felted tea cosy?
(I looked on ravelry but none of them are felted - although if I can't find a specific pattern I will just try one and try to make it much bigger so its about right size by the time its been shrunk/felted)
Thanks if anyone can help...

There are knitted ones on Ravelry - can you take the sizing from those and work one out? No idea. Lots come up when you google "felted tea cosy" as well - can they be adapted?

Ta daa! Picture thread :)

Right, I've found my local wool shop.

Because I'm going to make a complete Little Hug and enclose a note explaining why it might look a bit rubbish in places I think I can use any wool as long as it's nice and soft and wash friendly, yes?

Can anyone, PLEASE point me at a range of wool sold here, within any category that would be suitable?

I am completely lost. And my test blanket is going curvy/triangular AGAIN and I can't think why! I must be either missing stitches or doing one too many...

Ah, there's also a shop in the next town that stocks Stylecraft, but it's a fair trek...

Lollipop, I would go and have a squeeze of the DK wools and see what feels nice and has the colours you are looking for.

This looks good I'm making cellular blankets for PidjChick in a similar mix

I have a tonne of this, would happily pop a couple of balls in the post

If you can get to the shop, they might know of classes you could do, or someone to give you some pointers (if we don't have a blanketeer nearby?)

This is gorgeous, I'll pop a pic on t'other thread of my latest project in it

I'm going to the shop tomorrow, and will check out the other one soon too - I think there are some ladies in there who offer pointers so I'll take my practice efforts if it goes wrong again (so far so good!)

Pidj, I love some of those colours! Also, when is PidjChick due and and do you know what kind of Chick it will be? :)