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How exciting Pidj! Wishing you a nice easy labour and lots of love and smiles on the other side :)

Good luck Pidj

Hope all goes well Pidj!

Waters went at 10 last night, still only 3cm

Iirc there's a free pattern for an anteater on ravelry - it's a shit anteater but very clanger-like!

Waters went at 10 last night, still only 3cm

Iirc there's a free pattern for an anteater on ravelry - it's a shit anteater but very clanger-like!

OH WOW!!!! Go Pidj go!! Hope things start moving properly soon! Our first crocheted baby, how exciting!

Off to look at bollockly Peppa pigs and anteaters (not a sentence I imagined myself typing today)

Thanks all

amigurumi clanger
Not perfect but a good start

Best of luck pidj :) I too know the joys of a long labour. It's all worth it, promise!

Good luck Pidj

Good luck Pidj

Hope you will soon be enjoying your newborn cuddles

Pidj, I'm delurking to say hello and good luck, enjoy those squishy newborn cuddles!

Lurking here too!

Raphael Joseph born 8am 6lb3oz all tired but happy and healthy

Raphael Joseph born 8am 6lb3oz all tired but happy and healthy

Yah! Congratulations :)

I hope he is wrapped in a handmade blanket ?

Congratulations!

Yay! Many congratulations!

Congratulations, Pidj - that is wonderful news. How soon do you think you will start teaching him to crochet?

I hope you are tucked up warm and comfortable, and enjoying all those newborn cuddles.

Ah congratulations pidj! Hope you recover quickly and are enjoying gorgeous snuggles with little Raphael

congratulations Pidjy and welcome to the world Raphael

how lovely! a baby hooker

now you rest and have things brought to you

Congratulations!

Welcome baby Raphael

Congratulations Pidgeon, and welcome to baby Raphael. :)

Can somebody help?

I have been given some wool but I don't know what size crochet hook to use.

Two types of wool, one say knitting needle size 4.5 metric, the other says knitting needle 7 metric.

My crochet hooks are metal with sizes 6.5 mm 4 mm 8 mm etc.

So what size do I use, I am very confused!

Thanks

I'm no expert, Gorja, but I'd use the one that worked best with the yarn - ie. big enough to catch the yarn, but not too big, iyswim. But I could well be wrong.

This looks useful. It seems to imply that "metric" is just mm and, based on this, I would try a similarly numbered hook. Is the 4.5 like a DK yarn and the 7 chunky?