A knitting/crochet progress thread

[CarolAird]

Hi all,
For a few weeks I've been knitting a blanket for my DP and I'd love to see what other people are knitting/crocheting at the moment!

Here's the latest picture of my blanket

Finished the pokemon. And I've started on my longer term blanket project but already ready to give up as I just can't get my flowers to stop curling.

HandBag

Have you heard of /seen C2C blankets? They are chart based and you can make absolutely anything!

Can I join this thread as a wannabe crocheter? I've decided I want to make a rainbow ripple blanket, and was up until 1am watching how to crochet YouTube videos - I'm heading into town shortly to acquire wool and a hook

Buttons

Find Lucy's ripple stitch tutorial at Attic24 (Pinterest or Google). If you are stuck PM me and I can help you.
Good luck!

How is it going buttons? I agree with pp - attic 24 tutorials helped me make my ripple blanket, but be prepared for lots of practise first

Look! I can crochet! I have a ripple!

Thats good Buttons,i just cant get the hang of crochet
My latest hat. Going to do a red one for ds gf's birthday

For HandbagCrazy - there's a website you can go to to make charts for knitting. You give it a picture and it charts it for you. It's all free and I used it to make a superhero blanket a while ago.
www.microrevolt.org/knitPro/

buttons

Wow, look at you! Woohoo! Looks great.
Now say good bye to family, friends , job etc as this is your life now 😂😂

Finished my daughter's Christmas jumper. I have now started knitting her the characters from Cinderella. I also plan Noah's Ark and some food for her play kitchen (I am off sick from work so have a lot of time on my hands).

Wolver Thank you!! I'm browsing around the site now. I was honestly losing my marbles trying to figure this out - all I want is HULK SMASH written and a picture of a hulk fist.

Buttons Well done! How are you finding it?

HandbagCrazy - I used it to make smaller squares to complete a big blanket, each with a superhero motif on. I haven't tried it with a large picture but I guess if you did it on largest setting you could scale it up. Alternatively you could chop your original pic into sections if you see what I mean.

Also, I don't know how to do the bold username thing, sorry.

NerrSnerr those jumpers are lovely, I've never had the courage or patience to attempt a complicated motif.

The above are toys I made for my DGS

This is a huge blanket I crocheted for my DGD's big girl bed

FinnegansCake wow that is stunning! How long did that take you to make?

Buttons it felt as though it took forever, as I did it on and off for over a year! There were literally hundreds of ends to sew in too - it'll be a long time before I start another one

Finnegan
That looks beautiful!
Did you just make it up or was it a CAL?

Zing thank you, I got the idea from Little Woollie. She did a CAL on her blog, I followed bits of it but not all.

Little Woollie's blanket is stunning, I would have loved to do one in the colours she chose. Mine started off as a stashbuster. This didn't work at all, as I kept running out of colours and having to buy more. I've ended up with nearly as much as I started with

Where do you all get your yarn from? I knit because I enjoy it, but also because it means I can afford to make things I could never afford to buy. I want some nice natural 4 ply yarn. Must be machine washable, preferably in a mix of cashmere / merino / silk, possibly some cotton or bamboo. Soft colours - grey, pink, blue or cream. I'm in the UK.

Lego

I mainly buy from Wool Warehouse, there's almost always a code for 10% discount and they send the wool in lovely bags. Plus free p&p for orders over £25.
Sometimes I buy from Ebay or LoveKnitting.

I biught my last lot of wool from hobbeycraft. It was 3 for 2. The james c brett marble chunky.worked out good value. Ive made 7 hats so far

Zing - thanks for the recommendation for Wool Warehouse, looks promising. I suspect my next project will cost me at least £25... I don't mind cheaper wool for DD's jumpers, as she goes through clothes so fast at her age, & for blankets etc, but for me I'd rather have something a bit nicer. I have clothes older than some of my colleagues so I want them to be nice!

These all look amazing! I've got an introductory crochet class booked next weekend and I can't wait! I tried using online tutorials, but I think I need a human to help start me off. My plans are cushion covers, big granny square blankets for my children, and a giant Christmas blanket for us all to snuggle under next Christmas.

Hopefully I'll be showing you my projects soon.

SpaceDinosaur

Your hat is finally done! I also PMed you. Xxx