Knit, Crochet and Natter 4 - Yarning into Spring

[lazylinguist]

A thread for knitters, crocheters and woollly crafters in general. All welcome, including total newbies! Previous thread here

Good luck lazy, remember to add virtually organising a group of yarn crazed women and planning craft alongs to your transferable skills section

Genuinely though, I did realise the other day that knitting/crochet comes with a lot of transferable skills into the job market - admin, project management, budget management, redeveloping a project, persistence to continue when you’ve frogged a project 20 times and not being afraid to ask for help. Next time I apply for a job I might have to try and wiggle all this in

remember to add virtually organising a group of yarn crazed women and planning craft alongs to your transferable skills section

I will enjoy seeing how that would fit in with the person specification.

Finished the Cat blanket
Ready for the KAL now

Good luck with your application lazylinguist!

InTheNight you make a very good point about all the transferrable skills!

Ok, you all know by now that my photography skills are of course EPIC . Do my cables look ok? I feel like the bit going \ is missing but, having never done them before, I'm not sure if it just looks that way from a distance

Thats weird

Your cat looks comfy there bruffin, & also really strokeable! Were the letters hard to incorporate?

The letters were part of the pattern but supposed to be A-M at the top and N_Z at the bottom. I printed it out and cut out all the letters and stuck them back in the right order, so wasnt really that difficult

I'm not sure my crochet skills are something I'd want to shout about right now "Repeatedly fails to count to 20 correctly" isn't generally what employers are looking for! :-)

@tizwozliz
I find thats what puts me off crochet most, the counting. Ive found a good app for knitting count rows etc but i find counting stiches confusing

@lazylinguist how did you get on?

@tizwozliz I've been having counting issues on my current wip. I keep losing a stitch every 15 rows or so, and it's only when I do the V stitch section that I notice. No idea why I can get it right for ages and then randomly miss a stitch

@lucysmam it looks good. But I think that the rows between the cable rows should be SCs into the fpdc and it looks like you've done DCs.

@CrochetBug thanks for looking! I've just spotted a mistake in the first cable twists on that row so will take it back to there for now & double check whether they're sc or dc into the fpdc.

I've thoroughly enjoyed silence day I'd done loads by 10am & spent just over an hour making a Gryffindor scarf bookmark for dd2's lovely TA, before heading back to work.

So this is what I did today

That's so cute, @NiceCardigan!

Today I have: walked the dog twice, spent 5 hours doing a job application, made cheese and onion pasties and ratatouille.

Job applications take ages. I updated my cv last week and it took hours!

I'm on Part 3 for the second time on my extended CAL blanket. I'm hoping that a repeat of parts 1-÷ will make it long enough and that I can get straight on with the border and fringe. Has anyone started the KAL yet, or are we waiting until everyone is ready? Waiting is no problem for me - got plenty to work on!

I've done no crochet today, my back has been killing me and work was tough but hoping to continue on my cowl in the next few days.

@lazylinguist I really feel for you when it comes to the border 😩 are you doing the border in the pattern or your own?
I'm on my very last round now and I just find 6 rows of border a bit..excessive 😂 but it has pulled it all together and it looks so much neater than I thought it would!

Cute NiceCardigan! Now she needs some friends

I always make my amiguriami ( I can't spell that at all) look sinister around the eyes. Which is a problem as DS wants a Hedwig. I can't decide on which new big project to start so I think I'll give Hedwig a go and make myself a new hat while I dither.

@Flavia the pattern picture had a blue and a pink chick as well so I could make a friend. It was my first attempt at amigurumi and yes the eyes are the hardest bit!

Wow, that's an amazing first attempt! that's better than my not at all first attempts

Cute chick. I need to practice some embroidery eyes for my octopus. Mostly I use safety eyes which tends to avoid the sinister look but this is for a baby so embroidery it is. At least it's easier to judge the correct place that way, safety eyes you often have to put in when still only half a head.

Well apparently I can't knit at all. Even though I used to be able to do it badly. I can't seem to 'catch' the stitch if that makes sense. No idea what I'm doing wrong. I'll have to ask Mum when I see her next week!

Oh well. Its not like i don't have enough crochet WIPs to get on with. And I need to get the sewing machine out really. But for now I'll work on this blanket for my friend who's having a baby girl.

Oh and I agree that 6 rounds on the CAL border seemed like too many. But actually it was perfect when it was done.

What a lovely little duck, @NiceCardigan!