Knit, Crochet and Natter 5 - the roadmap to MORE YARN!

[lazylinguist]

A thread for knitters, crocheters and yarn crafters of all kinds. Total beginners very much welcome! Previous thread here

This week's make for dd2 (of course 🤣). Dd1 wants one now too 🙄

Cute! I'd never heard of those mood octopuses until last week when I did some supply teaching and two of the kids in my class had them. Not lovely homemade ones like yours though!

Aah, our local shop has them for £4. I object to paying for something I know I can make a decent job of myself read as, I'm a bit tight 🤣

One of dd1's friends has one & has apparently given it a whole personality of it's own

Ahh @lucysmam I love it!!

Those are so cute @lucysmam

Oh @lucysmam that's adorable!! 😍
Does the child show the side of the emotion they're feeling or? Sorry I'm not with the times at all 🙄😂

I think that's the idea @sophs29. I think dd2 just wanted one because she liked the flip thing though. She did however, point out that they might be useful in numerous colour combos with different emotions

Omg I'm so stupid @lucysmam I only just realised it turns inside out 😂 I thought there was just two sides to it! How clever!
I agree with your DD! Blue for sad and yellow for happy 😍

@sophs29

Oh *@lucysmam* that's adorable!! 😍 Does the child show the side of the emotion they're feeling or? Sorry I'm not with the times at all 🙄😂

Yes sometimes kids will hang them off their door to show what kind of mood they are in!

I wonder what it'd look like with 4 faces 🤔 or maybe smaller ones as a set 🎓

I'm finally in the process of casting off my Sockhead Cowl! I'm using 'Jenny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off', as recommended in the pattern. It is indeed excellently stretchy, but it takes twice as long as a normal bind-off!

I just did that one on a black cotton shawl. It does take an age. Can we see a pic when you're done?

Definitely. I'll do a pic of it on me - it's not the kind of thing that looks a very good shape when it's not being worn!

Trying to decide whether to do another row of blue or not

Lovely either way, @tizwozliz!

tizwozliz that looks really nice. Not really helpful but I think it looks complete now but would also look really good with another blue round. I guess that’s the beauty of that pattern though, you stop when you want. I love the mix of colours.

Oh wow @tizwozliz that is stunning!

Agree with others @tizwozliz it's lovely either way.

Sorry for being absent, still working on my cowl but not had a lot of oomph to crochet but am slowly getting there.

I think I'll leave it until I get home and can measure properly and judge whether it needs to be a bit bigger based on size

Finished my cowl!

Lovely lazy and so fitting for the weather at the moment! Will you be wearing it tomorrow with your thermals and snow boots for the mid-May freeze-along?

Lovely colours lazy

I’ve been busy clearing some of my WIPs - sock wool stash blanket, crochet bag and rag rug (I need a few more rags to finish this off!)

Not much different than the usual weather here, InTheNight . I don't think it will be quite cold enough for my cowl though (I've got tougher since I moved up north ). Its first outing might have to wait for camping - we're going in August but I always get really cold sitting out in the evening!

Love that @lazylinguist! Finally warming up here but still so nippy to say it’s May. Decided the sandals are coming out next week no matter what.

@tizwozliz that blanket is stunning! Don't they usually say our eyes prefer to see things in 3's? And as there's 3 lots of blue I think it looks perfect!
That cowl looks cosy @lazylinguist what yarn did you use?
Lovely colours on your blanket @NiceCardigan ☺️

I've almost finished DS's frog, just the flippers and shorts to make and then I'll be cracking on with my second DS's jacket! I had to get drops light as all the other 'nicer' cotton yarns had hardly any colours 😣 I got a rust colour and ice blue and I actually love the blue!