Knit, Crochet and Natter 8: Keep Calm and Carry Yarn!

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A thread for woolly crafters. All welcome, from total beginners to experts!

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Oh look @Fairislefandango a fibre goody bag hilltopcloudshop.co.uk/products/goodie-bag-blended-roving-sampler-200g-assorted-fibres

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Oh you wicked enabler @SpinMeRightRoundBabyRightRound . I might need to spend my money on a flyer, drive band etc first though...

😂 fair point!

Actually finished some crochet today, probably because it only consisted of two tiny applique hearts!

That’s beautiful @tizwozliz

I’m fed up of the crochet blanket I’m making for DD1 she’s visiting tonight and I’m going to persuade her it’s big enough!

That’s really lovely @tizwozliz!

Beautiful, @tizwozliz !

Very cute @tizwozliz

Good luck for tomorrow @Fairislefandango . I hope you get a good night's sleep.

That’s lovely @tizwozliz I think this has been asked before but I can’t remember the answer I’m afraid. Do you design the illustration yourself or have some generic stock?

Good luck in your interview tomorrow @Fairislefandango They’d be lucky to have you!

I draw the little stick images in illustrator and then print them. Getting the printer to print on the correct part of the card is the hardest part of the whole process!!

Is anyone trying the current CAL in Simply Crochet? It a nice design but also looks rather complicated. Is it as difficult as it looks?

@tizwozliz they are lovely.

Getting the printer to print on the correct part of the card is the hardest part of the whole process!!

I hate printers they never behave. I send letters as part of my job (now old job) and with covid I had to send them electronically. Then last year we went back to paper versions and I could not get the printer to do what it was meant to. It took me about 40 minutes to print and that’s before we talk about how long it takes me to do the franking machine!

I got the job!!!!!!

Congrats @Fairislefandango that's fantabulous news

@Luculentus is that the Talevera blanket? It looks lovely. I find things like that are never as complicated as they look.

Yay!! Congratulations @Fairislefandango! that’s brilliant!

Congratulations @Fairislefandango ☺️ I had a feeling you'd get this one! It's always when you're almost certain you won't get it and you've made a plan B that you'll get it iyswim 😂

Thank you all! It is a very lovely school full of lovely well-behaved girls. It couldn't be more perfect for me. It makes me really glad I didn't get all the others

Of course... I'll have no bloody time to use my spinning wheel now.

Congratulations @Fairislefandango Celebratory spinning this weekend! It’s the luck of the thread this week.

Congratulations @Fairislefandango!!

Fantastic news @Fairislefandango . Congratulations. I'm really pleased for you.

Yes, it is. Maybe I'll give it a go - it's nice yarn anyway so I'm sure I can find a use for it if the blanket doesn't work out.

Your spinning wheel can be your lucky charm from now on even if you don’t get to use it much @Fairislefandango The job sounds perfect, I’m so glad you got it!

I’ve just looked that up and it’s gorgeous @Luculentus! I wonder if they’d do YouTube videos of the different bits of it?

Yay! @Fairislefandango brilliant news! Congratulations 🥂