Learning to crochet

greenpixey

nuttybabe wrote: »

greenpixey - thanks again for tell me what front and back loops where. who'd have though crochet was so complicated! :P

i have to sew stuff together as its made. i am so impatient!

i have got a head and a body of a teddy but its so small i dont like it! i only started it cos it looked like artydolls one in the picture!! but sadly it is not!!! its tiny! might use it for a baby sock monkey at some point!

I gave away the scrubbie to my mate and she loves it (i made 2 and used mine today - yay). i also saw her son wearing it as a bracelet this afternoon as well!!!!!!!!!!!! :P

No problems, I had to learn what back and front loops was myself not so long ago. it's good to know coz you can make patterns when you crochet or to do a neater decrease that way.

artydoll

Just finished this little red dog ,woof woof.




maybe give to one of my grandchildren with their Easter egg.

artydoll

nuttybabe wrote: »

greenpixey - thanks again for tell me what front and back loops where. who'd have though crochet was so complicated! :P

i have to sew stuff together as its made. i am so impatient!

i have got a head and a body of a teddy but its so small i dont like it! i only started it cos it looked like artydolls one in the picture!! but sadly it is not!!! its tiny! might use it for a baby sock monkey at some point!

I gave away the scrubbie to my mate and she loves it (i made 2 and used mine today - yay). i also saw her son wearing it as a bracelet this afternoon as well!!!!!!!!!!!! :P

nuttybabe ,got the pattern from little booklet called crochet critters ,found it on ebay ,hes called barnaby bear.



its the teddy on the cover maybe you can find a copy. the red dog is in there as well

claireac

Wow!! You've all been very busy.......impressive.

I've gone back to knitting for now!! I finished my granny square dolls blanket (will post a pic later), managed a flower but was struggling to do a cup cake so got fed up and cross with it .

Can ask amigurumi (sp?) makers, how do you or what do you use for eyes on the small ones?? I've made some easter chicks and am struggling with french knots..........

artydoll

Claireac I just do french knots,so I,m really no help to you at all,sorry.

greenpixey

claireac wrote: »

Wow!! You've all been very busy.......impressive.

I've gone back to knitting for now!! I finished my granny square dolls blanket (will post a pic later), managed a flower but was struggling to do a cup cake so got fed up and cross with it .

Can ask amigurumi (sp?) makers, how do you or what do you use for eyes on the small ones?? I've made some easter chicks and am struggling with french knots..........

I use black dolls eyes with safety backing that I buy on ebay, 6mm is the smallest I ever found. I only once needed smaller eyes and then I used black beads. The eyes and beads are not recommended for children under 3 though

nuttybabe

Artydoll - your dog is so cute. Thanks for that picture - i think i did see that on ebay. Hhhhmmmm, might have to get that!!

Claireac - i use dolls eyes or i just sew with black wool. I dont even know what french knots are!!!!!

kinkyjinks

I'm still here :wave:and still following everyones great makes :T
I'm still struggling along with my blasted blanket. I made half of the hexagons and finished the middles for the other half. I then decided to join the blanket together at the same time as finishing the outsides of the other half but have found that an evil side effect of being cack handed means that it takes me several attempts and plenty of swear words to get my brain to understand how to fit the hexagons on the correct side :mad: I swear it must be easy but I don't know how many times I have to get it wrong before I finally comprehend the right way :rotfl:

Never mind, I can look at everyone elses creations and know that I'm going to have a nice (if a little frustrating) blanket to decorate my settee with sometime soon. Then I can start something smaller, an elephant, a teddy, a pot scrubber...OMG jjust anything that aint a hexagon

artydoll

I just started on this wavy throw,

nuttybabe

thats brilliant artydoll. how to you make it wavy?