A few months ago, I found a half-finished jumper in my local charity shop along with its pattern, needles and a couple more balls of wool. With the back and front almost complete I hadn’t the heart to unravel someone’s hours of time and effort simply to re-use the yarn – the job had to be finished!
Totally 80’s retro cool!
Have you ever managed to get a stain on a jumper you just can’t remove?
Rather than popping it into a clothes bank for recycling, why not try a “crochet-cover-up”? The first manoeuvre in the cover-up operation is to rummage through your yarn stash to check out your options.
My first thought was to make a calming colour cuff …
I’ve recently been contacted by several readers about where to find free patterns. So in a true Sunday share fashion, here are a list of all the sites I have found so far. If you have any more to include or can offer feedback about any mentioned below please add your comments.
One of my favorite yarn shops, The Wool Bar, is asking for peeps to make butterflies for Breast Cancer Care Support.
Such an amazing idea – I couldn’t resist joining in!
Jane, who writes The Wool Bars “Hot off the Hook” blog, has even posted a fab crochet pattern on the web page to help.
The butterflies are great fun to make. It feels like a bit of an origami exercise as your butterfly first looks like this fabulous flower. Continue reading
Do you have a “must make list”? A crochet clock has been on mine for ages!
With a crochet hook in my holiday hold-all, a clock mechanism sourced from a local charity shop and Barbara’s of Made in K town amazing Mandala flower pattern (found via Lucy’s recent Attic 24 post) the time was right!
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