Crochet

[venusian]

So I thought I'd try some Filet crochet this evening, but what to do? An invader, obviously. Need to improve my tension consistency and I think there are a few fencepost errors in there too. Should probably have left some gaps at the edges too.

Anybody else been tying knots in pieces of string?

[adam]

i've done some in the past, rsi prevents it nowadays, knitted some jumpers too

[Portland]

Mel does the odd bit of crochet.

[PFVA]

Occasionally i make something in crochet. As i'm not particularly fond of the photographic art they placed recently in cigarrette packs i made some covers for them:

Crochet Close Up

I also made some cases for my reading glasses.

Teifi likes it a lot when i crochet, specially if i leave the thread thing in sight.

[venusian]

That looks very neatly done. Good job!

[(o)(o)]

A friend got into crocheting bigtime.. I have this one.. I love the colours on it!





Some better pictures of her creations here : https://www.instagram.com/sammysnooks17/

[xav]

I've been meaning to reply to this thread for a while. I also do a bit of crochet in my spare time: here are a couple of cuddly toys I made for one of my nieces (the monkey for Christmas 2016, the rabbit for Christmas 2016):






I've also made a few scarves, a handful of other cuddly toys, and some baby jackets (for the same niece, and another one). I recently made a shawl for my gf's mum using "broomstick crochet", as I fancied learning a new technique - but it took about 70 hours, so won't be repeated any time soon!

I learnt the basics when I was at middle school (aged about 10), then stopped for about 30 years before taking it up again a couple of years ago. As far as hobbies go, it has the advantage of forcing me away from the computer screen

[venusian]

They are fantastic. Such neat, even stitching. Very impressed.

[xav]

Here are a few more things I've done since my last post to this thread:

1) A red dragon for a young girl who thinks she's Welsh.




2) A new addition to a series of "monsters" I've done for that girl's brother. The interesting thing about this one is that I've put neodymium magnets into the hands, feet and on the back. The staff and shield were then 3D printed, but designed such that the print could be interrupted to put a bit of metal or another magnet into them, and then the rest of the print resumed. The result is that the monster can "hold" the staff and shield, or "stow" the shield on its back. Plus you can make him walk up the fridge




3) A baby blanket, done as one big granny square.

[Little stoned kiwi]

Those are all very cool and special, Xav.

[venusian]

Loving the monster.

[merman]

The dragon is great, and the magnets in the blue monster are really clever

[xav]

Over the past few months I've been working on these for the British Legion's annual poppy appeal:

[xav]

My last post in this thread was in 2018? Really? Suffice to say that I've continued to crochet in the meantime - though I've slowed up somewhat since the start of the pandemic as I tend to crochet things for friends and relatives, so haven't had the opportunity to take requests or pass things on.

Most recently I made another baby blanket for a former colleague. This one was interesting for two reasons: 1) it's the first time I've tried using a self-striping yarn; 2) it's the first time I've worked on the diagonal in order to produce a rectangular result. The latter means that every single row has to be increased and/or decreased at the ends in order to maintain the 45° angle of the sides. A small mistake, or an over-tight stitch, can easily mean that 10 rows later you spot that your angle has changed to 40°, the whole thing looks awful, and you have to take it back and fix the problem. An interesting technique though, and definitely one I would use again.

[Misfit]

My last post in this thread was in 2018? Really? Suffice to say that I've continued to crochet in the meantime - though I've slowed up somewhat since the start of the pandemic as I tend to crochet things for friends and relatives, so haven't had the opportunity to take requests or pass things on.

Time does fly when you're having fun, or the world is ending...

Anyway, nice work.

With Tom Daley so publically knitting between winning Olympic medals, is there a danger it could become cool now too?

Or is there a deep-set rivalry between knitters and crocheters?