Sam the Koala

Here is Sam the Koala

He is roughly 6" or 15cm tall when sitting

I gave him felt ears as I didn't like the look

of the loop stitch ears.

Going to try out a fluffy yarn next time

for his ears and his tummy

He really is quite cute, and would look good in any colour!

This is a Fresh Stitches Pattern

(Crochet) Body Parts

More Animal Body Parts

You can pretty much

guess what is in the works here

He will be a little koala

with felt ears and a crochet tummy

This is a Fresh Stitches Pattern

Crochet Mood Blanket 23rd February

This is my progress so far.
I've done 48 squares.

With every new row started

 I fall more and more

in love with my blanket.

Unfortunately falling behind with

the sewing in of my ends

I promised myself I would not leave

them until the end

as I know that I will never do them!!

Making Granny Squares with Friends

Two of my friends have been saying they really want to learn to crochet.
So we finally set up a little crochet date so I could teach them.

I brought over some pretty pattern books to show them, as well as my Crochet Bible (which unfortunately for my friends, was UK terms).

I did let them know that there are UK and US terms, and technically we should be using UK terms, but I learnt with US terms, so that's how I'm teaching them. Once you know the different names for the same stitches, it's not hard using both terms.

I was pleasantly surprised at how fast they picked it up. After roughly 2 hours (in between making a failed dinner) we all had a three round granny square!

We are already planning more little  crochet dates to keep practicing, with the hope of starting to work in the rounds soon, as they are desperate to start making the toys that I have been making.

Some tips for learning (and teaching) crochet: Be Patient!! Both learner and teacher need to be patient if they truly want to learn.

Keep practicing, after all - practice makes perfect.

And have fun! Don't stress if it takes a while to learn and you feel like you aren't going anywhere. Before you realise, you'll be granny squaring-it-up all over the place!

photo from Instagram - @emilybrooke_m

Crochet Mood Blanket February 9th

So . . . I'm a little bit behind with posting

updates for my Crochet Mood Blanket

but here is progress up to 9th February.

As you can see, it is getting harder to take

"good" photos of progress.

Here is a close up of some of my squares.

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