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Jenn.
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Picture now on blog (see sig). Not 100% perfect, but I'm pretty chuffed. SJ calls it her princess dress ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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That's cute, Jenn. Calling it a 'princess dress' sounds like pretty good endorsement.
At the weekend I knitted up and sewed the arms and legs on a tiny teddy for a friend's baby who was dedicated. Gave me a bit of energy for the gigantic ripple crochet blanket I'm working on. Only a month or so (I can probably stretch it to six weeks) to go on that one. Then I'll have to think of something new to do. There are babies being gestated all over the place, so I imagine I'll be able to keep fairly busy on that front.
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Since I last posted I finished the shawls I made for my sister and her (now) wife at their civil partnership. By a complete fluke the shawls matched the colours of their wedding dresses exactly!
Now am working on a Merlin scarf for my mother's 75th. I'm doing it in silk, as wool irritates her skin, and not in stripes as the yarn I'm using is self-striped in very subtle pale green/pale grey. If only I can get it finished in time, there's only a month to go, and I still have 6 repeats of the pattern left to do...
And then there's also another baby surprise jacket to do before mid-July for one of my children's teachers, who is leaving to have her baby. So much knitting! So little time!
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Jenn.:
Picture now on blog (see sig). Not 100% perfect, but I'm pretty chuffed. SJ calls it her princess dress
That befits a twirly princess going round and round with skirts flying. Very pretty.
Justine has lots of cute and quick baby things here. Quick, easy and different to make. I've now made five of her aviatrix hats which have always been well received. Last one took just a few hours in smallest size. Some patterns are free, others for sale. She was in Sydney but moved back home to NZ.
Click on PATTERNS in top right.
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Earwig
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Help! Heeeelp! I need sock help.
I recently learned to knit, and made a bebby jacket for a bebby. I now want to have a go at socks, and I've found some patterns and got myself some socky needles.
But but but, all the patterns I can find tell you to cast on 40 stitches for the cuff. Really? I have quite chunky little ankles, and that seems pretty skinny.
Do I need a pattern for bigger people? If so, where could I find one that would be ok for a beginner. I've tried on Ravelry but I couldn't see any that looked right. Heeeelp!
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Theophania
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Earwig - for what it's worth, I generally cast on about 72 stitches (in 4ply sock yarn on 2.5mm needles) for the cuff. My ankles are on the chunky side of average, I reckon.
If you're not doing any kind of exciting patterning for the body of the sock, then it doesn't matter whether you cast on the number stipulated: just eg make sure there are multiples of the right number for ribbing.
This may not be helpful...
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Theophania
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Missed edit window ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
You might find it easier to go for a recipe like this one which gives you free choice over how many stitches, what yarn, etc, but tells you how to cope with them when you've got them.
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Lothlorien
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I use 60-64 stitches with 4 ply sock yarn.
If you find a pattern you like you can often adjust i to fit. eg a purl rib between pattern repeats, or two purls or none if you need fewer stitches.
DOn;t forget that size of needles will change size of sock too. Find a plainish pattern and experiment a bit. SOmetimes I use a bigger needle on cuff and smaller on foot.
After all, who will really be that close to see.
Have fun. POst again with any questions, I know others here also knit socks.
I wear only handknit socks now, my feet love them.
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Earwig
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Thanks Theophania and Loth, that's really helpful. Glad I'm not going mad - 40 stitches did seem not enough!
Theophania - I love the sock recipe pattern and will definately give it a go. Will post back with problems or pictures!
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Oooh, I have only ever knitted socks using a loom and I kind of made it up as I went along, as is my wont. Probably not something I should take up right now though, plenty of projects to work my way through.
Yesterday I did a little crochet after work but I spent the work day driving around the country to hold meetings. My supervisor was doing the actual driving so I got all the little bits for a tiny teddy knitted up. Just need to sew on a face, stuff and sew it all together. My tension was a bit tight from being physically tense about dropping stitches while we were on the move, but I don't think it will have made all that much difference.
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Lothlorien
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Earwig, another thought about knitting socks.
When I first started doing socks some years ago now, I remember reading ahead through the directions and getting all uptight about them. They just did not seem to make sense.
Now I think reading through is generally a good idea, but not for socks.
If directions don't seem to make sense, just do them as they say. It will work and you'll feel very clever and pleased with yourself as a heel emerges from your handwork.
Just don't do as I did once when I was very upset about the nasty direction my personal life was heading in. I picked up my knitting, looked at the length of the leg and promptly did a heel. When I was part way down the foot, something felt wrong. I had a sock with two heels at right angles to each other. The sock looked ridiculous and I had wasted a good deal of time.
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Earwig
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Thanks Loth! A metaphor indeed.
I only just read your post, but as luck would have it, I did just that - only read the instructions I needed next. I'm using the sock recipe Theophania posted, and I have done mt first heel turn! Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
My gussets are a bit saggy. But such is life. I'll darn over them when I've finished.
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Originally posted by Zappa:
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Originally posted by Earwig:
My gussets are a bit saggy.
Botox works
The voice of experience? ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Darn those gussets!!
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Theophania
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Originally posted by Earwig:
I have done mt first heel turn! Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
My gussets are a bit saggy. But such is life. I'll darn over them when I've finished.
YAY for the heel turn! Isn't it like magic?
The gussets might cheer up a bit once it's been worn and washed a few times. Knitting is very stretchy and forgiving.
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I have finally finished Ishbel III, in red, for my friend Rachel to wear in the University Library when it's chilly. I'll get it to her today, and then start a new project. Trying to decide now what that should be. Another shawl (I love knitting in lace weight--so portable, even when it's big)? Another Baby Surprise Jacket? Or something I've never done before?
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Earwig
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Originally posted by Earwig:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
Pride, coming before a fall. I tried my nearly finished sock on last night, and realised it was far too big. I'd miscalculated the number of stitches I needed to cast on.
I've frogged my whole sock. ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
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Firenze
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I'm knitting with Noro Silk Garden Lite - intermixed with some slightly less eye-wateringly expensive Rowan silk-mix yarn. I started with a couple of balls from a London branch of John Lewis, and was trying to find out if the Edinburgh one stocked it.
'Hello, I'm enquiring about a knitting yarn by Noro - silk garden lite.
What kind of light is it?
No, that's just the name. L-I-T-E. You stock other yarns by that maker. I just want to know if you have this one.
I'll put you through to the department.
Thanks.
Hello, Lighting here...'
Eventually I bought some on e-Bay.
However, given the wild variations within shades - and I have 3 - I'm having to knit front and back in parallel to ensure the colours are roughly commensurate. I'm aiming for browns/black, with touches of blue, at the bottom, working up to pinks and greens at the top, via quite a few other colours en route.
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Amos:
I have finally finished Ishbel III, in red, for my friend Rachel to wear in the University Library when it's chilly. I'll get it to her today, and then start a new project. Trying to decide now what that should be. Another shawl (I love knitting in lace weight--so portable, even when it's big)? Another Baby Surprise Jacket? Or something I've never done before?
Ishbel beret?
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Lothlorien
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However, given the wild variations within shades - and I have 3 - I'm having to knit front and back in parallel to ensure the colours are roughly commensurate. I'm aiming for browns/black, with touches of blue, at the bottom, working up to pinks and greens at the top, via quite a few other colours en route.
That's a good tale, Firenze.
I love the Noro colours and loathe the knots. If other brands can get many more metres without knots, why not Noro?
I made a hat for DIL in foresty colours Silk Garden which she loved but I found I had to buy a second skein although theoretically I had plenty according o the label. That was $$$ouch! It was almost AUD $40 a ball. Expensive hat. My gauge was fine, I suspect short yardage in ball.
The other problem I find is that most Noro hurts my arthritic fingers and I can do only a few rows at a time in it.
Such a pity the colours are lovely.
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Firenze
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The Lite is very much better spun than the heavier version - very few knots and a (fairly) even thickness. Also, the e-Bay purchases were half the shop price - though obviously, it's a bit pig-in-a-poke.
The health problem for me - I expect it would be the same for any yarn - was that knitting was exacerbating the fingertip dermatitis. Answer: cut the fingers off a disposable vinyl catering glove to make individual stalls.
The gloves are a boon for just about any practical activity, btw.
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Roseofsharon
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What I read:
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Originally posted by Firenze:
knitting was exacerbating the fingertip dermatitis. Answer: cut the fingers off
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St. Gwladys
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I had fun crocheting with a vari-coloured yarn last year. I was making a jacket, and wanted it symetrical, so had to work out which balls started with the same pattern of colours to do the two fronts and the sleeves. The end result was worth the extra effort, and won first prize at our local agricultural show.
Can anyone help me on this though? I've been doing some basic needlefelting, and have had the bright idea of making a bookmark. It's got to be an easy shape and have colour worked into it so that it doesn't just look as if I've cut the shape out of bought felt. Can anyone suggest a shape/pattern/template?
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St. Gwladys
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15 years ago, when our previous vicar moved parish, we made a friendship quilt. Loads of people signed patches, and we embroidered over the signatures, and I said "never again".
Guess what? The daughter of Sue, one of our church wardens does patchwork, and Sue, bless her, has roped her in to make a patchwork quilt.
I was off work today and managed to sew over a couple of signatures. My eyes aren't as good as they were 15 years ago, and I've had fune and games threading the needle, but I've now managed tro fine an effective needle threader, but have decided I hate "j"'s.
Ah well, if the secret's kept as well as the last one, they will have a big surprise in September!
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To The Pain
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Wow, that sounds like a substantial labour! I am always in awe of embroiderers and quilters as I have very little patience for either craft.
My ripple blanket has taken a bit of a hiatus and that may be a problem. I have probably 5 weeks to get it finished and 9 balls of yarn to get through in that time. So it looks like I will be popping in here with updates so that I can muster some motivation. Since a ball of yarn is about 3 rows (although there's no guarantee I'll finish at the end of a ball), I'm looking at nearly 4 rows a week. Do-able but it really will take a little bit of work every evening and some concerted effort at the weekends.
And, of course, just as the second wedding anniversary I'm crocheting for approaches, my brother and sister-in-law announce that I will be an auntie early next year. So now I'm concocting baby-things in my head. Perhaps I'll take a wee break and knit some baby leggings or something before I ask if they'd like a baby ripple blanket, which would, after all, feel like a breeze following this mammoth construction.
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Earwig
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
I was off work today and managed to sew over a couple of signatures. My eyes aren't as good as they were 15 years ago, and I've had fune and games threading the needle, but I've now managed tro fine an effective needle threader, but have decided I hate "j"'s.
I love signature quilts! What a lovely present.
St Gwladys - have you ever come across Spiral Eye Needles? I've never used them but they look great for people who find threading a needle difficult!
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I have just finished making Carol's Clever Little Shawl. It is currently 'blocking', pinned out damp on the spare bed. Next is to finish off a couple of small items I'm knitting in readiness for the Shoebox Appeal in the autumn, and then it's on to another shawl/wrap/stole.
I went to Fibre East on Saturday and bought a skein each of two lovely yarns, and have a couple of skeins of sugar cane yarn stashed, so I have now to decide what pattern and which yarn.
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St. Gwladys
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I've never come across the spiral eye needles or the one second needles - I'll have to have a look and sww if there are any UK suppliers.
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To The Pain
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You can definitely get something like the one-second needles in the UK, St G. My mum had a packet a few years ago but I don't know where they came from. They're not too bad to use, you just have to remember to tug on the thread itself rather than using the needle to get things really tight. The eyes do eventually break, but that's the price you pay for being able to thread them quickly and easily.
A quick google reveals that Betterware, John Lewis and Amazon should supply them in the UK.
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I finally finished the rainbow quilt I made me cousin and his wife for his wedding. The pictures are here.
Auntie Doris x
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I've got a couple of knitting-related questions, thought someone on this thread might be able to help.
First, can anyone suggest where I can get some 2.5mm double-pointed knitting needles? I'm in the UK, local place doesn't have (and might struggle to order), have also checked local branch of HobbyCraft to no avail, and HobbyCraft's website doesn't show them as stocking them.
Second, I've got a mitten pattern that calls for 3.5mm needles to do the ribbing round the wrists. Shops have 3.25mm and 3.75mm, same problem as the 2.5mm above when it comes to finding 3.5mm. I have an old pair of Imperial size 9, which appear to be in between 3.5mm and 3.75mm - anyone know if they'd be OK, or if I'm better chasing up the 3.5mm ones?
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St. Gwladys
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Originally posted by Auntie Doris:
I finally finished the rainbow quilt I made me cousin and his wife for his wedding. The pictures are here.
Auntie Doris x
That's gorgeous!
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Roseofsharon
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Originally posted by Celtic Knotweed:
can anyone suggest where I can get some 2.5mm double-pointed knitting needles?...
...if I'm better chasing up the 3.5mm ones?
You will have trouble finding either size in the UK as we don't have needles sizes equivalent to those metric measurements. The 2.5mm don't seem to exist in the US either, according to this comparison website. I'm surprised you have patterns requiring those sizes - or are the from some other place?
Your best bet is to try needles in the sizes either side of those quoted and see which are giving the nearest stitch/row count to the gauge the pattern stipulates.
That is always the best course anyway (or so I am told )
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Originally posted by Celtic Knotweed:
First, can anyone suggest where I can get some 2.5mm double-pointed knitting needles?
I have three pairs of 2.5mm needles, none of which were at all hard to come by in the UK. I regularly knit slightly thicker socks on them. Here are some possible online sources:
Get Knitted
I Knit London
Loop
Each of these stock a range of different types of double pointed needles in a range of lengths and materials. All of them come in 2.5mm.
Personally I recommend the Kollage square needles as I think their coating has just the right amount of grip for good sock knitting. I also think the square needles tend to make stitches more even. The Knit Pro Symphonie needles are beautiful and nice to knit with, though personally I prefer metal needles as I knit tight and tend to bend (or even snap) wooden or bamboo needles. I know others who swear by them though so go for what you personally prefer.
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To The Pain
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
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Originally posted by Auntie Doris:
I finally finished the rainbow quilt I made me cousin and his wife for his wedding. The pictures are here.
Auntie Doris x
That's gorgeous!
Seconded!
I am proving decidedly rubbish since declaring I would put more effort in on my ripple blanket. Not a stitch has left my hook all week. And tonight I have baking to do. At least if it turns out to be a miserable weekend I will have a purpose for hours spent in the house.
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Roseofsharon
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Originally posted by Little Miss Methodist:
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Originally posted by Celtic Knotweed:
First, can anyone suggest where I can get some 2.5mm double-pointed knitting needles?
I have three pairs of 2.5mm needles, none of which were at all hard to come by in the UK.
My apologies - if I'd thought about it for a bit longer I'd have realised that now needles are produced in metric sizes the gap that used to exist in the old UK numbered sizes would have been filled.
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Originally posted by To The Pain:
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
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Originally posted by Auntie Doris:
I finally finished the rainbow quilt I made me cousin and his wife for his wedding. The pictures are here.
Auntie Doris x
That's gorgeous!
Seconded!
Thirded! Lovely colours and prints, Auntie D
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Originally posted by Little Miss Methodist:
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Originally posted by Celtic Knotweed:
First, can anyone suggest where I can get some 2.5mm double-pointed knitting needles?
I have three pairs of 2.5mm needles, none of which were at all hard to come by in the UK. I regularly knit slightly thicker socks on them. Here are some possible online sources:
Thanks! I'll have a proper look at those when I'm home. The problem with Oxford is that all the useful shops close down due to high rents...
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Have you tried ebay? Much as I support local shops, sometimes they don't sell what I want, so I fall back on this.
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Theophania
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Celtic Knotweed - the last 2.5mms I bought were a madly gimmicky set from Regia, stocked by John Lewis, that come as a set of five with little rubber socks to keep them all together / keep the yarn on them. According to the lable they come in 2, 2.5, 3 and 3.5mm. Probably available over the interweb somehow? Or I can post you some from London
I have blogged about my growing obsession with mitred square blankets. Now knitting my third...
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Well, I got a row completed over the weekend. It was like pulling teeth. I'm not bored of the project, just finding very little time to squeeze it into. Perhaps a concerted effort this week will help. I'm also hoping that living in a house with a television will give me sitting and crocheting time, but it doesn't always seem to work that way.
And I'm moving house in a couple of weeks. That could seriously eat into my available crochet time. I have previously brought projects all sorts of places with me to get a little done in lunch hours and during miscellaneous waiting times but this is a pretty bulky blanket, not the sort of thing you can carry around easily on the off-chance of some time to add a few stitches. Ho hum.
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Lost track of how many back to back projects I've done this year - but I am feeling extraordinarily pleased with myself for turning some unwanted white A5 envelopes into snappy little gift bags. I was visiting an office, and rescued a box of them from being thrown out even though they had the logo of a defunct politician in one corner.
I wanted them for a local mission that uses these gift bags - and have saved them at least $50. In the process I discovered how easy it is to make your own gift bags. The trick is to use a box the right dimension for the bag to fold the bottom part (just like beginning to wrap a present). The rest is easy.
It's the simple things that keep me happy.
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@Banner Lady That's such a good idea! Why had I never thought to make my own gift bags before.
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Heh. The name of the polly and the Australian coat of arms got folded neatly into the base of each bag. I had to find a box that slid neatly inside the envelope without being too fat. Actually, the envelopes worked really well, because once the end is cut off to make a cylinder of paper, you are left with two nice creases at the centre of each side and that makes it so much easier to push them the opposite way to get that inverted side fold that carrier bags have. Even the envelope flap at the top was handy for reinforcement for the handles. The bit I cut off the bottom got reglued on to the other side at the top so each handle had reinforcement. I used a double hole punch and then knotted in some rafia or ribbon for the handles. The bases need good fast craft glue to make them stick as you fold them, but the bases of the bags were really strong by the time I'd finished.
Yes. This was A Good Thing!
Editing to add I am now going to attempt to make some from old calendar pictures. I figure that large calendars should have about enough paper in them to do this. I'll let you know how I go!
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I love this thread!
I am at present making the cake for our patronal, but in due course have a new cassock for the Vicar, a High Mass set and matching cope, some servers capes and some curtains for the Lady Chapel to make.
The cassocks each have 39 buttons, plus 9 more on the cape. And 48 button holes, even though most of them will never, ever be used.
Apart from that, it is going to be a quiet summer.
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Also, during Lent I painted the Easter candle for my church. If anyone wants to have a go at that some time, I can explain how; acrylic paint mostly.
It has a vine leaf curling all round it, then on the front, in order, a wheatsheaf, Our Lady, the cross and date (as usual), the Agnus Dei and another wheatsheaf, and on the back St Mary Magdalen and the Risen Lord, St Maximilian Kolbe and St Cecila.
It took pretty well all of Lent to do it, but it was good to do. Father likes it, because he decided what he wanted on it; I just did the painting by numbers (ie copying images from elsewhere)
I remembered because it got knocked over 2 Sundays ago, and I spent most of last week gluing it back together again and repainting it.
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