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Velociraptor
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Planning and getting started is my favourite bit too. It helps if I do something finicky and interesting so that I can lure myself on from one bit to the next :)
Kittenheels Kath
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My copy of the Complete Book of Handicrafts has just arrived from abebooks.co.uk, it had better be worth the 61p that I spent on it! :-)
sallykate
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Ooh is that the 70s one? Enjoy!!

I have an afternoon to myself, a very rare occurrence which will result in much crocheting once I've got a couple of errands out of the way :-) I have a choice between carrying on with socks or starting a very chunky poncho/shrug-thing.
Velociraptor
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That sounds great, Sallykate :)

Enjoy, KK! I wish I had kept my gran's all-purpose how-to-make-and-mend book, which was very, very old and had, among other things, a section of patterns for making clothes for dolls and small children starting with circles of cloth. Once upon a time, I could have recited that chapter from memory. My gran was a dab hand at sewing too, and she actually made a lot of the things :)
Girlie
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M4P- Love the blanket, the colours are lovely and it looks very cosy:-)
More sock knitting tonight after Ive finished the latest job application.
HellsBells
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I've got a book from my mum called Elizabeth Craig's Needlecraft - it was published during the war and has got sections on making clothing coupons go further and knitting for the forces
I used it the other day when I couldn't remember how to do a french knot
sallykate
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I have a few odd books from an assortment I picked up on freecycle. They're ex-library books and quite old but lovely for dolls and stuffed toys. And dough craft....but I haven't tackled that yet!

M4P that *is* a lovely blanket! I did a buggy blanket for my hairdresser recently and decided that she was definitely not a white / pastel sort of person so used a more colourful wool.
runner duck
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that's lovely, m4p :)

i've just dropped son off at university for the first time. a girl he's sharing the house with was saying the sofa needs a throw and he volunteered my services. i pointed out that they might have graduated before it was finished so cheapie ikea ones were decided on instead!
LorraineS
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Runner duck would you put the article in the header for the thread, please heart
runner duck
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oooh good idea, ls, i'll see if i can figure out how..

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