OT: Craft photos/was: Re: Re: Inspirations...(not the store lol//

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Wow...37 yrs to finish a project....nope, not that far behind yet.

Okay, okay. The next time I am in Walmart, I will get some thread and

a size 6 needle and give it a whirl. As for take-alongs, I usually do

a round ripple afghan that is relatively portable (I have 2 large

totes.....well, more than two if I tell the truth...lol).

Darlene

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> > Maybe I could start out with lustersheen or something like

> > that....lol...because thread STILL scares me although I will

crochet

> > with cotton!

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> My grandniece is on a basketball team. One of her teammates was

> worrying about a particularly aggressive girl on another team. My

> grandniece said " It's a girl, and a ball! "

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> It's a hook, and a ball of thread! ;D ;D Get a size 6 hook, a

> pattern for a doily or snowflake, a ball of thread, and get

started!

> The stitches are exactly the same as for the afghan. You already

> know how to do them. It's smaller work, but you get used to it

> quickly and it's exactly the same and a lot more portable than an

> afghan. I guarantee you'll love the results. You could start

with

> filet crochet; it's basically double crochet in blocks and spaces.

A

> bit boring but the results are beautiful. That's what those

curtains

> that I made are.

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> BTW, my mom has you beat on the afghans. She started a baby quilt

in

> 1943 when my brother was born, and finally finished it in 1990 for

> his first granddaughter. ;D

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