Ladies looking for a knit or crochet project

Rip and Rosie · Guru

Ladies looking for a knit or crochet project

Homer and Marge · Veteran Member

Rosie,

l cannot sit with empty hands and so I crotchet the miles away whenever we are on the road, when I am watching telly, or just sitting still. Always have a rug on the go if I am waiting in doctors rooms. When I finish them on the road, I call into the nearest aged care facility and leave it to be given to a senior who may have no visiland dad sometimes the staff will set the rug up in the foyer as a raffle to raise funds.

I was recently introduced to Bavarian crotchet by an amazing 84 year old cancer survivor and am loving working in this unique stitch. Keep up the good work, Rosie.

Marge

bowlerbear · Senior Member

They also like you to send $20 with it to help with the postage. Dr Catherine Hamblin also wrote the book "Hospital by the River" which is the story of how the Fistula Hospital got started etc. This charity is also the charity of the year (I think it is a year but could be wrong on the timing) for Tupperware which will be a huge boost for it.

Rip and Rosie · Guru

Homer and Marge wrote:
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I was recently introduced to Bavarian crotchet by an amazing 84 year old cancer survivor and am loving working in this unique stitch. ...............

Never heard of that one.

Do you have a photo?

Sheba · Guru

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=576&q=Bavarian+Crochet.&oq=Bavarian+Crochet.&gs_l=img.12...2391.10125.0.12188.17.17.0.0.0.0.1672.1672.8-1.1.0....0...1ac.1.19.img.uB-pmVoUQQQ

Rip and Rosie · Guru

Nice stitch ! Might have a got at it for the next "project".

Don't know what it might be yet, but the head is always working one a new challenge.

Trying blanket stitch at the moment- lovely simple stitch that's looking great.

Homer and Marge · Veteran Member

Thanks for posting the link, Sheba. I have that pattern book and it is simple once you have worked it out. Also good for using up all those half balls of wool. I believe Bavarin crotchet is sometimes called the wool eating stitch. Happy crafting ladies.

Marge

Sheba · Guru

Homer and Marge wrote:
Thanks for posting the link, Sheba.
Marge

You're welcome Marge. Only took a minute to Google it. I love Google.
Cheers,
Sheba.

Homer and Marge · Veteran Member

Ditto, Sheba. as part of the downsizing exercise, I threw out all recipe books except those tried and true recipies and my mum's old one (kept that for sentimental reasons) and google any recipieI need.

Marge

Rip and Rosie · Guru

Yes, Marge. I found the recipe books went, and lots of patterns -especially those on single sheets of paper (collected but never used). These days I google everything...... except mum's old hand written one, like you.

I spend lots of time on this site https://pinterest.com

neilnruth · Guru

Oh boy Rosie! I would agree - you can spend 'lots of time' on Pinterest. I try not to but when I've got nothing else to do.....
I love that Bavarian stitch. I too need something to do when a passenger on a long trip - so this last time I was knitting a new beanie for each of the grandchildren (and some of the children) - added a crochet flower to the girls' beanie and they loved it. Won't need to do any more for a while as they showed me how many beanies they had!

Rip and Rosie · Guru

The Ashes haven't been worth watching, and I got lots of crochet done, so I've laid out my squares to see what my rugs gonna look like..........love it, although its not sewn together yet.

Beth54 · Guru

Very nice work ladies. I'm one of those people who knows how to crochet, and do basic knitting, but not very well at either. Probably need more practice. I'm more of a bookworm than a crafty person. Although I SO admire other peoples handiwork!

A friend of mine who I've travelled with a couple of times, always knits going along in the car too. Last time we travelled together, she decided I needed a hot water bottle cover for those chilly nights in Outback Qld. So then I had to buy a hot water bottle! biggrin

I have a knitting project at the moment which I had started last winter, and had to restart this winter, because it was going to be too small. It's a poncho for my 4 year old granddaughter, and is fairly easy to do once you figure out how many stitches to cast on. For me, that means asking my clever friends. Hopefully I'm making it big enough to do her for a few years.

neilnruth · Guru

Rosie I love how you've done the colours in those squares. So much more interesting than the normal crocheted squares. Well done. A great idea.

barina · Guru

It is nice to do things for charities. I knit baby beanies and make blankets for the women's hosp in Timor. My sister in law is a nurse and goes there each year, plus sends bag loads as she gets them. Also cut the legs off grow suits and hem them as the full suits are too hot. I have picked up lots from Op shops and modify them to send over.

Hoodathunkit · Senior Member

Thanks Rosie for the link to Hamlin org. I have a soft spot for this work and so embarked on making a blanket for the ladies. I have always been able to crochet but only ever made a granny rug. Yesterday I scoured the net and Youtube for just the right pattern and bought the wool and "vwallah"!!! a new hobby is born. It's looking quite stunning so I will add some pics when it's a bit bigger.

Rip and Rosie · Guru

Wonderful!
My blanket is up to the sewing up stage, and then the edging..................and the next one is in my head already.

Can't wait for your photos

Rosie

Hoodathunkit · Senior Member

Well here is a first pic, it is only about one third done so far but I am happy with it and it should be lovely and cosy.

-- Edited by Hoodathunkit on Wednesday 31st of July 2013 01:22:47 PM

Rip and Rosie · Guru

beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!

Happywanderer · The Master

I'm flat out crocheting rugs for the grandkids at the moment and now in the middle of one for my sister's grandkids. Certainly keeps the hands occupied on my travels.

Homer and Marge · Veteran Member

After many years of trying to work out how to stop the roll of wool from rolling under my lounge chair or under the car seat when I travel, I discovered by default a sure way to do it. I stuck a newly started project in a large zip lock sandwich bag to transport somewhere and soon discovered that if I left the zip opened just enough for the wool to pull through, I had no dramas. Try it.
Marge

neilnruth · Guru

Now how do you crochet and drive HW? No, just joking. I'm lucky - I get to do it while we're driving along. Keeps me awake. A friend who doesn't knit or crochet just goes to sleep. My hubby would not like that!

Here's a good quick pattern to make for Maternity Hospitals:
New Born Baby Cap Pattern
Using 4ply yarn and size 10 (3.25mm) needles, cast on 94 stitches
Knit in double rib (K2P2) for approx. 11-12cm
Next Row: K2 tog, P2 tog to end of row
Rib K1P1 for a further 8 rows
K2 tog to end of row
Last row P2 tog and then
Thread through remaining stitches and sew up side.

barina · Guru

Homer and Marge wrote:
After many years of trying to work out how to stop the roll of wool from rolling under my lounge chair or under the car seat when I travel, I discovered by default a sure way to do it. I stuck a newly started project in a large zip lock sandwich bag to transport somewhere and soon discovered that if I left the zip opened just enough for the wool to pull through, I had no dramas. Try it.
Marge

Good idea and I have also used a freezer bag with a tie around the top just leaving a small opening....

neilnruth · Guru

My Mum uses a hole in the top of an ice cream bowl with the lid on.

barina · Guru

Us crafty Gals are quite inventive are'nt we??..My mother was forever inventing things I always said we should have been getting patents and maybe we would be rich now...lol.

We had plastic bag material holder years before they hit the retailers....just 1 thing...I am sure many others have done the same out of necessity.

Rip and Rosie · Guru

I always start from the centre of the skein of wool- stick my finger into the end and pull out the middle bit, then it flows smoothly most of the way through. Then it can sit on the table etc in front of me, and never rolls around the floor.

Now a ball of wool is a different challenge, and I put it on the floor, in a jug.

Homer and Marge · Veteran Member

So true, Barina and it makes me think of Grandma telling me that necessity is always the mother of invention. At the moment I am knitting a jumper for my grandson, and it requires three stitch holders. In my wisdom, I only brought one with me when I left home. So, after some consideration, I crocheted three longish chains of wool, Plaited them and looped them through the isolated stitches using my crotchet hook and there they sit, waiting to be picked up and worked on. My single functioning brain cell was working well that day!!!

Another crafty woman( perhaps we should rename your thread Rosie and call it "Crafty Ladies")

Marge