There are some wool painting brooches on tos - just take a look at the ones of collies - utterly fabulous bearing in mind they are only approx. 3" in diameter.
There are some wool painting brooches on tos - just take a look at the ones of collies - utterly fabulous bearing in mind they are only approx. 3" in diameter.
Thank You so much for your kind words. I'll be unlikely to list quite a lot of what I make ~ it's the age old issue of deciding what is viable and what is not...... it really is difficult with handmade stuff online.....
Things might change when the new cats are in place.... they might not - it takes more than cats to fetch the customers in......
In the meantime, table tops, on display & for sale in libraries, private sales/orders......
What I find is that small items like these often have to go small parcel and for most the increased postage is too much
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Exactly right!
Also, where items will go large letter rate, their value isn't worth the effort when considering fees - not eBid's of course, theirs is so small, it's PP fees that hammer small value items.... sigh....
On the other hand, where such small items - eg egg cosies which go at large letter rate, can be listed in sets of 4 or 6 to make it something like viable..... but even so, for me to buy the yarn, make the items (hours), spend time (photographs + editing) listing etc etc reposting, etc etc what a faf!!! for what? very little return! lol!!!
It won't stop me making, of course...... just need to focus on where the better outlet is for some of the stuff....
I think that, mostly, people need to see hand made items to buy them and, of course, feel them. Yarn quality makes so much difference.
I'm a really cack-handed crocheter, holding the yarn all wrong, but I hate bamboo hooks and, for that matter, only use bamboo knitting needles when the work is slipping off metal or plastic ones(I don't buy them... they appear on the front of knitting mags)
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I have just finished a granny square. Can't tell you the number of times it has been ripped out - a bit of a Morecame and Wise scenario - could remember the stitches but not in the right order
What is it with old age that the brain refuses to remember the things that were so easy in your thirties
My Tulip hook was worth the money though Very easy on the arthritic joint which, I think, would not take kindly to a thin handled one.
I so agree. Yarn quality is everything when folk are able to literally touch the item ~ but there is also something to be said for items with novelty value. (to tempt the spontaneous buyer with something completely different and unusual, one offs so to speak).
Bamboo? stick it back where it grows!
love_to_stitch - you did make me laugh! (re old age) . If I'm making a "batch" of anything, eg cuffs or cosies I can remember all the little idiosyncrasies I prefer for each item. If I leave a batch alone & start something new, then return to batch another lot of something - I've lost it! lol! I have a real struggle to get the new batch going again.....
Tulip hook - I'm so glad it works for you and you can get some crochet pleasure again.
I've just had a brilliant morning - 4 pairs of crochet cuffs finished, bagged & handmade labels put on - ready to go..... + I've made & attached 23 lace bobbin spangles using stainless steel......
Isn't crafting such a joy!
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