Stir Crazy Crafts

Toughing out the quarantine with a hearty bowl of yarn!

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It’s a Christmas tapestry

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Ken Platt passes on knitting skills to primary schoolchildren.

A great-grandad is proving that knitting isn’t just for girls with his classes at a primary school. Ken Platt, 74, started knitting almost 50 years ago and now he’s passing his skills on to boys and girls at his local school. Three times a week, retired engineer Ken heads to Tintwistle primary school in Glossop where he teaches children a skill that will last a life time.

Ken says: “I’m a man in a woman’s world so I have to get it right! You’ve got to prove yourself and that’s why I think the men who do knit are often very good. I think it’s a bit like why men are often better cooks. The ones who do it look on it as a vocation whereas a lot of women see it as a chore.”

Unlike the children he teaches, Ken’s passion for the craft only began in adulthood after watching his late wife, Sylvia, at work with her knitting needles. He says: “It was 1964 and my wife was knitting. I could see the needles moving but I couldn’t see what she was doing so I asked her and she showed me. I found it quite easy and the second thing I ever made, in 1966, was an Arran jumper which I still wear.”

By Kate Weir for The Manchester Evening News, 2012.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/74-year-old-ken-platt-proves-men-699273.amp

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Fabulous!

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10 Catan house rules that make the classic board game even more fun | Dicebreaker

10 Catan house rules that make the classic board game even more fun

Experience the board game classic in a new way with our pick of the best Catan house rules.

Definitely trying some of these next time the kids and I play. This will put a damper on their strategy. LOL

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I finally finished (a few weeks ago) the pair of socks for my youngest. Took me 3 tries to get them to fit around his heels. They're a little loose around his ankles, but he loves them.

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Here I am, re-knitting the third pair of sock & just noticed I never shared the second pair. I finished these Mother's Day Weekend, while the kids made dinner.

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Margaret + Knitting

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Another stashbusting project that's getting finished up soon. I'm also working on my final round of sock commissions before putting everything on pause in late June. It's a tossup whether my current headspace is due more to babysitting every piece of prepping for top surgery, or not getting the silence I need regardless.

Part of my prep includes wanting to clear out some ready-made items from my inventory, to help with travel expenses. Anyone who favorites my Etsy shop before May 22nd (2020) has a chance to get coupon codes, full details here

Hat pattern here on Ravelry

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For @ladyhuggy and all the rest of you knitters, because fiber artists love books!

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Dropped-stitch knitting club marathon, 27-28 April 1923

for the Fleisher Yarns National Knitting Contest.

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Sounds like fun

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I keep saying that I'm going to start a blog. The closest I've gotten is a journal that I'm scribbling in. My plan was to spend the summer using up my sock yarn stash. But, if I have to be cooped up during a #pandemic #quranatine I might as well have something to do. Plus, it's been raining a lot. This is the first pair. Just a simple pair of toe up socks made with....um.... colorful sock yarn. I roll my yarn into balls when I buy it. So, needless to say the label is long gone. I'm not a fan of sewing & I never really learned how to graft stitches together. So, most of the socks I made (& still make) are toe up & short-row heel. This is the first time I tried a star toe. I also always follow some sort of stitch pattern. It's easier to make 2 socks the same because I count pattern repeats. This yarn wasn't exactly stitch pattern friendly, but it looks pretty cool. Everything I do on the first sock gets written down in my journal & I follow that for the second sock. 😊

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Oh, this is awesome. Next time I'm asked what I'm making....LOL.....webs to trap your soul....I Love It!!! 😈

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💙 I DID A THING! 🌈

They’re finally here – made to order pride socks, straight from my Etsy shop! Link in bio; if you have any questions feel free to comment or message me 🤟

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Check my blog header for a link

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