Barbara D

map-pin United Kingdom

Was a Coach Driver, my favourite hobby is hand knitting, I have also just taught myself to crochet, something I have wanted to learn for a long time and I am now working on a jacket without a pattern as I haven't yet learned to read the stitches! I also love sewing and have made a lot of things over the years, I used to make all my children's clothes as I had little money then. I have a knitting machine which sadly isn't used much now, the computer part of it blew up and I was told it wasn't repairable but I have now repaired it myself and is ready to go again. I like quizzes as I like to keep my brain active. My husband has Alzheimer's so I look after him and sit with him at home while doing my projects but if the weather is good we like to go away for a couple of days in our old campervan. August 2017, I have now retired and I love it, I have so much more time to create things now, don't have to put stuff away and go to work, I can sit and knit or sew all day if I want to, and freque

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  • Knitting23 Skills

    Knitting: Over 50 years

    23 Skills

    • Cast on & bind off
    • Knit and purl stitches
    • Simple increase & decrease
    • Picking up stitches
    • Fair Isle
    • Lace Work
    • Knitting in the round
    • Turn a heel
    • Stranded knitting
    • Intarsia
    • I-cord
    • Double knitting
    • Three needle cast off
    • Ribbed
    • Twined knitting
    • Tubular cast on/off
    • Short rows
    • Garter
    • Stocking
    • Slipped stitches
    • Cables
    • Provisional cast on
    • Entrelac
  • Crochet13 Skills

    Crochet: 2 to 5 years

    13 Skills

    • Chain
    • Slip stitch
    • Single crochet
    • Double crochet
    • Afghan Stitch
    • Increase & decrease
    • Half double crochet
    • Magic Ring
    • Front/Back post stitch
    • Double treble crochet
    • Treble crochet
    • Working in the round
    • Beading
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