At the beginning of the school holidays Maddie attended a craft workshop at Art Spark and for the last few weeks has been asking when she can learn to knit.
I’m not overly convinced I am up to take on the ‘knitting teacher’ role just yet so thought we should start off with something a little simpler.
Hello latch hook.
We trotted up to our local craft supply shop and both had a crash course in how to latch hook.
Maddie is nearly six and picked it up very easily, she is already asking where we can hang it once it is finished.
The mere thought of hanging a lurid blue shaggy wool fish in the house is making me anxious but I will cross that bridge when I come to it.
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ha ha! maybe you can convince her to hang in on her bedroom door. Look forward to seeing the finished product.
It’s meant to be turned into a cushion – HELP!
Latch hook is traditionally a rug, that’s what I’m working on at the moment (and have been working on for 18 months LOL). It should be a lovely rug to brighten up her bedroom ;)
Gorgeous! I used to love doing them. But I gotta admit, the entire time I was reading I was also wondering about where the masterpiece was going to hang in your house when done. Grandparents? x
You know me too well ;)
I’m thinking maybe Maddie can ‘gift’ it to Jason, to hang in his office!
Actually, latch hook was the first handcraft my parents taught me. It was the early very 80s and got it in their heads to make a giant latch-hooked monogram rug for my grandparents for Christmas. I had completely forgotten about it until now. Thanks for the nostalgia. :-)
I’m sure right a lurid blue shag-pile fish suspended above the dining table would look WONDERFUL. You could all pretend you were Dining Underwater.
Now. Where’s your inner knitty Steiner?
This is me you are talking to…a teach to knit session would send me over the school holiday edge!
Cool, what a great idea.
PS I do think it would be a great gift once it’s finished!
I was taught by a good friend that the inside of a child’s bedroom door works well as a gallery space for questionable junior masterpieces and paint colour choices. Right now, my small girl falls asleep to the sight of a lurid pink door and some very dodgy certificates, none of which I ever have to look at.
I was going to make the back of the bedroom door suggestion too! Although it could look quite nice with your blue glass, no? :)
Way too cute… it is blue remember;) xxt
I tried to teach my granddaugter knitting, did not work out too well, thier fingers just don’t want to work that way. But the hook rug, what a great idea, I’m gonna try it with my granddaughter.
That will be way to cute a rug not to hang. Glad you daughter is doing a craft and I know you will find a place to hang it. I made this leo the lion when I was that age and my mom had it till she died and then I took it back. Love that silly old lion. You and your daughter will look back on one of her first projects with fondness, trust me. You will find the perfect spot for it.
cathy
Yeah – just count your lucky stars it’s not fluro pink & purple. Go maddie!
Make it into a pillow for her bed! That was she can use it and appreciate it all the time. Glad to see that she is trying something new.
Hugs,
Vicki
That looks like so much fun, I’m sure I did that some latching once when I was little.
I agree with Christina, hanging above the blue glass would be perfect ;-)
I used to love doing them as a kid too!
I’m sure it will be just ‘gorgeous’!!
I LOVED latch hook as a kid! And now as I sit here I’m wondering where they all ended up … maybe in my dad’s office?!
p.s (love the chipping silver nail polish ;)
Kate, you’ve just evoked a wonderful childhood memory – I now recall a latch hook sunflower that I completed when I was young. It was so vibrant and ENORMOUS. Like Mel, I have no idea where it ended up but it’s something I must remember to try with Lily and Josie one day.
What a good idea, my grand daughter is 5 and has been wanting me to teach her something!
Thanks Kim
Tell her it’s a rug so it has to go on the floor… in her bedroom!