One from the hoard…
As I have confessed in the past I have a weakness for crochet/knit kits. I get drawn in by the cute picture on the box, buy it and then stash it🤔 I have a load of them hidden in the garage that I may or may not get round to completing!
The snail came in a crochet kit from Aldi. Everything that I needed to make 2 snails, including a horrible plastic hook. Less complaining Jane! I have made one snail and there is plenty of yarn left, might even be enough to make a third? So for £3.99 it was quite good value, not that I will be making another one any time soon. The pattern was quite straightforward and I have finally mastered crocheting in the round without too much swearing 😉
I might dig out another kit next month and see how I get on but in the meantime back to my blanket😊
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
WOOLLY WEDNESDAY 
Such a happy snail. It doesn’t eat the plants so it would be very welcome here. Btw.. Aldi has some good stuff and sometimes you’re lucky to get kits. It’s very nice 😊
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Thank you and yes I think my plants are safe from this chap. Aldi is always hit and miss but if you are there at the right time you can go mad 🤔
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Brian the snail? Remember him from magic roundabout? He’s lovely by the way. I admire your persistence, I really can’t do with the fiddly stuff. 🙂
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Thank you Lisa. I do remember Brian but Dylan the rabbit was my favourite. I’m not a natural hooker but I read somewhere that you can learn a lot from making toys so I’m giving it a go ☺️
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This is so cute!! I just started learning how to crochet and I am already having da hard time following the pattern! 😭
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Thank you. I’m still very close to the beginning of my crochet journey and make loads of mistakes 😉
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I would not call that a pest at all! Your critters are super adorable. Do you let them adorn your plants when the weather is nice?
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Thank you. We’ve had a bit of a photo shoot today which included sticking tooth picks in them to make them stand😕 You have to suffer for your art!!!
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I really love your little knit and crocheted critters! You do such lovely work!
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Thank you Nadine ❤️
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I actually stayed away from kits when I started crocheting, and bought books instead ^^ Have quite a lot of the Zoomigurumi books which are really great.
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If I ever get through the kits I might invest in a book. Some of the kits I only paid £1 for as they were end of line, can’t resist a bargain BUT it’s only s bargain if you are going to use it and mine are festering in the garage 🤔
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Awww this is so cute!! Our Aldi never has cute things like this, you only get kits for cushions and tops. XD (and socks) At least I don’t remember amigurumi … The colours look great, too!! 🙂
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Thank you Julia. They did some at the end of last year and early spring over here. There was a set of Harry Potter characters but I was too late for those 😒
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oh now … I’d be sad, too.
Did you check ebay? Maybe someone has one leftover …?
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Good thinking but I’m not really an online shopper and frankly I’ve got all manner of little animals to do so you probably shouldn’t be giving me ideas 😂
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I’d say you fully mastered crochet-in-the-round! VERY NICE!
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Thank you, I try to make every day a school day ❤️
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Yay! Your snail turned out really cute! Whimsical is always a good thing! You mentioned the awful plastic hook. I don’t like plastic hooks either. I’ve bought lots of them in the past when I was teaching middle school and we had a crochet club. Finally after a few years I started asking the kids to bring their own hooks, and also I would buy them the metal ones and let them pay me back. 😀🐌
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Thank you. At least I had a metal hook of that size so didn’t have to use the plastic one 😄
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So adorable! She looks so cute sitting on your potted plant.
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Thank you Ginny. I had to use tooth picks to help her stand up 🐌
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Super cute! I’m so bad at purchasing kits too!
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Thank you Jenny. If it’s got a cute picture on the box I just can’t helpyself 😉
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Oh My Goodness! That snail is so cute!
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Thank you 🐌🐌🐌
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