Getting There, Slowly but Surely....

So apart from the actual designing and making of the items, there is a lot to do otherwise. Over the past week, we have designed and ordered our clothes labels, exciting! We have begun work on our website which is still under construction but we have some pages built. We have created our Facebook page but haven't done much with it since! Photographing our work for the website took place too.

While all this has been going on, we have continue to create also!! we have some berets ranging from new born to adults made, some headbands, scarves and shrugs, so all in all, a very busy week.
There is still a lot to do, we have to arrange ours stalls at the fairs and market we want to attend, order our packaging, finish our website and Facebook page, list our items on Etsy, Misi and Folksy, oh, and CROCHET, KNIT AND CROCHET!!!

Something Of Sheila's

So here is a creation from Sheila, a pair of cute hand warmers beautifully finished with a ribbon.

Finished around the top with a scalloped edging. We will soon be launching our website in full where we will have links to where we are selling, what we are making, how to make it and how to keep upto date with The Hook and Needle Company. Follow us on Twitter for our most upto date information.

My Next Creation

So recently I have been doing a lot of creations for babies and children, so my next creation is of my own design and is a hooded scarf with pockets for an adult female. Of course the design can be altered to suit males and children.

I have decided to do it in a wide rib using the treble crochet stitch, two front post, two back posts. I am using a size 5.5 needle. I decided to do this stitch with this needle as it will add stretch to the piece. The pockets at the end will be created by simply turning up the ends. I will keep you updated as to how it is going...

Another Creation...

So here is another hat created here at The Hook & Needle Co. We are busy crocheting and knit hats, neckwarmers, handwarmers, scarves for children and adults as well as bags, phone snugs and much more. Keep upto date on Twitter

Selling My Creations

So I have now quite a collection ready to launch my online and craft fair selling. I have a logo designed, tags ordered and ready to go.
So where do you sell? I have a website www.thanco.weebly.com under construction from which I will sell. I will soon be opening www.etsy.com, www.folksy.com and www.misi.com shops. I will also be involved in stalls and craft fairs throughout Cheshire. So how will people know of me? Well there are a lots of ways now of getting yourself 'out there' such as Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, You Tube, Blogging and more, all of which I will explore. So there is still a lot of work to do yet but very exciting!

Starting out and finding your feet

So you've bought your first hook, your ball of wool and you're ready to go, so where do you find your patterns?
Well I bought the books, read the internet and watched the videos. I then started to find my own comfort - the way I liked to learn, the size of needle and wool and what I liked to create. I found watching videos on YouTube best, as reading the information could sometimes be confusing if you don't know the terminology correctly or if you don't know the origin of the material as the UK and USA have the same terminology for crochet, but they actually mean different things. I quite quickly realised that hats where more difficult than a scarf say as it requires counting and markers. I also realised that until you are comfortable and found your tension, something that's a pair, handwarmers for instant, may dishearten you as you may create a pair that aren't the same size.
You will, however, settle in and find your tension pretty quick.

A Sneak Preview

This is a girls hat I crocheted which will give you an idea of the kind of items we will be creating, cute uh?