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Merab's Slave said:
You can get vegan jelly which is pretty good.
Double cream is more of a challenge but silken tofu is a good substitute
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@Merab's Slave made a gorgeous fancy dessert with vegan jelly when we went for lunch last week, a fancy strawberry flan with a creamy fruity dish too :)
 
piggieminder said:
I'm glad you are happy with him @Lorcan he is really lovely. If he was absolutely perfect he wouldn't be as gorgeous, his ears give him character.
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Betsy said:
The fact his ears are skewed gives him character. You can get stuffing really cheap on Amazon.

SleepyNights Toy Pillow Cushion Teddy Bear Fill Toys Filling - Non Allergenic Carded Hollowfibre – 2 Kilo : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen
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Thank you both 😍 I think I'm still paranoid I'm gonna have a burst seam on my hands soon but considering his size and the calico, I think I did alright! I still have more stuffing, I've been using a recycled polyester stuffing (take old plastic bottles, make toy stuffing), I just wasn't expecting him to take quite as much as he did. He's just under 14.5" tall.
 
gerbilord said:
I’ve just made my first sock! Extremely pleased with how it turned out, now time to make a second… :) View attachment 183482View attachment 183483
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That looks cosy! You’ve reminded me I need to knit my second. But I want to start on my cardigan as well.

Something I’ve been told to do is to go down two needle sizes for the ribbing. This time I knit the ribbing with 2.25 and the sock with 2.5. Don’t have anything smaller than that.

PS they can be addictive to knit. Just a warning from someone who’s knit…5.5 pairs…
 
I, uh, apologise for asking stupid questions as always because I don't think this problem is an actual problem. I screwed up the stitching because I did it too close to the edge. Now that I've got the actual stitch line finished, is there a need to "repair" the bad stitching? It was backstitched (before I realised I screwed up) so taking it apart is awkward, I don't want to risk tearing the felt.

Man, do I hate the felt. I'm having to make markings with chalk instead of pencil and it works, but I prefer the pencil. Really prefer the pencil.

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Lorcan said:
I, uh, apologise for asking stupid questions as always because I don't think this problem is an actual problem. I screwed up the stitching because I did it too close to the edge. Now that I've got the actual stitch line finished, is there a need to "repair" the bad stitching? It was backstitched (before I realised I screwed up) so taking it apart is awkward, I don't want to risk tearing the felt.

Man, do I hate the felt. I'm having to make markings with chalk instead of pencil and it works, but I prefer the pencil. Really prefer the pencil.

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I don’t think it needs repairing. It is on the inside of the seam, if that makes sense. Do you have to cut into the seam so it curves nicely, or have to iron it open?

PS not a silly question ☺️ I am living my sewing dreams out vicariously through you 😳
 
Siikibam said:
I don’t think it needs repairing. It is on the inside of the seam, if that makes sense. Do you have to cut into the seam so it curves nicely, or have to iron it open?
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No ironing needed, I'll need to clip into the seam (well according to the pattern I should be doing that before I stitch, so I'm ignoring the pattern on that because that's a recipe for disaster) but I might be able to get away with not clipping that far down. I figured it'd be fine because it won't show up on the outside...but really, that stitching is tight and I don't fancy unpicking it, and the backstitch doesn't help.

I think it *might* cause a problem when I attach it to the back pieces, but I guess I'll need to cross that bridge once I come to it, I'm not gonna know til I try stitching them together anyway.
 
You could always clip into the middle of the extra seam section. Hopefully it should be fine when you come to joining it though.
 
Siikibam said:
Hopefully it should be fine when you come to joining it though.
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I'm not sure if it's just a quirk from my machine (which is older than me, it's allowed to have quirks" but it sometimes refuses to stitch through something else. It's not a needle issue, that was a new needle when I got the machine at the end of June and it did it then with one of the cushion seams. It'll behave if you make the stitch manually (moving the knob by hand rather than using the pedal) but that's not info I ever remember when I need to 😒
 
Lorcan said:
I'm not sure if it's just a quirk from my machine (which is older than me, it's allowed to have quirks" but it sometimes refuses to stitch through something else. It's not a needle issue, that was a new needle when I got the machine at the end of June and it did it then with one of the cushion seams. It'll behave if you make the stitch manually (moving the knob by hand rather than using the pedal) but that's not info I ever remember when I need to 😒
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Write it on a little note and stick to the machine 😉
 
If you didn't leave enough seam allowance could you just go over it and make a second sewing line? Or if its the first seam stick with the new seam allowance and accept that it will be a few mm's bigger in size
 
Hah, maybe, I'm still not convinced. I know where I'm making the mistakes though, so I don't mind too much.
 
Well it looks good from where I’m standing.
 
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