Well, over almost before it started.... the sorry tale
I knitted a bunny and a teddy ... knitting was fine but couldn't stuff evenly or sew the bits together properly ( joining to the body was the problem ).
Second idea... try some more toys or try an easy jumper for myself.
Found a really good sounding local shop ( on the industrial estate so my hopes sank a bit ) and ventured there this afternoon.....
tale of woe: overwhelmed by all the different yarns, needles, accessories so I sat on a sofa with a table full of patterns in front of me.......
not one pattern was easy enough for me to even attempt. I
can knit, increase,decrease, knit 2 together, pass slip stitch over,
but I cannot, use a stitch holder ( what's that??? ) pick up cast off stitches to make neck bands ( ???? ) rejoin yarn previously cut off ( join to what??? how??? ) or a million and one other things it assumes you can do to make the simplest jumper. Toys were not much better... so complicated.
So, I came home empty handed ( despite my flexible friend burning a hole in my purse ) and decided that knitting now joins crochet,stained glass and jewellery making as crafts which are beyond me
Thanks for all your helpful suggestions, you didn't reckon with me being such a Grade One Numpty....I'll slink back to
The Dark Side and lick my wounds