The escargatoire (yes, believe it or not, that is the collective noun for snails*) has grown. I think our new recruit will, henceforth, be known as the Snail of Persistence, to acknowledge the decades that it has taken me to learn to crochet.
Introducing out latest addition: the Snail of Persistence
There is no stopping me after last week’s course: as well as my usual knitting (a cardigan at the moment), I have made the snail and a pair of fingerless mittens. Finally, I can have a bash at all those crocheted amigurumi that are out there.
Sam, helping me to model my fingerless mittens
As I’ve said, I love to learn a new skill.
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* Actually, there are three collective nouns for snails – an ‘escatgotoire’, a ‘rout’ and, bizarrely considering their anatomy, a ‘walk’. I’m not sure which one I like best.
The Snail of Happiness 
Nice piece of work
/ July 7, 2013Love new snail, his shell is so sweet, and the mittens are stunning. Looks like you did a little thumb detail, very very nice. 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 7, 2013I can’t believe how quickly I’ve picked it up… and how quickly I can make a finished item compared to knitting.
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lorddavidprosser
/ July 7, 2013Definitely a sixties Hippy snail, full of colour. Well done, there’ll be no stopping you now.
xx Hugs xx
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 8, 2013A psychedelic snail, indeed… the pattern showed him in brown, but I thought something more cheerful was appropriate.
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Jackie
/ July 8, 2013I am happier crocheting, as I lack patience, and you are right it goes way quicker than knitting!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 8, 2013I rather like the free form nature of it – mistakes in knitting tend to be a problem, but for both the mittens and the snail I made a couple of errors and was able to sort them out easily. I just wish patterns were consistent in their terminology!
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metan
/ July 8, 2013A Walk of snails? Someone had a sense of humour! I guess a snail is just one big foot, and more than one foot moving is…. walking…. 😉
Well done on completing the Snail of Persistence! 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 8, 2013I just can’t resist a collective noun!
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nanacathy2
/ July 10, 2013Loving the new snail!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 17, 2013Thank you – for some reason this ended up in my spam folder along with several other messages from regulars. Ah well, at least I’ve found them now.
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