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BabyBags

I have been busy with a charity project for two years. I started at the end of 2013 and still currently busy with it. I have called the project BabyBags and will explain why I have given it that name. I sew cloth bags, simple but still effective, and fill them up with baby clothes or toiletries that people have kindly donated for the cause. I also have been given blankets, but as that is a rare donation, I make my own by either knitting, sewing or crocheting them. I put a little card into the bags to wish the new mothers congratulations on their new family addition. After all the bags are made up, I take them all to Mowbray Maternity Hospital and then the hospital will hand them out to the mother's who are in need. I have made over 2 000 BabyBags and I am still making. I am hoping that this project will over time become something bigger. Anyone who is willing to help me will be welcome. And anyone who feels it in their hearts, a money donation will be welcome for the purchas

Mini Fishes on sticks

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Mini Fishes I thought to share this pattern with you all. This pattern is one of my first 'real' patterns, so I am not sure if it is easy for you to understand. I have never written patterns that others have read. So let me know if you are able to read this, if not tell me where I can change it. Mini Fishes Size of the finished fishes are 6cm by 7cm. Crochet hook 2.5mm Yarn Needle Stuffing Yarn 3ply Googly eyes or buttons Body Round 1: sc 6 into magic ring Round 2: 2 sc in each sc. (12sts) Round 3: *sc 1, 2sc in next sc* around. (18sts) Round 4: *sc 2, 2sc in next sc* around. (24sts). Round 5: *sc 3, 2sc in next sc* around. (30sts). Round 6: *sc 2, dec in next sc* around. (24sts). Round 7: *sc 1, dec in next sc* around. (18sts). Round 8: *Dec around. (12sts). End off. Fins (make 2) Ch 4. Row 1: sc in 2 nd ch from hook, 2 dc in the next ch, sc in last ch. End off. Tail (make 1) Leaving a long tail, Ch 6. Row 1: sc in