what was I scared of?!
and no, it wasn’t the pair of pale green pants with nobody inside them
what- you don’t know that book? You really should read it to a middle sized child and enjoy it together.
for some reason I was nervous about making tassels- pah! they’re a cinch! I didn’t do it the way the pattern said because it sounded tedious to cut 90 short lengths of yarn, the way I ended up doing it was a mash up of 3 that I googled…
well I got 2 stiffish bits of card the same size (13.5cm long to be exact) and held them together while I wound the yarn around 50 times. Then with 2 longish bits of yarn (46cm to be exact) I sent 1 piece down between the pieces of card, and pulled it up to the top to tie the 50 strands together with a tight knot. Then I inserted the scissors between the bottom pieces of card and cut. Then with the other longish bit of yarn, I cinched the strands together about 2cm down from the top. Too Easy Peasy. oh, and I combed the ends a bit to make them thickish at the base.
Now I’ve just got a couple more rows to go on the shawl, and I can attach them, then I’m done!
We had a lovely time with my nephew and nieces over, and fit in lots of fun stuff by the way.