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Can you guess what they are?
Ta dah!
I made these last night. I was inspired by this photo on the carinascrafts blog. She had received this lovely cat tape measure that her parents had brought back from a trip to Vietnam. What a brilliant simple idea.
I bought the tape measures from ebay. A bargain at £1 each and they are of an equal quality to others I’ve used.
I used my Planetpenny stash of cotton yarn.
I bought this pack last year and love to dip into it for my mini makes.
These took around an hour each. I crocheted the back as a disc and then the front. For the sides I crocheted into the back loops of the front disc, 3 rows of doubles, leaving a gap to push the tape end through. Then with the tape measure in place I slip stitched the back disc into the front. So not even a need to hand stitch the parts together.
This is the back.
Now maybe I’ll have a chance of finding a tape measure when I need one.
Have a lovely crafty weekend.
Love, Lucie xx
Love, Lucie 
Brilliant! I thought they were pincushions at first, but tape measures is much more exciting and interesting!!
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Glad you like them. They were fun to do.
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I do like them! Very much! Oh my your planet penny stash is gorgeous. Perfect colours for these mini makes. Thanks for linking 🙂
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Thankyou. Completely inspired by your cat tape of course.
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What a FANTASTIC idea! I love them. You’re so clever at thinking cute little makes up. I also love your planet penny cotton stash!
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I thought the colours would appeal to you. I would definitely by more of this cotton in the future. Her blog is full of mini crochet makes.
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Cheerful AND practical. Super cute.
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Thanks. I now have a tape for every project!
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What a fun idea!
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Wish I’d thought of it myself but I suppose we are all inspired by something we see.
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I thought the same as Patch but love them either way. They are a really great idea. X
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Thanks. I can’t take complete credit for the idea but I love what I have done.
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But you have done them. x
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Very pretty. Brilliant idea 🙂
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Thanks. I’ll be making a couple more for my gift stash.
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What a fabulous idea!! So much better than a plain dreary tape measure! I have a stash of planet penny too, I must dig it out…
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I have a lovely cath kidston one that my daughter gave me at Christmas. But it never seems to be where I’ve left it!
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Great idea crocheting covers for them! I had one years ago which was a mouse and often think how cute it was.
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I think I need to work on some animal ones. I’ll have a think.
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These are so pretty, and so easy to make thanks to your simple instructions. I have loads of small balls of yarn that need using up – this seems like an ideal project.
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Yes, very easy. Great as gifts too. I like to keep a stash of gifts for friends throughout the year. Saves me shopping!
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A great idea, I’m always losing my tape measures (although a small person is usually the culprit) but the covers look fabulous.
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My not so small person is usually the culprit when my things go missing too!
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What a great idea. I was looking at some tape measures at a craft fair with felt covers, but I think yours are even nicer.
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Thank you very much. I would love to have seen the felt ones.
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I would not have guessed in a million years. Great idea! 🙂
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Ha, ha! Thank you!
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I’m going to take a guess at what they are before I read any further. Could they be pin cushions. Off to see if I’m right…
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I couldn’t have been any further wrong if I tried !!!!
What a super idea. My mam used to have a tape measure in every one of her bags as she always said ‘you never knew when you needed to measure things’. She would have loved it xx
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I have one in each crochet/knitting bag, one in my draw of bits and bobs, one next to my machine and one in my hand bag!
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Wow beautiful, love them.
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They are adorable and soooo clever!
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Gorgeous, very clever:) wouldn’t know where to start!!
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