It is not the most exciting thing in the world, I know, and even though it's bigger than my other crochet projects it was definitely not as complicated as others. It did, however, take a long time to complete.
Click Here for the pattern I based this draught excluder on.
For this project I used scrap DK yarn. I chose colours that I thought would look OK when used together. The width of the stripes were chosen as I went along. To stuff the draught excluder instead of spending money on that much stuffing I used old T-shirts. The T-shirts also made the excluder heavy which is very useful.
I didn't crochet the draught excluder closed, instead I crochet a sort of rope; crochet a chain to the wanted length, turn, single crochet in each chain along, finish off. I weaved the rope through the last round of stitched, pulled tight and tied. This means I can 'unstuff' the t-shirts from the excluder and wash the 'stuffing' and excluder more easily. Or simply change the stuffing later if I wish.
I'm not sure how well the draught excluder works yet as the weather has been quite warm but here's to hoping my living room will be less draughty!
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