Sunday, October 24, 2010

Woof woof!

This weeks FO is doggy mittens for Jacob. Finished them yesterday at knitting (yes I finally made it there). This morning they had their first outing. He spent a while saying 'woff woff' and waving them around. I'd write some details but the yarn was something random from my stash without a ball band. The ears are in some BFL handspun of mine.

Look my mittens are dogs.

Here is Jacob also sporting his new big boys shoes.

...and I've got new shoes.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

May the hat be with you

Time for a crafty post. Here is a hat I recently knitted for my nephew Jamie for his 7th birthday. Happy birthday Jamie. I was a bit worried about the size but apparently it fits perfectly. It's a little stretched on my head so the colourwork doesn't look so good.

Jamie's Hat

I've recently been making a few things to sell at craft fairs. These keyrings were made out of left over sock yarn. Anne kindly aggreed to stock these at The Knit Studio and suggested I package them in a more professional way. I'm really happy with the way they look and have started making more.

Keyrings

Christmas is 76 days away (so the man who runs the village post office told me) so I thought I'd try something seasonal. I've used various crochet patterns, crochet cotton and a 2.5mm hook to make these snowflakes. I tried stiffening them with starch, but I found that the larger ones needed something stronger, so I had to resort to PVA glue. Should be fine as long as they don't get wet. I thought they'd make good christmas decorations.

Snowflakes