Tuesday 24 June 2008

Happy Bunny!

Have finally sewn a face on my bunny who is now a happy one! I really enjoyed this style of crochet and will definitely work more of it in the future.







I have also frogged my Forest Canopy as I felt the yarn could use a more "holey" pattern.

After much deliberation and Ravelry searching, I cast on for the "Clementine Shawlette". I was wary of the fact that the instructions were charted and not written but am pleased to say it is a dream to follow! I can definitely see me making more of these shawlettes for the winter - my next one will be black, of course!

I have also finished a summer bolero for my DD in the lemon yarn I bought earlier. I changed my mind about which pattern to make with it. I did start a cardigan but yes, I'm afraid to say, I frogged that too as it was just too boring to knit! I know the end result would have been extremely pretty (fan and feather) but I was losing the will to live!

It was a simple pattern but each row was written out. By time I got to row 90+ I was boss eyed!

(Piccies of both to follow!)

I seem to have been unpicking things more than knitting them lately. I definitely lost my knitting mojo for a while, due to feeling under the weather and fed up with life in general - which is why I thought I'd make my little creatures to cheer me up!

I hope if you are feeling the same way and life is getting you down, that my little friends will at least make you smile!

Monday 2 June 2008

The Circus is in Town...

Well, one of them! Here is the "Strong Man" by Alan Dart from Simply Knitting magazine. I was going to send him to my brother who is a body builder but have decided to keep him instead! Shhh...don't tell him!



He is just waiting for his weights which, now I finally have straws, will be given to him soon...