Sshh!

It's a sleeping bunny!


She was a fairly quick knit, I started her last evening, finishing her around midnight...as you can see, it was so late when I completed her, she went straight to sleep!

Monkeying Around

A friend bought a kit to knit a monkey. She thought she and her daughter could make him together. She looked at the pattern booklet, closed it and monkey stayed in the box! After six weeks of waiting for the holiday to finish, she came back to work and asked if I would breathe life into him. How could I resist?

Here he is in his hat and scarf ready for winter. I am sure he will be happy in his new home...who knows, as he was so well behaved when he stayed with me, I may just have to knit him a friend...



The Lady E is only half finished but I am hoping to be wearing her for the Winter. I must confess, I was side tracked just a little with a spinning kit over the summer holidays. I bought a spindle and roving from e-Bay and got myself twisting the days away glued to You Tube trying to figure out how the ladies made the spindle look so easy! I can definitely "drop" it but not in the way I should...(Photos to follow!)

Summer with a Lady

I was given the book Scarf Style for Christmas. I was given six skeins/balls of Rowan Tapestry for Christmas. I had no intention of making the Lady 'til now!

She is cast on and will be here for the summer. She is a pleasure to do, very calming and theraputic. There is something wonderful about working on each small but important section and seeing how the colours work out overall.

I am truly fascinated with the Lady.

She is holey round the edges and some may say she is a little dark and not as pretty as some but hey, we can't all be perfect. She is definitely a favourite of mine :D

Short...but very sweet!

At last I have taken a piccie of the bolero I made for my dear daughter. I am hopeless at taking pictures with an accurate colour...I may need to invest in a new camera! I have a big yellow button to sew on at the front and I will put a popper under it so she can pop and unpop!

"Oh My Darling Clementine!"

Am making great progress with this Shawlette. The pattern is charted and very easy to follow. I love this!

Can't wait 'til its finished and blocked.

I am no lace expert but I think this would be a great starter for a beginner who wanted to try charted lace. Let me know if anyone has a go!

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!

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...