Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Some finished bits...

I joined the "Finish it or Frog it" on Angel Yarns the other day...so, may I present, at last, a few finished items!



Robin's Egg Blue Hat and Ruffles Scarf for my dear daughter made lovingly with a pair of mitts to match her hat. Aaah I hear you say, how lovely! Alas it is with deep sadness that all is not "aah" as one week later, the darling child, who begged and pleaded with me to make her a set, lost a mitten! I know, I know, what is a Mum to do?

To redeem herself tho' she has been busy finishing too -


Sirdar Bigga Bag made on a Sunday afternoon. I helped with the sewing and plaiting of handles, a job my daughter has not yet mastered! She, however knitted the bag.

Web of Wool Simple Bag pattern - again, I just finished it off, she did most of the knitting! We bought some gorgeous orangey pink glass beads from the Creative Stitch Show in Brighton last weekend...30 beads for £1.50! Utter bargain!

Finally, my first ever handspun yarn! A long time in the making. I was able to spin the roving having mastered the basics of my drop spindle but was terrified of plying the two lots together! I finally tried last week and I think I was pretty sucessful! What do you think?



I was thrilled to have spun enough to knit up into a pair of fingerless mitts for me! (There are two, I promise and no, I won't lose one!)




My Lady Eleanor would have been complete within the next couple of days. She would have, if I had not spotted one the rectangles was facing the wrong way! It took me all afternoon and the best part of last night to rip it back. Tapestry yarn is not very forgiving when you go wrong! She will be done very shortly...

Sunday, 4 January 2009

Hidden Treasures!

I was clearing out the loft yesterday and found something that brought more than a tear to my eye. My Mum, as you know, is a very talented lady in the art of knitting and crochet. My Dad was also a very creative man.

I found this young lady in a black bag thrown into the back of the roof above. Who is she I hear you ask...well I shall tell you. She started life around twenty five years or so ago (when I was fifteen years old or thereabouts - maybe younger) printed on a piece of material. She was, lovingly, cut out and stitched together, by me, using my late Grandmother's hand operated Singer sewing machine. She was then brought to life by a bag of kapok stuffing and dressed.

I remember it was my Dad who set up the sewing machine and who helped me complete this project. It is my Dad I shed a silent tear for now looking at her. It is this young lady I will re-stuff and bathe and who will now have a life in the light and will not return to the dark depths from which she has just been rescued...she will be another reminder how lucky I am to have and have had such loving, talented parents...thank you both.




(Captain Spaulding looks on...)

I also found these which I made for my daughter when she was three or four years old. She will be thireen in February...Santa, minus a cuff as my Mum pointed out...



and Cinders who is a bit topsy turvy and a bit worn and bobbly around the edges...



Friday, 2 January 2009

Take a square...

and make a bunny!



Hoppy New Year to you all...and to you Dad, wherever you may be watching from...love you!

Saturday, 27 December 2008

Round and round we go!

My friend and colleague is having a baby in January...my Mother attends crochet classes and was pondering her next project...mmmm what could she do...





The pattern is from here Creative Crochet - thanks Kay! xx

Sunday, 14 December 2008

Sunday, 30 November 2008

Just hanging around...

Halloween is one of my favourite times of year...I love all things spooky




Boo here, however, does not fit this bill and spends her time night or day just hanging around the house with us all...I'm sure she does not know she is a bat and she is supposed to be fast asleep in someone's belfry!

Oh well...moving on...Christmas! Two or three weeks ago a colleague asked if I could make her Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus for her class at school and of course I could not say "no"...




Edited to add these figures have been travelling home with different Year 1/2 pupils since the beginning of Advent to remind them of the journey Mary and Joseph undertook to reach Bethlehem...

Monday, 29 September 2008

O Christmas Tree...

These were going to be pressies for my dear Daughter's friends...then she changed her mind and I am now making mini bags instead...



Here is a link to the pattern in case you would like to save our trees this Christmas and knit your own (albeit very small ones!) you will need to be a Ravelry user for this