More catch ups

Still waiting to go off to the USA are a few dolly diapers made from Maggie's tutorial at Smashed Peas and Carrots.  The fabric came from JoAnns in Fairfax last time I was visiting.  There's a house move in the offing so these won't get posted just yet.

The third stage of the 2014 Tour de France comes to Cambridge on Monday 7th July so loads of people, including my WI ladies, have been knitting yellow, white or green jerseys to make bunting to decorate the route through the city.  I strung this batch on to the approved shock cord and delivered them to our local yarn shop and they are now fluttering over the city, along with a couple of thousand others.

My younger nephew and his partner had a baby girl in January, so I made up a welcome package for them:

Some burp cloths with a micro-fibre backing and Hoot Owl fabric to match the wallpaper in their nursery and a little cardigan from Sirdar pattern #1802 made up in Sirdar Snuggly Baby Speckle - in green because they didn't know beforehand whether the baby was a girl or boy.

Now the older nephew and his wife are expecting a little boy in July, so I've made up a similar package for them:

Two Puerperium cardigans from the adorable pattern by Kelly Brooker, again in Sirdar Baby Snuggly Speckle, but this time in grey.  The buttons came from a stall at Yarndale 2013 in Skipton. I've made at least half a dozen from this pattern now and it's always a joy to make - and it's top down and seamless!














Burp cloths with the micro-fibre backing and some fun Angry Birds fabric from Ebay.
















And the latest thing to be finished is this little lamb for my grandson.  He already has one and his Mummy wanted another so there would always be one available while one was in the wash.  Alas, I just haven't been able to duplicate the yarn from the original so I'm sure he will be able to tell the difference!  This one is made in Sirdar Snowflake in white.  Pattern is Barbara Prime's Fuzzy Mitten Lamb

Catching Up

Haven't posted any pictures in a while but I have still been making stuff.  So, first of all:

A little drawstring bag full of knitted rabbits for my grand-daughter to help her learn colours and counting.

Not all the rabbits are shown but they are done on four dpns with oddments of double knit.  Each rabbit only takes 10 -12 gms.

24 stitches cast on with a figure-of-eight cast-on so that there are no seams.  Eight stitches on each of three needles, knitted for about 5 cms.  Then arrange the stitches onto two needles with twelve stitches on each - work in moss stitch on six of the stitches to make one ear, decreasing when it looks long enough.  Work the second ear on the other set of six stitches, leaving a long-ish tail at the start.  Weave in the ends at  the top of the ears, stuff the body and use the tail of yarn to thread through the remaining twelve stitches and draw them up and finish securely.



Use contrasting yarn to embroider eyes.

The original pattern came from a free Ravelry download:

ravelry.com/patterns/library/catnip-bunny

but I changed it as I got on better with dpns.

These have now gone back to the USA with their new owner.







Then another little sweater for my grandson:

This one is made in Peter Pan Sweetheart cotton/acrylic DK (the blue) and Sirdar Flirt DK (shade 230).  The pattern is design #1310 from the same Sirdar Tiny Snuggly Textures book 412 but using the block #137 Bricks from the book 200 Knitted blocks for blankets, throws and afghans by Jan Eaton for the colour work.  Much simpler than it looks as it is just a slip-stitch pattern.