Wednesday 31 January 2018

Penguin fun


Meet Mr. Antarctica, the Emperor penguin, all needle felted and ready to go!





Friday 26 January 2018

The herringbone neck warmer

For my dad, who is always cold, I knitted this neck warmer. It's the herringbone neck warmer by Craig Rosenfeld of Loop Knits. You can find the pattern here on Ravelry : https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/herringbone-neck-warmer
The wool is Manos del Uruguay Clasica. I bought this yarn in 2014 in the lovely Caféknit in Lavenham (Suffolk, UK). I think this shop no longer exists, at least I can't find anything recent on the internet about it. Such a shame. If I'm wrong, please let me know.
The buttons I used are made from coconut shell, so all natural materials!



Thursday 18 January 2018

Tooterphants

Aren't they cute, these tooterphants ? It's a crochet pattern by Lucy Ravenscar. You can buy the pattern here on Ravelry. I got it from a magazine called 'Adorable animals', from the Creative Craft-series, published in 2015.
I made two tooterphants at the same time. As they were my first amigurumi, it took a while to finish them. But it was fun to do and I think they turned out quite nice...


 







Thursday 11 January 2018

A little bird told me...

These egg cozies are simply irresistible I think. It's a pattern from the book 'Cute and easy knitting' by Fiona Goble. And they are really easy, and supercute!. The pair of them make a nice present.
I used some acrylic yarn from my stash. I don't buy acrylics anymore, but having it in my stash, I think I made good use of it here.



Friday 5 January 2018

Make do and mend part 1

I can't throw anything away... even a badly made pair of cheap socks. Both the socks ripped and were ready for the bin. That was one of these moments I started thinking and planning how to "make it better than before"...
I decided to sew up the tear of each sock with different colours of embroidery thread. To my very humble opinion, my socks are saved and better than before ;-)