Ferdinand

I have a soft spot for Ferdinand, perhaps because I wrestled a lot with the pattern from Mollie Makes issue 91. In the magazine the squirrel was made out of felt, which I think is more forgiving and easier to shape. I used fabric from a discarded T-shirt. The filling consists of yarn- and fabric scraps, not the most easily manageable stuff. So it took me a while to make Ferdinand looking sweet. In the end I got there more or less I think.
Ferdinand wears a lovely soft flannel cloak and also has a warm knitted hat, all custom-made.
He lives with me in his own hanging basket, knitted from very soft wool, where he sleeps and dreams of mountains of beech nuts!

dear Ferdinand

with his cloack and his hat      

                                                                say hi!

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Here he lives and dreams his dreams!

It's an actual garment!

A T-shirt I bought turned out not to suit me that well in the end... But I love the fabric design, in fact I guess that's what made me buy it when I was trying it on... So I decided to turn it into a skirt. For the waistband I used a piece of a sweater that I had cut up before.

Very happy with this one! And I'm sure the fabricscraps will come in useful one day!

Crochet with friends

This shopping bag means a lot to me. Two friends and I choose to make one each: it was an attempt to stop the time, be together in a bubble, outside the far to harsh reality of illness. It gave hope, just for a moment, where there was no hope. Two friends finished their bags, one didn't, she passed away 4 months ago. We couldn't give you anything but this small tiny bubble that wasn't real, Kathleen, but we will never ever forget the joy of that day.

The pattern and Yarn (Sandnes Garn) we bought at Pand 16.