For a cloudy day

Now this is a great project for a beginner, or for a more advanced knitter who wants to make something quick and easy.
It's all garter stitch, two pieces sewn together, in chunky wool, so much fun!
And lovely and original in every living room I think.
I got the pattern from the book 'Breien en haken met dikke naalden' (the Dutch translation of 'Knitting with giant needles') by Hanna Charlotte Erhorn.
It's the same pattern I previously used to make some mobiles. You can read up on them here

Tintin

Needle felting is something I really like. It may be time consuming and every time during the starting phase of the felting process, there is this moment when I think that this time, the magic is not going to happen. And then it works out fine.
A couple of years ago I made Tintin, the famous reporter from the comics. Originally, his hands were stuck fast to his body, but the person I gave Tintin to (and whom I asked to take a photo so I could write this blogpost), detached them, so the hands look a bit unfinished.
Nowadays I pay more attention to photographing my work, it has become part of the crafting as it were.