Secret Santa business :)

here is the package i put together for the TNN Mid Winter Secret Santa :)

Dinasaur Canvas's for a 3 year old boy ( stegasaurus is my fav )





Milo and Who hat for a 1 year old girl(sorry you cant see the pattern too well, there are little owls cabled all aound). The hat was my first hat and it was a pain in the bum!!! i need to learn how to magicloop because decreasing on DPNs is just torture




And the Sookie stackhouse yarn i dyed in a previous post, along with a "True Blood" themed scarf pattern for the mumma :)

Millions of puppets!

Phew i have FINALLY finished making 36 finger puppets for a toddler activity bag swap.
The aim of the ame was to create 12 identical activty bags full f somethign to entertain a toddler. Especially handy for long car trips, wiaitng rooms, queues etc
i singed up to do felt finger puppets and thought sweet as, but then i realised if i made 3 per bag that was 36! sooooooooooooo it has taken me AGES!!!

I didnt have enough felt in my stash to do them all identical so i have done two differnt sets, dinosaurs and farm animals.

All laid out


In their bags ready to roll!


ill let you know what i get back in return!!

Yarn dyeing

I have become a little obbsessed with dyeing yarn and THINKING about dyeing yarn hahaha.
After two attempts with normal everyday food colouring, i am ready to move up to the big players and shell out for some acid dyes. Food colouring is just not hardcore enough for me.

Here is my first atempt at food colouring for a TNN swap

"Willy Wonka Yarn"
The rich veletly reds of Burtons Wonkas coat, purple from his gloves, blue for Violents blueberry transformation



And here is my second atempt

"Sookie Stackhouse yarn"

For another TNN swap ( she hasnt recieved it yet but it is goign on the post today, prety sure she doesnt read my blog) The character from True Blood, the turquiose of her uniform, the blode of her hair, the pink and purple of her sweet nature and blood red of course!

Competition...

Not from me but from my friend Sheryl.
pop on over to her blog here to have at chance at some yummy sock yarn to try out her new pattern!

Milo

yay finished my first Milo!!! first go at cabling ( which was easy peasy) so now i feel ready to take on somemore adventurous projects now i can do cabling! I knitted it in TWC Oasis
This colour looks so good on Flynn, some of the green is the same colour as his eyes


Closeup of Cable

And moddeled!

Fingerless Gloves

Finger less gloves to match the headbands :) i used This pattern

Gelato for my sis



Oasis for me

Knitting up a storm!

I really should come on here and update more regulary. Ive been making lots of stuff but have been too busy knititng to take photos and share with you! Ive been kniting so much that my index finger on my right hand split yesterday because it had been over worked! hehe but i soldiered on.


Here are my first attempts at knitting longies.

The first ones are from my TNN Yarn Swap yarn, moddeled by Flynn. I used the "Picky Pants" Pattern on Circs



These second nes were for a 1st Birthday swap i took part in with some online friends. Picky Pants pattern again but this time with Gabes ruffle on the bottom, The Wool Companys "Gelato" yarn.



I felt like making my lovely sister a pressie for when i see her this weekend and what better for winter than a nice wooly headband to hold back her dreads and warm her ears! Pattern here



The of course i wanted one for myself too..... The Wool Company "Oasis" yarn