Some of them are off to Western Sydney Care Teddies for emergency services to have ready, and some of them are travelling to Victoria to be given to foster kids, all helping to support the Knit4Charities organisation.
Monday, December 4, 2017
Teddies & Friends
Some of them are off to Western Sydney Care Teddies for emergency services to have ready, and some of them are travelling to Victoria to be given to foster kids, all helping to support the Knit4Charities organisation.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Magic Knitting
Used the teddy in a square knitting pattern as a project for my two grandchildren renaming it the Magical Mystery Square but did not reveal the end result. They were absolutely intrigued and after choosing five colours of wool each, could be seen for the next few days knitting the squares. Lots of guesses - could it be a glove or a sock? After sewing the seams and filling the tubes, James (9) thought it could be made into a rocket ship, but Emilia (6) decided it could be a lighthouse. When they had sewn the arms and legs, they were delighted with the dolls they had made. James decided to keep his as an invisible man without a face, but Emilia decided on a girl with plaits.
Friday, March 10, 2017
Horizontal scarf variation
Here's a simple horizontal scarf using one colour and made from soft
wool donated to K4C last month. This was a partly finished item that I
pulled down, skeined, washed and conditioned with fabric softener and
recycled as a scarf for a homeless person. This is a variation on the
Ingram scarf pattern - knit 2 rows; purl 2 rows - but using 12ply wool
and 6mm circular needles. I cast on 210 stitches and used 150gms. The
scarf measures 168cm x 13cm but would probably make it a little shorter
next time.
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Nellie the Elli
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Vintage Lace
Just finished this vintage lace pattern for my DD. The original pattern is from the book Knit Vintage by M Weston & R Taylor, pub. 2012, London, but is a complete variation using BWM Luxury 4ply in the colour brick. Not an easy pattern but worth the effort and fits her perfectly.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Teddies & Humpties
These are the teddies and humpties that I made for some of the children
at Maya's Rest Cottage near Yass, that was one of the charities for the April collection by the K4C group.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Just in time...
Finally completed these two projects that I have been working on for some months, just in time for Christmas. A knitted blanket each for my two
grandchildren, Emilia 5 and James 8, each one made from 30 squares with
different designs including their names. Used about 1kg of 8ply Luxury
wool from BMW for each rug with 4.5mm needles. The tricky part was designing many of the squares to match each child. The finished blankets are 46 inches x 52 inches (111 cm x 132 cm) and squares were joined using a Bickford type seam that was flat on the reverse. The blankets were completed with three rows of crochet using a 4.5mm hook.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Winter projects
Moss stitch scarf for a gift for a kind person
Lace cowl for a gift for someone generous
Beanies and scarves for a charity group
A new hat for myself
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Learning to knit
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Just finished
Throw rug 104cm x 132cm (41inches x 53inches) in Jet 10ply wool/alpaca using
almost one kilo of wool that I bought on ebay some time ago as a
discontinued colour. The diamond pattern repeat is 16 rows and has
edging of moss stitch. 8 diamond repeats in width and 17 repeats in length.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Squares within squares
This is an experiment with large (33 cm) diagonal knitted squares using left over wool (4 ply and 5 ply). Two colours have been knitted in each striped section to give a variegated textured effect. Not sure where to take this next as a lot more squares required to make this into a bed rug, and have lost the inspiration for knitting more squares at present.
Baby gifts
Sunday, December 21, 2014
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