Leftover scarf November 6, 2009
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I knitted this really cool Bohemian scarf using nothing but tiny little bundles of leftover yarn. There is just one row of each colour and the yarn ends are simply knotted.
My boy likes the scarf, too. He even tasted it a little. Isn’t he a handsome beast?
Look at me! I’m wearing a scarf like a real boy!
Stitch markers November 4, 2009
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More knitting related stuff. I made some stitch markers. I would have liked to put them onto metal rings but I didn’t have any so I used waxed cord. Nothing wrong with them. I obviously had to cast on something that requires using stitch markers, just to test them out, and they work fine, and why wouldn’t they? The first lot is made using clear water pipe and pattern paper. The second lot uses these cute t-shirt charms which used to be a kids’ hair bobble.
Felt so good November 3, 2009
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My mum’s birthday is approaching and although she is a master knitter herself I decided to knit and felt a bag for her. I found this really yummy deep purple (heh) yarn on an Internet shop and thought it would make a nice bag. When the parcel arrived and I opened it, it was love at first sight. Nom nom nom nom. I knew immediately that the deep purple yarn and I could not part. So, plan B: Mum gets a blue bag. She likes blue so maybe it’s better this way anyway, or so I convinced myself. I knitted the bag, felted it and even crocheted a flower. I’m not much of a hooker but managed to get the flower to look a little like a flower. It has been attached with a safety pin so mum can take it off if she doesn’t like it. Pattern for the bag is here and here is the finished bag:
Of course I also made a card for her. Not quite so traditional but I’m sure she’ll like it. She is my biggest fan after all.
Little bag April 20, 2009
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I have been doing some knitting while watching films. It helps me stay awake although I have no problems sleeping with knitting needles in my hands 
There are lots of odds and ends in terms of yarn and I wanted to get rid of them. So I just start knitting and see afterward what it could be. This little thing turned out to be a bag. I even exceeded myself and took out the sewing machine and made lining, pocket and all. I even happened to have some polymer clay buttons ready. I am quite pleased with this one and have even used it on several occasions. Makes a change from stuffing everything in my pockets.
Felted bag April 24, 2007
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Here is my new baby. Nothing to do with stamping – it’s my felted bag. Free pattern for it can be downloaded here. The bag turned out really well and I’m so pleased. It’s just the right kind of size but being 100% wool it doesn’t feel like a summer bag at all and that’s why I’m working on a similar kind of bag but out of chenille.
