ellie the toy elephant

Here is my latest make amongst all my other 'big' projects. Ellie the toy elephant - still deciding on where to send this cute animal.

The trunk does look really long and the features look kind of out of place but I guess whoever receives this toy will love Ellie. It is also a little bit under stuffed. I can never tell if it's enough to make the toy firmer....

my baby knits

Whilst taking a break from knitting a lazy snood with Rowan's Alpaca Cotton yarn I made a few quick baby knits and makes.. When I say a few it's not just one or two but 4! 

A few months back I have been asked by a friend to knit/crochet some stuff for their sister's baby. At the point I thought great! I can use up some of my baby yarn that I had lying around amongst my stash. However it was all very boy-ish colours i.e. baby blue and a dark green... Thanks to a magazine that I bought at the start of February which had a nice pattern for baby booties... I kinda changed the colours a little bit...

crocheted booties

That was one of the many items that I made.. I am hoping this baby will have big feet... lol!

Next up is the mittens that I made by knitting... To me they look a little bit weird but I guess baby's do have rather small hands

mittens in st st stitch

 After that I still didn't have enough of making baby makes so I went for a matching hat. When I say matching it's just simply a different colour scheme... Not totally though! Don't look too closely now as I see a few mistakes already...

6-12 month baby hat in garter stitch

As though that wasn't enough look at my last photo for this and you can see i made a rather colourful burp cloth too...

the whole collection

That is the lot. My partner seen all this and asked who are these for? Our kids? I was like nope, it's just for a friend. I think if I was pregnant I would be making a lot more than this and probably  put more time into it.

Rory the Rhinestone Spider

Here it is Rory the Rhinestone Spider is finally completed after months of being abandoned by it's owner. The plan was to create Rory for Halloween 2011 attempting to give my boss a little fright. Tee Hee!! This was only due to the fact that I have found out he's kinda scared of them. 

8 legs...

 The legs was completed a few months ago whilst on a day trip to Edinburgh to visit one of my uni friends. Don't look too close now as I spot a lot of mistakes this is only my trained eye though. =) 

Rory the Rhinestone Spider

 

 

 

Above is the one-eyed Rory the Rhinestone Spider. He's cute isn't he? We shouldn't be scared of these wee creatures as they can't harm us...

knitting for charity

I am proud to present Becky the ballerina dolly.

I got the yarn from Lets Get Crafting Magazine Issue 38. I used their exclusive Crystal dk yarn. Most of the pieces was in a st st. The only part that I found hard or never seem to get it right is the putting it all together part. Becky will go on a journey all by herself to Surrey where she will be sent to a  good home as this is for the Children's Cancer Recovery Project. It makes me feel sad that I have to part with Becky already but I am sure she'll be well looked after by the lucky child who receives her. I believe that it will make a difference to the childs world whether they are young or older and I hope that it will bring a smile to them when they meet Becky.

another make

Here is my latest make that I completed in mid jan.  A simple baby blanket in stocking stitch for the body and 2x2 rib around the border. I used 350g of Sirdar Escape dk. I really love the colours that has gone into this yarn makes it so different from all the usual baby blankets designs.  This certainly took some time to knit up but I had great pleasure with this.

 Now I have moved onto knitting a ballerina dolly which I think will go to a charity to send it to children.. =)

crocheted flower motif

Since I'm stuck in the restaurant for the rest of the day.. In face I have a 12 hour shift to get through which I'm half way through already.. It doesn't really help when I've been up since 4.30 am this morning. I just couldn't get back to sleep as I kept tossing and turning in bed... The lights was off but someone was watching a movie on their PC which still had light shining through... fingers crossed my coke fix will help to keep me going for the evening service. Anyways since I'm just 'on duty' whilst the restaurant is closed I managed to make another quick makew of a flower.. It's not very colourful but I thought it be nice for spring.

It's doesn't look as nice as it should in photo but I think it's all down to my tension whilst going through the pattern for the first time. Practice makes pefect I guess.

Gonna make a start on ballerina dolly for charity I think.. All for a good cause. =)

a quick make

Remember from my last post that I got iinspired by my friend's random purchase of yarn? Well, I fell into the trap a day later after visiting her whilst she was working. I was lucky that day.. I was just browsing and having a difficult time choosing which colour to buy.. The representative from Rowan told me that the 'big wool' and 'drift' are exactly the same yarn. The same length and tension... What did that mean to me? More choice in colours and designs. To be quite fair since I'm the one who would be wearing it, it's my choice and my own design. tee hee! In the end I went for a 3 tone... A cream, mustard yellow/gold with a hint of brown and a coffee brown. This surprisingly only took me 6 hours to complete as it was just simple double crochet round the loop.

close up of the design

the actual size

I have another completed project too.. watch the space for it!