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!

holiday crochet makes

I've been a busy bee over the last few days even though I was on annual leave for a week. I got some inspiration from a friend who randomly bought some yarn to crochet a snood for herself or whoever she likes to give to as a present. She asked me to help her start off the chain and to join it together to form a circle. It was such a nice yarn and chunky it got me thinking should I or should I not? After a day of pondering and shopping for the same yarn I managed to walk away from it. The resason being was I needed to finish off my granny squared  cushion cover that was 3/4 completed. I am the kind who likes to finish off a project before starting another one or have 2 going at the same time. The next day I finished making up the squares and needed to get some fabric to sew the cover onto and wrap around the cushion pad. This is the completed cushion

It does look a bit weird to me since the edges are like squint but that makes it unique and what home made is all about. =) I am very content with this and it will go wherever I move to as well.

my first bake of 2012

Well this morning I got up at 10 am since I was going to meet a friend for lunch at her flat. The usual me likes to bring something along whether it be juice or pudding. The last few times I've been round I just went for the easy option of juice and some ice cream... To make it a little bit different I baked some Chocolate Mud Cupcake. I had a bit of trouble in working out how much of each ingredient was required since the recipe was in US metric.. After a quick search online I worked it out and baked blindly and this is how it turned out

Well, they were absolutely gorgeous and just right for the recipients. =) My friend's husband even took one to put into his lunch box for work too. Happy days!! I am now rolling off to cook some dinner for my friend and I to enjoy a nice cosy night in.