Something different

Moving along with the times is

What do you do during your winter/summer vacation

I always do a lot of sewing in my summer holidays and knitting in my winter ones.

Here is a blanket I knitted for a new born last year

and a close up of the detail

30 Dec

No cards allowed

Lil red wagon have

'No Cards allowed'

this week.

 

Recently I knitted this little guy for the newest addition to the family

 

 

I love this 'spikes' but they make a decent photo of his face rather difficult.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Free pattern from Pintrest

27 nov

Baby jumper

Curtain call challenge have this photo inspiration

 

 

I focused on the wool and made this baby card

 

 

 

I knitted a couple of rows on knitting needles before transferring them to the toothpicks. I added a bead to the end of each toothpick to complete.

I will also be entering this over at Split coast stampers F4A365 where it's
'Pick a combo'
The combo must include the colour Greenery



I will also be entering this over at Simon says stamp Work it Wednesday February where it's
'Use green'
 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

scrap of yellow wool

toothpicks

brown beads

flat backed gems/insects in green

Paper: yellow 80gsm

           Gingham: Paper Pizzazz in soft tints

Pentel fine liner

craft glue

25 feb/26 march

 

Baby's jersey

Today I want to share some cards with you that are a lot of fun to make. Miniature baby jerseys.

When I was a teenager I can remember making these little jerseys and stitching them onto safety pins to wear as broaches. I think I had one in every imaginable colour.

Here I show you how to make them and use them on a card.

I always have scraps of wool left over from other projects and this is a perfect way to use them up.
For these I used 4 ply wool and knitted on size 12 needles. I cast on 15 stitches and knitted 3 rows in rib. Then 10 rows in stocking stitch before adding 5 sts at the end of the 11th row and then add another 5 stitches at the end of the 12th row. Knit one more full row before knitting half of the next row and then transferring to toothpicks. By doing this you allow the ball of wool to be attached to the middle of the last row.

To assemble I glue a bead to the end of each toothpick, roll up the remaining wool and then secure the knitting and ball of wool to the card stock with craft glue. Place something heavy on the jersey for a couple of minutes to ensure that it dries flat against the card stock.
To complete I did a row of faux stitching around the edge of the coloured paper and the card stock.

I hope you will have as much fun making these as I did...

Supplies:
Scrapes of 4 ply wool
2 x wooden toothpicks
2 x small beads
gold Sequins
Pink flat Backed gems
Green round domed stickers
Scrapes of paper: Sorry I can't remember where I got them
Black felt pen

Blankets for a good cause

There has been a knitting frenzy happening at work this past week.
We decided to take part in 67 blankets for Mandela Day by making squares which would be stitched together to make blankets for the needy. It was great fun to see who took part. Some of the girls had not touched a pair of needles in years and others where so unsure of their abilities but gave it a go anyway.
We didn't really give ourselves much time, the completed blamket had to be handed over on 1 July and as school closed the week before that, we had to hand in our completed squares by then. All in all we had about a week to knit.

I managed to make seven squares and as a staff we made enough for a full size and a baby's blanket.
We have promised each other that next year we will start earlier.

Here are some of the ladies who made contributions.

(Photo Credit: Linda Horning D.P.H.S.)