I’m such a crappy blogger! I realised today I hadn’t posted since the beginning of March so thought I’d say a quick hello to prove I haven’t gone walkabouts. I’ve spent most of the time that Morgan has been “sleeping” playing around with a new blog header, hope someone likes it as much as I do :)
I’m hoping to get a Wordless Wednesday post up later today if I have enough time otherwise it might have to be a Talkative Thursday instead.
Take one swift sack
Add one swift (ignore the sticker on the carpet)
What do you get? A new home for my swift which will hopefully keep it from getting broken again!
I won a giveaway in January for a snazzy swift sack made by the lovely Sam. They are the perfect size and very well made. I did have my doubts when I got it as to whether or not my swift would actually fit in it but they have proven to be unfound – there’s plenty of room in there.
So if you have a swift that needs a new home when its not being used – check out Sams here
More clothes for Teddy!
Pattern : Kaia Babydoll (Dolly Sized) by Rachel Evans
Yarn : Bodice and Lace – BWM Cotton, Skirt – Patons Smoothie (don’t know yardage)
Another quick test-knit for the lovely Rachel. This time a doll sized Kaia Babydoll. As you can see Teddy is rather pleased with her new outfit (she’s getting quite a collection now)
Not entirely happy with the lace at the bottom nor my cast off, should have done a stretchier cast off instead of being a lazy bum! But I’m sure Teddy won’t complain.
Two little dickie birds,
Sitting on a wall;
One named Peter,
The other named Paul.
Fly away Peter!
Fly away Paul!
Come Back Peter!
Come Back Paul
Normally I don’t knit toys – the whole sewing up seams and sewing on limbs etc completely puts me off, but when I needed a quick gift for Zoes friend I found this pattern - Sweet Little Bird, I decided to give it a whirl. And “Little Birdie” was born.
When Morgan saw him, she informed me “knit red birdie moo” so he was soon followed by “Big Red” (seen below trying to find worms for his lunch)
They only took a few hours to knit up (even with a very persistent toddler trying to help some of the time) and used of some of my scraps. The purple one weighs 17gms (including stuffing) and the red one (wool held double stranded) uses 41gms wool, although he doesn’t have a tail as I ran out of wool.
I’ll definitely be knitting some more of these in the near future. And at least one more in the very near future, Zoe has put in a request for a nice colourful birdie.
