Crochet

A little hat

April 19, 2012

I am very pleased with my first attempt at crochet!  And also with how this hat turned out.
So cute!! Emily that is!
My sister found a gorgeous pattern on Ravelry which I used as a base for this hat.  I followed the pattern for the garter stitch but instead of the knitted lace edge, I added the crocheted edge after finishing the knitting.  I am now looking around the house for other knitwear that may be improved by a little crocheting!!

Details:
Pattern - By Erika Knight on Ravelry with scalloped crocheted edge
Materials - 'Honey' 4ply 100% wool in colour #7 from Spotlight with cream 4ply edge (from my wool stash)
Needles - 2.75mm

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Cardigans

Saturday afternoon

April 14, 2012

 

I finished this little cardi for Emily last night and just in time as she has almost outgrown it!  I knitted it up from some 4 ply navy and pink I had from a failed jumper I pulled out a couple of years ago.  I used a simple round neck drop sleeve pattern and just incorporated the stripes.
It's nice and soft and a break from baby pastels.
And this is my next project...I picked up some gorgeous 'sugar baby' 4 ply orange (colour #7) from Spotlight and am knitting up a garter stitch hat for Emily.  I intend on embellishing the hat with a cream crochet edge and flower.  I am a complete novice crocheter and had to borrow a couple of books from the library to refresh my memory of even the most basic stitch.  I fiddled around this afternoon with chains and came up with a pretty lace flower.  Fingers crossed it turns out!

Found a new crafty link up so am joining in today.

Hats

Knit, knit, knit!!!

April 12, 2012

Our Easter weekend consisted of lots of sitting, drinking cups of tea, cuddles with baby, pondering, eating chocolate, sharing wonderful meals, managing eight children (ours plus five cousins) and knitting! Two of my sisters, My Mum, Mother in law and myself all had our needles out and enjoyed the calm that comes with the repetitive knit and purl...
The knit fest was fuelled by three garbage bags filled with wool that was given to my Mum from a once ambitious knitter who had lost her crafty mojo.  A lot of the balls were acrylic but there were a few gems amongst the bags, which included this Jade and cream which I intended as a beret for Emily.  But, since the hat turned out a lot bigger (the jade was actually 12 ply, not 8 as I thought) so now Isabella has a new hat!
My current wool works in progress are:
- A navy and pink striped teeny tiny cardigan for Emily
- A rustic old fashioned V-neck vest for Juliette (from three bags full)
- A pom pom bunting (from three bags full)
Easter also included lots of this!

I'm linking up today with Our Creative Spaces.

Emily's quilt

Another quilt on the go!

April 05, 2012

My gorgeous 'Children at Play' by Sarah Jane Studios arrived a couple of days ago, and although I am time poor at the moment, I stole an hour or so the night before last to put together the first patch for Emily's cot quilt. The patch layout is called 'King's Crown'. I am going to repeat this pattern for all 12 squares but using a few different fabrics from Sarah Jane's line.  I bought my stash from here.
I just love her fabrics - the drawings are so sweet and really capture the essence of childhood.
I've been checking her blog regularly over the past couple of weeks as she has been hinting towards releasing a new line of fabric - I'm very eager to see...and may have to invest in some - Juliette's big girl quilt perhaps!
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Family

Humpty Dumpty

April 01, 2012

I've been rather absent from Blogland lately but have a sweet creation to share.  I made this cute little top for Juliette from some great nursery rhyme fabric I picked up at Spotlight last week (for only $10.49 per metre I should add).
I only bought 30 cm of it and another print (The three little pigs) as I was being very controlled and did not have a project in mind. Because there was not quite enough length in that to make a top, I added the red and cream trim to the bottom which I think works nicely!  I traced the pattern from a sweet top a friend gave us for Emily and enlarged it.
Juliette is looking so grown up - I can't believe she will be turning two in a month's time.
The 'big girls' enjoying exploring Montsalvat this morning on an expedition with 'Nanny England' (Stefan's Mum is staying with us for a month visiting from the UK).  We've never visited there before - a really lovely spot for breakfast and an explore around the beautiful grounds.