Thursday, February 14, 2013

for the love of knitting

Right now I LOVE knitting :-) I knit all the time really, mostly for the dolls I make though: their hair, their socks, hats and cardigans (for which I hope to soon sell my patterns) but the last few weeks I have really enjoyed knitting other things too.
Perhaps inspired by the wonderful critters that my lovely friend made for the kids:
Benny's mama sandy
 Joa's fox (which he pronounces Fock)
 and a giraffe for Rebe.
I mentioned in a previous post that I had been working on a horse hat by request of Rebe, here it is:
She really likes it (although won't wear it to school)
I am also knitting myself a hat right now, with really beautiful hand spun yarn, the picture doesn't do it justice of course. It will be done in moss stitch and will be a little slouchy if the yarn is sufficient. I'm really enjoying knitting for myself...but with all this knitting going on perhaps I really should do something about the state of my knitting bag...
 ...good grief!




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  1. Ooh, can I tidy it!? I LOVE tidying my knitting basket when I'm ending some projects - its so satisfying, like cleaning my pencil case was when I was a child!

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    1. yes please Lucy! it's shocking and has loads of needles and pins sticking out of it too, it's a proper hazard! Och I used to love a tidy pencil case :-)

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  2. So cute! We also have a pronuciation problem with "fox" let's just say your version doesn't raise as many eyebrows as our does, I do have them cupping their hands to form fox ears when they say it now, so people know they are not cursing at them.

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    1. brilliant I would be encouraging them to say fox as often as possible ;-P

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  3. Wow the giraffe is impressive for sure! Oh dear, is Rebe already old enough to be shy about wearing certain things to school? I love her hat!

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    1. Isn't she wonderful Nicole, Rebe loves her and Joa now says Giraffe too :-) Yes, it's a shame, but the kids in her school are pretty rude sometimes about being different, I did a post about it a wee while back I recall. love and hugs x

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  4. Oh my, your knitting bag looks like my basket! Which by the way, has spilled over into a second tangled up basket.
    I can't wait to see your hat, the yarn is just beautiful!

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