Time for a bit of cosy

As the weather changes and there is a noticable nip in the air my thoughts always turn to scarves and gloves. My scarf has been in evidence for a while but as yet the gloves are just on standby but I'm sure it won't be long before they are a permanent fixture as I leave the house.

The change in the weather has encouraged me to knit up a few scarves too and over the next few days I'll share a few and hopefully get some into my online shop. This design is knitted in super chunky yarn in a lovely rich shade of purple trimmed with a giant button.

I'm working on some handwarmers too the ones I made last year were so popular that I sold them all before any could even make it into my shop. In fact the ones I've knitted so far have already sold. It seems everyone loves handwarmers.

I'll see you tomorrow with another scarf - keep cosy wherever you are.

I'm nominating my scarf as my October Monthly Make and wishing Annie well.

Rewarding and Simple to Knit

....that's how the dachshund is described in the knitting book Best In Show.

And he was.

Have you seen the book? It's not new but I found it at a bargain price so snapped it up.

He is supposed to have a knitted collar but I couldn't resist giving him a neckerchief made from a scrap of liberty fabric.

You may notice that the book he is standing on isn't knit your own dog but knit your own cat. That was a bargain price too and I don't think my own cat is impressed that I decided to knit a dog before a cat. Perhaps I should knit a cat next it will sure be less trouble than the real life version and a whole lot quieter.

I'm nominating this little chap as my September Monthly Make.

A Quick Make

Hi I'm back with a quick March make. Take one vintage pillowcase and one ceramic.....well I'm not quite sure what it was used for but it's small and cup like and very pink. I think my sanity was questioned the day I came home with these. These? Yes, I bought two I could see their potential.

 Plus it gave me an excuse to road test my new pinking shears. Cut a circle, run some stitches around the edge, gather up and firmly stuff........

........and I now have a perfect little pincushion.

I'll be back tomorrow with my Month In Numbers.

A Monthly Make

Hi, can you believe it's March already? Time for another Monthly Make. When Annie first set up the challenge she suggested that March was the month that we would make 'Stanleys' from the pattern she very kindly sent. So meet my Stanley. If you are a Cath Kidston fan you'll already be familiar with Stanley.

I went for a traditional kind of colourway and gave him a tartan collar.

Stanley is popular in our household as you can tell by the cushion I had already made.

...and I don't think he'll be the last Stanley I make.

Create

Hi. Have you had a creative weekend. Mine started on Friday when I spent the day chatting and eating cake with some friends with a bit of creating thrown in. I downloaded some cute birdhouses for the Silhouette which we decorated in our way. With the addition of a door I can see these making great little beach huts.

In fact my friends were so impressed with the Silhouette they had to buy their own so in between the eating cake, chatting and creating we had a shopping excursion too. I hope you like it girls. Looking at the Silhouette blog I was interested to see that there are some new lines being introduced and fabric interfacing is one of them. I think there are going to be some tutorials coming up on how to cut fabric so I'll be keeping an eye on that.

For my February Monthly Make I thought I'd do a bit of papercrafting and a bit more getting to know my Silhouette.

I cut out one of the pennant shapes that comes with the studio software and used some of my neglected material girl paper to decorate. 

I can see real potential in these with all kinds of uses............I just need to make a note of them so I don't forget.

The little dog you can see keeping watch is by Total Pap. I should really take some photos of the windows they have done locally as they are amazing and much nicer to look at than an empty shop window and there are a lot of empty shops!

Happy creating.
 

I love you more than cherry pie

Over at Simply Create there is currently a challenge based around this pretty inspiration board. The challenge? Make anything you like from fabric or paper using the colours and board as inspiration......The bonus? Well the best entry will win £100 of stash.  

......and so on a miserable wet and windy January morning I was inspired to make this.....

The 'I love you more than cherry pie' was handstamped onto the linen fabric with fabric ink and heat set. The inspiration really came from some hand felted balls I made for a Christmas project which I carefully dissected in half to make the cherries. On the inspiration board I loved the touches of soft pale blue so I thought I'd make a pretty label to finish.

As well as entering the challenge I think this heart is perfect as my January Monthly Make being hosted by Annie the Felt Fairy because as well as the felted cherries the leaves are also made of felt. (Can I just point out that you don't have to make something from felt to take part that is just my little homage to the Felt Fairy)

So if you would like to take part in either challenge the links are over in my sidebar. You never know you might get some inspiration too. Have fun.