Free Debbie Bliss Egg Cosy Patterns

Debbie Bliss Christmas Jumper Egg Cosies Pattern Image

 

 

As promised in my previous post regarding

the Save the Children / Debbie Bliss

Knitterati evening, I attended recently,

in aid of the Christmas Jumper Day

on the 14th December,

I mentioned I would be knitting the egg cosies and posting the pattern so everyone can have a go too.....

 

Here's a link to the lovely patterns Debbie Bliss designed for the evening

 

http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/sites/default/files/images/DB_Egg_Cosy_Patterns.pdf

 

 

Here are my two that I have finished this week

 

 

 

I think they are really cute.  I need to refresh my memory again on how to do bobbles and try to do the Aran one as well. 

 

I think I will be giving them to my Mum and Dad with some egg cups for a little Christmas Pressie.

 

Crafty tips!

 

Knit a few and hang them on string and make mini

washing line garland.

I love those mini pegs you can buy these days, they would look great pinned to the line.

OR

Make mini wire hanger and dangle them on the Christmas Tree.

Or use my favourite mini pegs and peg them on the tree!!

 

 

 

Have fun anyway.

 

They would make great Christmas gifts or stocking fillers.

 

 

 

 

Bee x

 

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Save the Children & Debbie Bliss Free Knitting Pattern

 

I am so excited, I've been invited to attend a knitting event in London this week,

 

hosted by Save the Children,

and

Debbie Bliss,

Knitting Designer extraordinaire.

 

 

It is to launch Save the Children's new charity event 

on 14th December

called the

 

 

It's a day where you can get away with wearing the silliest, most hideous, or funniest Christmas jumper to work ....

and all you have to do is donate £1.00 to do so. 

It sounds like a great fun idea to me!!

 

To take part, you need to register at

 

https://secure.savethechildren.org.uk/events/unpaid/jumpers

 

and Save the Children will send you some 'GReAt Free STuFf' for you to advertise the event in your workplace.

 

Debbie Bliss has also designed a FREE special knitting pattern to launch the event as well which can be found here for all of us keen knitters out there

 

 

http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/knitting-patterns

 

there are also 2 other FREE knitting Patterns by TS Ramsden to get 'clicking away on'.

 

I am looking forward to meeting Debbie and the team from

Save the Children on Thursday.

 

I will let you know how I get on and tell you all about the event on my return.

 

Bee x

 

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Pin Cushion and Storage Jar Make Over

Coffee Jar Make Over

Yesterday, I was a busy, busy, bee. 

Not only did I come up with the Valentines Heart Cards idea

but I recycled an old coffee jar into a beautiful storage jar for all my scissors, pens and pencils etc,

so that I can find them more easily,

and out of the lid, I made a pin cushion from scraps of trial knitting pieces.

I am often making items for other people as gifts so it was nice to make something for myself.

Here's what I used:

An old coffee jar and lid

a vintage crocheted doily

deep pink velvet ribbon

Pink embroidered ribbon

scissors

spray mount

I cut the doily in half and sprayed one side with spray mount and repeated

it with the other side

I then did the same with the pink embroidered ribbon and

placed it around the bottom of the jar to cover the cut edge of the doily

I tied the deep pink velvet ribbon around the top of the jar for decoration

Here it is!

A storage jar beauty!

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For the pin cushion

I used:

A scouring pad

wadding

knitted scrap of fabric

felt or scrap of fabric for base

coffee jar lid

embroidery thread

vintage button

spray mount

large sewing needle

scissors

I cut up a scouring pad into 4 pieces

covered it with wadding

and then the knitted fabric and stitched it into a ball

I used pink embroidery thread and stitched this around the ball,

 in seven sections to create the flower shape

and then stitched on vintage baby pink button on top to cover the stitches

I covered the coffee jar lid with a strip of pink embroidered ribbon attached with spray mount

and then stuck the grey knitted ball into the lid

I cut a circle of pale felt and stuck it to the bottom of the lid

for a non slip surface

Here it is!

A beautiful grey and pink flower pin cushion

Bee x

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Valentines Heart Card Tutorial

Valentine's Heart Cards Tutorial

Fold a piece of card in half

and draw half a heart shape to create a

cardboard template

Cut out template.

 Place on blank card and draw around it in pencil

Cut out using decopage scissors

or a craft knife (don't forget to use a cutting mat)

Use an eraser to remove the pencil line

On the inside of the blank card,

stick a piece of doily, fabric, lace or paper

over the heart shape to cover the hole

Voila! Valentines Heart Cards

Materials Used:

card stock

watercolour paper

white and gold paper doilies

vintage floral fabric

lace

Equipment Used:

Glue Stick or Spray Mount

Pencil

Eraser

Card Stock

decopage scissors or craft knife

paper cutter

cutting mat

I will be putting them in the shop soon in packs of 5 designs as I think they are

great for anniversaries, notelets, birthdays, not only valentines

Bee x

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I wanted to start the month with my own calendar page

designed by my own fair hands,

so its better late than never,

I am told,

 and Guide's honour,

 I promise to be on time next month.

Feel free to print out and use or pop on your page

Happy 2010

Bee x

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Happy New Year

H A P P Y   N E W   Y E A R

 2010

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I hope everyone had a great Christmas, and New Year celebrations last night.  Wishing you all a Happy New Year and the start of a new decade.  I can't believe it is 10 years since the Millenium. 

I will be back on Monday 4th January with more meanderings of a crafty nature.

I will be also be having a January sale in my etsy shop too, to make room for new items, so I will keep you posted on that.

I love the vintage image above which I comes from the Graphics Fairy.  Check out the blog for great images you may like to puse.  www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com

Free Christmas Gift Tags

Here's a little gift for you, two lovely Christmas gift tags, designed by my own fair hands, for you to print out and use as you wish. I hope you enjoy them.

let me know if they are ok to print out as I am not too good at this computer image sizing stuff!

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