Hats for a family of four & a little mouse

 

 

I have been busy knitting 'warm wooly' hats for my brother's family of four, for presents for Christmas, in my desire to avoid the maddening crowds and the busy shops, which I just can't stand at this time of year.....

 

 

 

So I decided to make them each a beanie hat in varying sizes from age child, teenage, and adult female and adult male

and of course, a little mouse ... for Emily, my 7 year old niece. 

 

 

 

I chose to knit them in a stripy pattern in different colour ways  for easy identification.  

They didn't take long to knit. 

I used a pattern I found in a book I had taken out of the library

called 

Made in France Knitting by Hikaru Noguchi

called Stocking-Stitch beanies for the whole family.

I adapted the pattern with increasing the number of stitches to get the right sizing.   

 

 

 

 

 

The little mouse pattern was taken from

Laura Long's Knitted Toy Tales 

book that has sat on my bookcase for a while waiting for a moment to make one of her lovely animals from her book.

 

 

 

 

I love the little mouse, he is so cute, no doubt I will make more!

 

bee x

 

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Folk Christmas Garland Decoration

 

 

As promised in my previous post, I have finally completed the

Folk Christmas Decorations,

it took me longer than I thought! 

 

 

 

I was inspired by the folk style decoration project in

Homestyle Sewing bookazine,

I mentioned in my previous post and the free kit to make them.

 

Here's my effort:

 

 

 

I made mine into a

Red and White Folk Felt Christmas Garland

as I love draping my windows with beautiful garlands at this time of year.

 

 

 

It's been difficult to get a great photo of it as it very long and the light hasn't been great either for taking photos.

 

 

 

I wasn't keen on the green thread on the red felt so I kept mine just red and white. 

 

 

 

I made pom poms out of white and red wool and strung them along with the decorations on a red thread at regular intervals.

 

 

 

I love the results.

 

My embroidery skills could do with a little improvement but I like their charm.

 

 

 

I have hung them on my main window in my flat long with a hand crocheted snowflake garland I made earlier in the year.

 

 

Now it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!!!!

 

bee x

 

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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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Crochet Christmas Puddings

Here's my latest creations for the Christmas range

I've been adding to my Shop recently ....

They are available in sets of 4 or singularly.

 

They make fun tree decorations, table decorations and a little gift for your guests to take home and hang on their own tree.

 

Crafty Idea!

 

Why not use those mini pegs to attach a piece of decorative paper with your guests name to the hanging tab and use them as a place setting.

 

They also compliment the Mistletoe decorations a treat!

 

 

 

Bee x

 

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Christmas Decorations

Just thought you might like to see a sneeky peek

of some new items for the shop which will be in the Etsy and Folksy shops soon for CHRISTMAS !!!!:

 

 

Decorations and Cards

 

 

 

 

bee x

 

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All over for another year

Where did the Christmas holiday go ......

as its off to work we go,

as today is the start of the working year  for most,

so I hope all goes well today

and the icy roads do not cause too much trouble for all

Creative Chaos

I appear to have got myself into a lot of

mischief and created chaos,

amongst the makings of the christmas gifts,

which will have to be tidied before the

festivities of the season can commence.

I've got a couple of days grace

before my man and family decend upon me,

so I can wallow a little bit longer

in my cosy creative pit.

As hard as I try to keep it tidy,

it never seems to happen for very long.

I think the 'creative mind of its own',

 conjures up the mess,

so that it feels at home,

warm and cosy,

wrapped up in the 'blanket of chaos'.

It feels secure and pampered enough to create

beautiful objects,

from the depths of a dispair,

like jewels shining through all the junk,

making the mess, and the tidying, 

all worthwhile.