A Christmas Jumper!

Hi!  Did you know that the 18th December was Christmas Jumper Day?????  I didn't at first but it was set up to raise funds for various charities.  Take a look *HERE*. on the ITV website.  As *The Craft Barn* wanted to do something to celebrate this day we were asked to make something.  So I went the full hog and knitted a teensy jumper to hang on my Christmas Tree :-D.

 
I had a search and found some free patterns on the internet *HERE*.  There are so many to choose from!!!!  This one is around 3inches high to give you an idea of scale.  I used rib for mine and added a decorated *Tando Mini Snowflake*.  (The little stars are from the snowflake centres.)  I painted them with PaperArtsy Mermaid and then added some *Stickles* for sparkle.  They were glued in place.  I made a little wire hanger to hook the jumper onto my tree.

I loved knitting this so much that I am doing more to make some bunting :-D

Have a lovely Christmas xxx

KNITTING NEEDLE BOX!

Helloooo!  I am such a sentimental person hahaha!  I have had my knitting needle box for 40 years and now it is falling apart :-(  If you want to see my now very sad looking box it will be at the end of my post!  Now I have a new one, especially cut for me by Di over at Tando Creative.  The chipboard is thick like mountboard so it will last me forever now!  I also asked Di to cut me out the words to go on the top.

Its just longer than the longest needle and 6cm wide and deep...perfect!  I have painted it with PaperArtsy Fresco paints, layering them up with stamping and stencilling.  The flowers are stencilled through the *BIRD & BRANCH* mask using coloured texture paste.  The wording has also been painted with Fresco paint and then , along with the flowers, been glittered.  The base is plain amethyst.

 

Now you all want to see its predecessor don't you hahaha!  When I left school I worked in a Computer office of a local authority and this is what the printer ribbons came in!!!!  It was a whole different world back then wasn't it?

 

 

This is the mask I used...

 

I hope you like my new box and thank you for calling by, HUGS xxx

Knitting again!

Hi there! I have had a knitting head on for a few weeks as we are expecting a new baby girl in the family soon :-D  The Mum loves bright colours so this is what I have used hahaha!  The wool is variagated and the set is a 16" size, so lovely to knit up quickly.  Just thought I would show you.  The socks are sooo cute!!!

Thank for taking a look today, HUGS xxx

New Baby for a Special Mum!

Hellooooo from a very sunny & hot Cornwall :-D  I was asked to make a special card for a young friend who has just given birth to a beautiful little girl.   The card had to be special because the new Mum is blind....I think she may be able to make out really bright colours tho.  This got my thinking cap on I can tell you...

 remembered that years ago I had made a card for my Mum with knitting on so I got out the needles & some lovely bright lambswool & started clickety-clicking, then transfered the piece to a couple of coctail sticks with a bead on the ends.  The lettering is heavily embossed so that Gemma can feel them & I added some lace & a big bow to finish!  Its all very touchy feely for her.

Thank you for taking a look today, HUGS xxx

RATTLING THOSE NEEDLES!

Hellooooo lovely Christmasy friends!  Its really hard to know what to give a baby for its first Christmas.  I am only an Aunty and I know that the new Grandparents will probably go overboard & buy posh stuff with '1st Christmas' on....which is good but left me thinking.  Little babies have no clue its Christmas except that they like looking at the sparkly lights & baubles.  So I got out my knitting needles, which took some finding I can tell you...so at least these babies will be snuggly buggly warm eh hehe

These 1st two are for Max, my nephew, who will be 6weeks...so these are 16" chests...awe...

These are for Faith who will be 8wks and is my step-grandaughter...so these are 18" chest.....awe again haha...

I have really enjoyed getting the old needles out again but I only go up to a 3yr old...gets toooo big after that haha!!! 

 and finally...

A big thank you to all of you who have followed & commented on my blog this year, I treasure each & everyone of you x!!!

HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS & MAY 2011 BE FULL OF ALL THE THINGS YOU WISH FOR AND MORE XXXXXXXX