Successful September!

Well on the knitting front it’s been a successful few weeks for me; some of the news I can’t share with you just yet but watch this space and make sure you return in December when all will be revealed!

 

But on to the news I can share – last year I kicked off planning a stall to raise money for charity, everyone in the stitch and knit group I attend got involved and we had some amazing items to sell. And to date we have made over £1000 for the Leighton Hospital Dermatology unit! How amazing is that! I am so grateful to all the ladies who donated time and materials to make this challenge such a success!

 

Here we are manning the stall on the day J

 

 

 

Doing this was a great way to use up all the oddments of wool I had and it also give me an excuse to knit items I wouldn’t usually!

 

I have also been teaching a friend to knit and check out her amazing first project completed, two fantastic cushions in alternate colours!

 

 

 

 

 

VERY proud of her!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Knitting Pattern Owl Egg Cosy

Owl Egg Cosy

Knitting Pattern

Materials

3.75mm Needles

25g ball of double knit wool in brown

Small amount of beige, white, black and yellow double knit wool

 

Final measurements

8cm high, bottom circumference 16cm

Abbreviations

K          Knit

P          Purl

St st      Stocking Stitch

K2tog      Knit the next two stitches together

Pattern;

Cast on 36st in dark brown

Knit 3 rows.

Now work in St st starting with a purl row;

Row 1; P10, follow row 1 on chart, P10.

Row 2; K10, follow row 2 on chart, K10.

Row 3 – 15; continue as above following rows 3-13 on chart

Row 16; K8, K2tog, follow row 14 on chart, K2tog, K8

Row 17; P9, follow row 15 on chart, P9

Row 18; K9, follow row 16 on chart, K9

Row 19 – 21; continue as detailed for previous 2 rows following rows     17-19 on chart.

Row 22; K7, K2tog, follow row 20 on chart, K2tog, K7

Complete the next rows in dark brown;

Row 23; Purl all

Row 24; Knit all

Row 25; Purl all

Cast off.

For the wings – make 2

Cast on 6st

St st 6 rows

Next row; K2tog K2 K2tog

Purl one row

Cast off

 

To finish – sew top and side seam, sew a wing on each side. Using yellow stitch on a beak.

 

Boil an egg and enjoy J

Switching the Needles for the Hook

I learnt to crochet at the same time as knitting and although the concepts are similar the method and end results are very different! Its knitting that got me hooked (no pun intended), but I do still often put down the needles and pick up the hook and that's exactly what I did yesterday to make some pots!

Perfect for trinkets, cotton wool buds, sweets . . . anything small basically . . . .unless your feeling ambition and go large!

They are so simple to make and can be made any size you want!

The bottom is made by doing 1 CH stitch and then 6 double crochet in to this. then you keep working in rounds, the first round you DC in to each one, then the second round you DC once in the first and twice in the second and repeat this until the round is done. Then the next round you do two single DC's and then a double DC. and keep going in the pattern increasing the number of single DC's you do until you have the width you want! This is a method used to create a basic disk!

Then to make the sides you do a single DC in to each of the stiches and keep going around until you have the height you want! when you have the height you can do an extra 2 rows so you can fold down the edge - looks pretty then and also helps it keep its shape and ta-dah you have a pot! 

 

 

But I didn't totally neglect my needles this weekend . . . .

 

 

I added a knitted element to my sisters birthday card! She loves ducks and who wouldn't love a duck holding a balloon :)

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