Your projects this month definitely had a bit of an Autumn feel. Although I like crafting all year, Autumn does seem the time when folk like to cosy down with their wool, and a good project to get stuck into.
I have just mail-ordered some wool for two fairly big projects. Wool arrived very speedily, and so beautifully wrapped. But I am not a fast knitter, so you may not hear much from me for a few weeks.
Thanks to everyone who joined in last month. It is lovely that so many of you join in regularly, and also nice when somebody new turns up. Please try and visit each other, and leave a few comments. Remember you have all month to do so, so it is always worth popping back to see who new has joined the party.
I loved this glimpse of a work in progress from Sweet Locust Farm. This is a Fair Isle sweater being knitted for her grandson. Love those colours, though it does look complicated.
Next are some soap cosies from Alexandra of Eye Love Knits. Just love all those different textures she has created.
Fanny of Yarn Around the World has been making some little autumnal creations. Have a look at not just these lovely acorns, but also a hedgehog and some toadstools.
And finally Tonna of Sew Crafty Crochet has made this superb poncho to keep her daughter warm on Halloween. Just love all those sparkles.
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I was having a tidy up, and found the beginnings of this house in a box of half finished items. It is knitted from my own pattern, Little Woollie House. I love the James C. Brett wool I used, which with its variations gives it a natural look. So I thought it was time to finish off this house - which is actually my favourite part.
I just like the whole process of just plodding along with my stitches, thinking "What colour should I use for the door?", "What shall I put at the ends of the house?" Very gradually I add doors and windows, and then other bits, until it is complete. So when I began I had not planned to make one side of the house represent the country, and the other the town, that was just the way it turned out. This house is for sale in my Etsy Shop.
Just
a reminder that there is still plenty of time to join in my Ginx Woolly Linx party for October.
Click on the photo above or at the top of the page to find the party. I
would love to see what you have been working on this month.
Having published my pattern for an ammonite recently, I now have a second fossil pattern - trilobite. Each pattern will be for sale separately, but if you want to make both fossils I have set up a discount code on ravelr. Both fossil patterns can be bought together for £3.00 if you use the discount code FOSSIL. This offer will run for one month, until 11th November.
The trilobite has two flat
pieces for the body, and two more pieces for the top section (not sure if I should call this a head). Apparently
there were a great many different types of trilobites. I almost sewed on beads as
eyes, but as he is meant to be a fossil and not a living trilobite,
decided against this. This is a great little make for using up those oddments of wool that every knitter ends up with.
For
my photos I have borrowed my son's fossil trilobite, and while sorting
through his books, found a really apt one to use as a backdrop in some
of the photos.
Just
a reminder that there is still plenty of time to join in my Ginx Woolly Linx party for October.
Click on the photo above or at the top of the page to find the party. I
would love to see what you have been working on this month.
