Time for a break, so we are off to Apollo Bay for a family holiday… and when I say a family holiday, I mean a FAMILY holiday! We will be staying with my Dad… my sister plus her husband and kids… and my brother plus his wife… all in a 3 bedroom holiday house. So [...]
I’ve used a Jean Greenhowe pattern, take a look here for details… you will need to scroll about halfway down the page
Well, now that the gifts for the boys are all sorted… I can focus on the cinderella doll for Little Miss Four. I knit the pieces for her weeks ago, and now it is just a matter of the assembly.
JUST a matter of the assembly?
Who am I trying to kid here??? These things take forever [...]
the alien for Master Six has been brought to life
red hair… pieces of yarn tied firmly to the top of the head, and then I have untwisted the ply
12 arms… six down each side… I went with a curlicue look for these
10 legs… made them long and hairy… a decision which I know I will [...]
Okay… I am really pleased to finally have this gift finished. It’s actually a sage green colour, but it looks a little blue in the photo.
It’s the first time I have knitted a scarf in a 4ply (fingering weight) yarn… and it seemed to take forever! For a while there, I wondered if it was [...]
Okay, that’s not entirely true… I’m just being a bit lazy!
Here’s the progress of the alien for Master Six:
Am I the most irresponsible mother on the face of this earth?
Well… Master Six thinks that I am!
He might not have said it in quite those words, but he gave me one of THOSE looks. You know the kind I mean… a look of despair, disgust, shock, horror and disbelief… all rolled into one.
Now what [...]
Well, I made a slight alteration to the original plan for the eyes. I was thinking about using a purple button in the centre, but it just didn’t work. The purple was too bright, and didn’t really tie in with any of the other colours on the alien. I thought about adding some purple trims [...]
One more day and I should be done…
I still need to add the eyes… maybe eyebrows… and the antennae…
Not feeling quite so bleargh about him today. I think that the addition of the mouth has made quite the difference. It never ceases to amaze me that such small things can add so much character.
Fingers crossed, [...]
I find this to be the really disheartening part of a project…
As you can see, the alien had a body… wings… and feet. Granted, they do need to be attached – but the basics are there.
And yet it looks bland, uninspiring and ugh!
I know it WILL get better. So much of what really makes a [...]