Showing posts with label Knits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Knits. Show all posts

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Animal Froggy Bonnet


     Today features my friends' adorable puppies Cricket and Molly! These girls are two yorkshire terriers who easily make themselves a space in your heart. I have wanted to make them something to wear for quite some time now, but I finally got the chance to start a project a few weeks ago. While I was searching for ideas on the internet, I stumbled upon this froggy hat idea in xmoonbloom's Etsy shop. She is very talented and has a shop worth taking a look at. Instead of buying her pattern, I sort of made up my own pattern. However, since xmoonbloom sells her pattern, I will not freely release the pattern I used to show respect to her. Nonetheless, I would like to share how adorable they look!




They are very happy puppies and get pretty excited when people come over. Taking pictures was a bit of a challenge, but worth it. When I came by to do the photo shoot, they already had on their little reindeer sweaters, which is my favorite out of all their outfits. We decided that they were just adorable froggie-reindeer creatures. 


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Crocheted Duckie Pot-holders


There little guys were super fun to make! They make a nice addition to the wall space over the stove. I could never bare to let myself actually use them though because they are too precious to get dirty! The pattens for the Mamma Duck and the Chickadee can both be found on lionbrand.com. 

Enjoy!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Gryffindor Scarf for Stephen

This winter break was fabulous. I reacquainted myself with my knitting needles which was way overdue. Stephen really wanted a garnet and gold scarf so I thought I'd surprise him with a handmade one for Christmas. It was perfect because...
  1. I had a week at home away from him so I could complete it in secret.
  2. It would be perfect for him to wear around Harry Potter World which was on our itinerary.
I spent many many hours working on it, but it was super fun and turned out beautiful. I think I had the gauge wrong because it started to curl on the ends... but it was nothing an iron and some crocheting along the edges couldn't fix! I am very proud of it and he really loved it. 

Scarf in action at HP world

I will post the scarf pattern soon!