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Small Things Swap - What I Made

I made these for my swapee. They are now with her so it's safe to show it off here. This is about all I've managed to knit recently.

I can't even link to these patterns because all of my knitting links were accidently deleted :( and I can't be bothered going to find them again right now so I can insert them here, so you'll just have to enjoy the pic and wonder how on earth I can be so clever LOL



The teddies were quite easy, and I have another two to make for my boys. The pattern was "Bubby" ( I think) from knitty.

The bag was really easy too, even though I did manage to mis-read the pattern and did the short rows wrong. After I blocked it you couldn't tell and it looked pretty good. It's just small, so enough to hold keys and a phone maybe, or even a ball of yarn for some take-away knitting.

Do you think he was hungry Pt 2?

This is what happens when you leave your almost 2 yo unattended, thinking that he's happily watching Play School with his older brother.


That would be the remains of the chocolate cake that I planned to bake today. All this happened while I was doing the dishes/cleaning the kitchen/doing laundry, so my theory that housework is bad rings true LOL I should have been supervising my children and not cleaning the house! At least now I have a bit of motivation to arrange to have the couches cleaned. Thankfully most of it stayed dry, although there were some wet bits. Most on him. Check out that hand!

My First UFO Month Finished Object - Trice

Now I know that September doesn't start until Saturday, but I was feeling motivated the other night so thought it best to go with that feeling. It did take me two days to finish this off (not entire days, but I did the bits needed across two days!) and I finally sewed on the last piece last night! L took it to bed with him and seems to love it. The eyes are a bit dodgy (as are many other bits of it LOL) but it's finally finished and I am soooooo relieved!!





And I think I am done with toys. I really didn't enjoy making this much, apart from the fact that I knew I was making it for my beautiful son and I knew that he would love it no matter what it looked like LOL but it was just so fiddly, and generally a pain to do. I think it actually looks more like a pig in this pic than a triceratops LOL but L doesn't seem too bothered by that. There are actually two more dinosaurs that I promised to knit him but I'm definitely not motivated to do that. He did say he wants me to knit him a mouse, so maybe that won't be quite as painful. I'll see how I feel.

UFO Month

September is going to be UFO Month on Woolaholics, so here is my list of UFOs that I will be attempting to finish by the end of September:

• Ear Flap Cap - just need to edge it once I learn how!
• Rainy Day Sock - must avoid SSS!
• Dinosaur for L - this is the oldest UFO, but see next post ;)
• Central Park Hoodie - I am going to attempt to actually finish it, but just in case I am going to state at the outset that my goal is actually to get as far as starting the band and hood (which means I need to finish both sleeves and seam the pieces together by the end of September)!

I think that is all I will offer up right now. I have a few things I need to start in the coming months so I'll leave my list at that and see how it goes :)

Oh, and I don't have a pic of all of these UFOs, and I really can't be bothered pulling them all out in order to get one, so you'll have to imagine them and wait for them to pop up in the "Finished Objects" list!

Do you think he was hungry?

And all along I've been saying he doesn't like carbohydrates. Seems I was wrong, AND he likes plastic too. Must get lock for pantry door.

Stitchmarker Swap!

My stitchmarkers from the Woolaholics Stitchmarker Swap arrived today. They are just beautiful! And they came in a great little case which is fantastic, because all my stitchmarkers are currently floating around loose in the bottom of my zippered bag that goes with my Sea Horse knitting bag, so it's all a bit unkempt and crazy in there LOL



So not only do I have some beautiful new stitchmarkers, but I have a way to keep them organised now also! Thank so much secret swapper :)