Daisy Chain

Pattern: http://fluffandfuzzknitting.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/daisy-hair-accessory-free-knitting-pattern/

I wanted to make a present for a friend I haven't seen in a while, so I thought this would be cute, personal and practical!
She has a Spring birthday, when I think of Spring I think of daiseys.

A Hog Time

So I whipped up this little cutie in about an hour. It's about the size of my hand, though perhaps abit longer than yours, as I have freakishly long fingers.
Here's the pattern: http://www.barddance.org/knittering/blueshedgehogpattern.htm

I'm going to give this to a friend, who is hog crazy and has 2 as pets.

Mini Gryffindor Socks

These are cute, they're going on my Christmas tree. I got the patterns from here: http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/features/crafts/knitting

I may have tweaked them in the odd place. I think the lion doesn't look too bad, certainly could be better but I've never attempted to do it on 3needles before. I also prefer to work from the bottom of the chart up, but the pattern called for it top down.

My new favourite haberdashery shop

www.raystitch.co.uk
I was flicking through one of my knitting magazines for inspiration, and I saw a photo of the most beautiful buttons, where crafting is concerned I have a slight button fetish. So I looked up the website, and I have seemingly fell in love with the store.

Beautiful buttons, fabrics, wools. Everything to make the perfect finishing touches to a piece.
I know where some of my money shall be going.

Mini Snitch

I haven't bothered editing this picture due to the fact by now you should know that I've knitted it.
Well the pattern is the same as the Cherry Brooch I posted previously, the only change I made was I shortened the i-cord to 3 times, and those are the wing tips. I can't remember the name of this yarn, but it is beautiful! The white yarn is just simply an acrylic, Robins I think.

Nice quick knit at any rate, and the loop is there so it can go on my Christmas tree!

Learning to Crochet

Well, I've started to learn to crochet, and this is the fruits of my self education. Well I say self, more like Simply Knitting magazine! It's 9inches wide.
In fairness I don't think I've done too bad.

I still prefer knitting, but I've seen patterns that call for crochet to finish off, so I guess it's a skill worth having! A good way to use up yarn too.

The Jumper WIP

I'm so near to completing this now!
I thought I'd share this with you, it's the jumper I'm knitting as a Christmas present for my boyfriend. That photo is actually of one of the sleeves, but I've finished those, I'm working on the front piece right now.
I got the pattern from the June 2010 issue of Simply Knitting magazine, and changed the stripe pattern to cater to Craig's taste. He chose the colours too, but I picked the yarn, it's Stylecraft shades: 2302-olive & 2318 mixtures bracken, they work so beautifully together.