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It always seems right to me when I can post a

few of my crafty endeavours.

After all this was one of the main reasons

nearly four years ago I pressed publish on my first post.

To join in and share the love of being crafty and creative.

To share the ups and downs of a project is really an inspiring

thing to do I think.

 

So here are a few of the things that have been

keeping me busy the past month or so.

Back at the beginning of December whilst sorting out the

girls advent calender,

It was suggested that I make them a little something

to give them on one of the days.

Lucky for me it was the 23rd December

and I have to say I only made it by a whisker!

 

I knew it was going to be amiguruimi,

but of what?  was the burning question.

For the first time in ages I hit Pinterest hard,

(come look for me on there!) 

and what inspiration I found in fact

I become quite obsessed finding so many

wonderful talented makers out there.

This one in particular really blew me away.

I have said before that crochet or knitted

toys can look lovely but they can also look a bit

 mm mm I don't know...... samey?

But on looking for ideas one of the things I found

I loved was the way some crafty

people were mixing up different wools, colour,

texture felt and fabric to create some really

amazing things. 

Out of which Boo's lamb was born.

I am hoping I have given him his own look

and not too much of

a copy of anyone else's work.

 I always find that's the flip side of lots of inspiration

it can rid you of your own original ideas in ways

that you wouldn't suspect.

 

Forgive the rather rough way he looks and

his suspect lump at the side of his body,

in the general madness of the run up to Christmas

I forgot to take a picture of

either of the girls toys.

So they are both in a very loved state! lol.

 No I didn't give them lumpy fuzzy toys.

The lamb was made up out of a mix of patterns

I had mainly to make the shapes.

I wanted the head to be bigger than the body and

had a go at making the face more expressive.

Still not sure if he is a success really

but its a start and I look forward to making

more!

But Ooo but what a nightmare it is finding

interesting different coloured eyes!

Nowhere could I find in the UK

and had to go to a US seller.

Which turned out well as they

only took about a week and half to arrive for a bag of

14 pairs of different coloured eyes.

 

For Lala I made the robin

as she saw something similar made of felt

in a magazine that she fell in love with.

He was pretty simple to do

a ball stuffed then a beak some eyes

and a little heart shaped red breast of course!

O and a little spiky hair at the top too.

Luckily they both loved them,

I wasn't sure what Boo was going to make

of her lamb but she thought him sweet.

Phew mission accomplished there then!

 

Another Christmas crochet project

was the blanket I made for my Nan.

She has been a bit poorly on and off the past year and has lost

a lot of weight so she feels the cold more bless her.

I used Robin Chunky wool and a size 5 hook.

6 by 6 squares and a pretty border and edging

and it was done in about two weeks.

I didn't want to make it too big as I worried

she might of found it heavy to carry about.

As its made with the chunky wool it does get

quite weighty.

But it grows quick!

Great if you are pressed for time.

And the wool was reasonably priced too

and I thought really lovely to work with.

The pattern was a Jane Brocket sunburst one,

and a really easy pattern to work up.

My nan loved her blanket and

it was quite lovely really after all the years she has

knitted things for me and the rest of our big family,

she finally gets something made

Just for her!

 

And finally a rag wreath

I made a week or so back.

I salvaged the wreath ring from a really

dodgy Christmas decoration that

looked really cheap and nasty.

So I took off the offending bits of felt that

adorned it ready to use for a rag wreath.

I a lot of fun making this and it has

all sorts of odd scraps of material some

vintage other stuff just off cuts from

other projects and even ribbon.

I finished it with a wooden heart I have had for

ages in the middle and it now lives

above my window in the kitchen.

It was such much fun I am planning

on making some with the girls for

perhaps Easter as I think

they will enjoy playing with the fabric.

 

 

And as for now I have another blanket

on the go for a lovely little girl I know!

I only have a few weeks to finish it so I best get on with it!

 

 

 

What crafty projects are you working on at the moment?

 

 

 

 

P x