Pete’s new Pet

Knitted the Dalmatian Puppy pattern by Clare Garland with chunky wool- to make a nice big, cuddly pal for a relative. The change of yarn made it come out a bit of a strange shape. But will be nice and snuggly.

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Pete’s new Pet

Used Clare Garland’s Dalmatian puppy pattern to knit a cuddly new companion for a friend. I used chunky wool to make him nice a big. The change of yarn weight made him come out a bit of s strange shape, but he’ll still be nice and snuggly.

Footy fan birthday

One of my brotherinlaws is 70 this year. he’s a lifelong Liverpool football fan so I’ve made a cross stitch of the logo (pattern link). Framed it with a programme from the year he was born and a programme from this year.

Did a similar thing a few years ago for my West Ham fan brother. Have realised that lots if people try to buy programmes for special birthdays. So any from 50, 60 or 70 years ago are tricky to get. So have bought some in advance now as programmes from 56, 49 years ago easier to get.

Mkal knitmas

Did the annual Knitmas MKAL from knit the world. Used thicker yarn so cast on fewer stitches and only did 8 of the 12 days. Used up lots if my overly large stash of purple yarns.

Purple notebooks

A good friend at work loves purple almost as much as me. She’s also a big stationary fan so had to make her a notebook cover. And matching one for her daughter too.

Money jumpers

So hubby forgot to buy 2 family gifts and we have to hand over cash instead. So knocked up a couple of mini jumpers to put the notes in.

Winter yarn bomb

Latest mini yarn bomb in the front garden. Looking very seasonal with the unusually cold weather this week.

Patchwork Christmas trees

Needed a simple project to keep 3 adults and 6 kids entertained today. Inspired by tree ornaments made by Kate at the last homely house, I cut triangles from long patchwork strip. Lots of creativity from the kids. Turned mine into labels for the gift bags for my siblings- with initial baubles and lots of little buttons.

Bunny zip bag

Turned this Bothy threads xmas card kit into a little zip bag for my sister- filled with homemade, reusable make up remover pads.f

For sister in law found sone great fabric with picture of their German shepherd dog.

MUFC bottle cosy

Adapted the Arne and Carlos xmas jumper gift bag pattern to make a bottle cosy for a football mad brother in law.