tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79857918517896437032024-02-19T07:41:01.524+00:00Kakes' craftingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.comBlogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-20366347977731250232014-10-03T13:57:00.003+01:002014-10-03T13:57:59.692+01:00Hiding in the shadows..Hello out there! I am still here, bobbing around the internet, keeping up with the blog I follow on bloglovin.<br />
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In fact, I've actually got my "to-read" list down by quite a lot recently.. it's consistently below 50, which is marginally miraculous!<br />
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So I'm still here, but I'm also still crafting. I'm branching out as well, really.<br />
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My lovely in-laws (hi Emma, Sue and Mark.. if you're reading) bought me a sewing machine for my birthday (last weekend) and I've been attempting to get to grips with it!<br />
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Never one to take the easy route, I decided to make a bra for my first project... yes really.<br />
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I don't know what I was thinking.. there are no straight lines.. it's 3D, there is lots of zig zag sewing.. <br />
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Then again.. I suppose it's easier than the suit Mark requested I make him!<br />
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For once, I'm actually being relaxed about the quality of what I do. As long as this thing is functional I'll forgive myself some wonky stitches, and that bit where the zig zag didn't quite catch both pieces of fabric...<br />
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Maybe I'll show you how I'm getting on soon :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-11604152400984879352014-07-13T21:08:00.001+01:002014-07-13T21:11:38.339+01:00Selling for charity!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I mentioned the Mad Hatter's Tea Party on here before, and said that my Mum and I were going to host a stall with all our proceeds going to charity (Cancer Research UK). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My family and I went to Mad Hatter's on 8 June with a stall full of baby dresses, cardis, hats and blankets as well as earrings, bookmarks and a few kittens. We had an amazing day with lots of support and lots of money being raised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is still some stock left over and I'd still like to sell it on for charity, so I've taken advantage of eBay's selling for charity feature, and listed some of the spare stock on <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/xkakesx/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=">there </a>(I may not list it all this month, as I'd also like to take advantage of the 20 free listings per month).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please, please, please take a look at what I'm selling on there, if it isn't appropriate for you, maybe you could share it with someone you know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd really like to raise as much as possible for Cancer Research UK. It has always been a charity close to my heart as many people in my extended family have been affected by cancer. I think I've mentioned on here before about my Mum's struggle with the disease too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sadly Mum never made it to Mad Hatter's as she was taken from the world far too soon, on 6 June, aged just 43. So now, more than ever I want to keep fundraising for Cancer Research, so that no-one else has to struggle the way she did, and the way my family does!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With Race for Life happening around the country most weekends at the moment, let's all tell cancer to jog on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello out there, I'm sorry I haven't written for a while. To be honest with you all, I haven't really had the motivation to sit down and type. Finally, it's sort of back, so I thought I'd take some time to show you some of the stock I've been building up ready for the charity stall I mentioned <a href="http://kakescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/charity-makes.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been very lucky in that my nan-in-law told me that she would like to help out and make something for the stall. She asked what I would like her to make, but since we are doing it because we enjoy it, I said she could make whatever she wanted to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My husband, my sister-in-law and I went up and stayed with her and her husband at the weekend and she gave me a couple of beautiful baby blankets, and a baby hat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You may remember that I told you about my <a href="http://kakescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/the-cupcake-hat.html">cupcake hat</a> about a month ago (oops.. I've left it too long again!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm now glad to say that it is with my mum's friend Jill (aka The Mad Hatter) and here is her picture from the day she wore it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the event with the auction, Jill is allowing people to set up stalls, for a fee of £5 (which will also be paid over to the charity) so that they can sell their items, and keep their own proceeds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That means, that I now need to plan and make lots of lovely bits, so that the charity gets as much money as possible!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have had a play around today with a lovely teddy bear granny square (the pattern can be found <a href="http://dada4you.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/teddy-bear-granny-square-tutorial.html">here</a>). I'm thinking of turning these squares into nappy bags, or cushions, any other ideas are welcome though!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-19177563237178204592014-02-17T22:35:00.000+00:002014-02-17T22:35:02.260+00:00The cupcake hat<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Hello, I'm just popping over here to show you a super quick hat I made (2 days start to finish) and the reason behind me making it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First things first, the pattern, I searched ravelry on Saturday to find a "novelty hat" pattern for this particular project, and settled on a cupcake hat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The ravlery pattern redirected me to Crochet Geek's blog <a href="http://www.crochetgeek.com/2010/01/how-to-crochet-cupcake-hat.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found the written pattern quite difficult to follow, however the video was quite clear (though perhaps not for beginners?).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having (finally) taught myself how to hold my yarn "properly" (as I like to call it.. as opposed to my weird throwing method, which I will try not to return to) I found crocheting this hat to be much more comfortable and faster than anything I've crocheted before (yay!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't yet had a chance to take some proper blog photos for this project, as it is literally straight off my hook, so I apologise if you follow me on <a href="http://instagram.com/kakescrafts">instagram</a> as you will already have seen these pictures, but I just had the urge to write here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her friend, like her, is undergoing chemotherapy treatment at the moment, and as a result has suffered from hair loss. As I understand it, she is using hats to cover her head, and is wearing a different hat every day. She wears them once, and then will sell them on for charity. So I thought I would contribute, and I seem to be seeing a theme with her photos on facebook... novelty hats!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-11230955588386295722014-02-03T18:14:00.002+00:002014-02-03T18:14:57.455+00:00New socks!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I finished them Friday night, and then wore them all day Saturday. I have since decided that they should probably be inside socks (for keeping my feet warm in the evenings) as my feet got so warm wearing them all day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm in the process of making my first ever pair of socks at the moment! So far I've finished one sock, and I'm part (2/3rds maybe?) of the way through the second.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been having a look at <a href="http://www.sockyarnshop.com/kit/socks.html">this</a>, which is a sock kit which contains 2.5mm DPNs, some stitch markers, a pattern, and some yarn!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll be making another from the<a href="http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/knitting/accessory/circle-of-friends-and-hearts/755"> same pattern</a>, in different colours, at some point soon, which will be for my Mum.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-15039833398592600962014-01-16T21:24:00.000+00:002014-01-16T21:24:00.576+00:00Baby pink unicorn<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I have been sitting on this one for a while as I made it all the way back at the end of September/beginning of October but I didn't want to risk it being seen as it was a Christmas present!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little one was made entirely from supplies I already had in the house, which explain why it has buttons for eyes, instead of the safety eyes recommended in the pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I said above, this was a Christmas present. I made it for my little cousin, who was also the recipient of <a href="http://kakescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/another-amigurumi-animal.html">my stripy giraffe</a> earlier in 2013. It was lovely watching her open this on Christmas day, she unwrapped it, and immediately gave it a big squeeze. She then proceed to bash it on the dining table yelling "rawr", but I think that means she liked it.. she was smiling anyway!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I knitted a scarf for my Nan for Christmas, it is only the second time I've finish a scarf. I took several pictures of the finished scarf, including pictures of the blocking process, and one of me wearing the scarf before I wrapped it. Unfortunately though, I seem to have lost the pictures I took, and I need to sort out my picture storage.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-40432785554725399222014-01-05T21:08:00.000+00:002014-01-05T21:08:10.415+00:00Victorian festival of Christmas<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This post really is a long time coming, as I went to this festival at Portsmouth Historic Docks right at the end of November (the festival ran from 29 Nov - 1 Dec).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The festival is run annually, and the website claims it is one of the biggest Christmas markets on the South coast. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We went for the atmosphere, the exhibitions (all usual attractions - The Mary Rose, HMS Victory etc. are open as usual, and included in the tickets for the festival) and a little bit of Christmas shopping. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we got to the dockyard on the Saturday morning, we were greeted with lots of people dressed as Victorian characters, a choir which seemed to consist of workhouse children and fake snow! We wandered through the dockyard and made our way to the Mary Rose exhibition, which I had not been to since its renovation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was really interesting to see everything that has been discovered from the ship's wreckage, and everything on display is an original artefact. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We all went on HMS Victory together where we discovered that most of us really do have the short gene, as only the youngest of us had to avoid hitting her head on the low beams of the ship (it was also discovered that I am the shortest...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Throughout the day we looked at various different stalls which were all lovely but there were a lot of people so it was difficult to get close enough to the stalls to see things properly. </span></div>
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1. Try some colour work</div>
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I've actually already started with this one. I found a lovely pattern for a hat using stranding/fair isle on craftsy (click "pattern" to go there). I'll update you on my progress with that soon as I have some longer DPNs in the post to help me out!</div>
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2. Finish the as-we-go stripey blanket from last year (it's been in progress over 6 months.. it's probably about time I finished it!)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-92028076210372201182013-12-27T14:57:00.000+00:002013-12-27T14:57:01.414+00:00Cushion cover<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is one of the gifts that seemed to take the longest time, and I finally finished it on the 21st!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't think I realised how long it would need to be!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had been wanting to try a ripple pattern for a long time now, but I knew that a blanket would take me far too long (and probably never get finished.. I still have 3 blanket WIPs). Eventually I realised that I could use the ripple pattern to a make a cushion cover. Incidentally, not much after that I was gifted a crochet book by my mother-in-law which had a pattern for a ripple cushion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I attempted to follow that pattern in the book, but I just couldn't get to grips with the way their ripple was constructed. I decided there must be an easier method, after a little searching I rediscovered Lucy's ripple pattern. I then just adjusted the stitch count so that it would fit the cushion pad that I bought in Wilkinson and off I went! When I finally finished the crochet I sewed up both sides with an overlap and dug out some pretty buttons. All finished!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yarn - Stylecraft Special DK in Turquoise 1068 (darker blue) and Cloud Blue 1019 - 100g of each</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Its been a very long time since I have made a blog post here. I'm having that issue that a lot of craft bloggers have at this time of year though, everything I'm making is for Christmas presents! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd love to show you what I've been up to, but since I don't want to risk people seeing what they're going to receive in a few days time, I thought instead that I'd show you a select few pictures from my honeymoon last month!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm starting to draft posts about the different things I've been making for people, so I'll schedule those to appear throughout January, and then hopefully I'll be able to keep a bit more up to date with this blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, on to the pictures I took in beautiful Prague..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made the seating plan (the day before the wedding.. again, oops!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">More about the knitting another time, but here is the result of the new project. Crochet fingerless gloves/wrist warmers, pattern can be found <a href="http://dashrobin.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/long-weekend.html">here</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also made a new hat for myself. I started it Saturday night, when I should probably have been trying to sleep. Then spent last night and this morning finishing it off. I didn't follow a pattern, just increased until it felt like it would fit my head, then just sc in each stitch until it was the length I wanted :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And to finish off this huge post.. a little sneak peek wedding photo taken by our brilliant photographer Hayley, from Tigerfly Photography (on facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TigerflyPhotographyUK?fref=ts">here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been a bit behind with my blog reading, but I'm glad I finally got to Woolhogs this week</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found out that I was awarded the voters' choice for September in the Made It Challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a result I'm allowed to show that lovely little badge over on the right >></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-56195483119952398402013-10-03T20:00:00.003+01:002013-10-03T20:00:42.166+01:00Lonely Tree Shawl<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's my shawl, originally mentioned and linked to the pattern <a href="http://kakescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/knitting_8.html">here</a>, when I finished it:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And apparently this is the bit where most knitters turn away in horror, or so I've read in other blogs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To begin with, the blocking was a bit of a nightmare.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I remembered reading on Lucy's blog,<a href="http://www.attic24.typepad.com/"> Attic 24</a>, about blocking acrylic with steam, which she had suggested for the bunting for yarndale, which has just passed by!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-45869998428946984882013-09-15T22:02:00.000+01:002013-09-15T22:02:21.632+01:00A different kind of crafting...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought I'd show you all the raisin bread I made this week. I'm quite proud of it as it is lovely toasted, and I managed a plaited loaf on my second ever attempt at making bread completely from scratch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you fancy having a go, I found the recipe through a bit of google searching, but it is <a href="http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/130317/Cinnamon-raisin-bread">here</a>. I didn't do the glaze partly because I'm watching the calories, and partly because my plan for this bread was toasted for breakfast and I thought the glaze might go a bit sticky in the toaster!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one was made using Paul Hollywood's recipe on the bbc website, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/paul_hollywoods_crusty_83536">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have actually been enjoying some knitting this week! I have always felt like I should love it and persevered to try but it has only really clicked with this recent pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, let me introduce you to the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-lonely-tree-shawl">"Lonely Tree Shawl"</a>. I first saw this pattern on <a href="http://notyouraveragecrochet.com/">not your average crochet</a> when Hannah posted a ravelry knitting wishlist. I loved this look of it and started hunting for yarn to use!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't done any sort of lace work before, or even ever worked from a chart like this does. I am finding working from a chart easy enough though, and getting hang of all the yarn overs now too! I needed a little help from my future mother-in-law to begin with, but after a quick phone call I was on my way.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-35714228615612890582013-09-01T18:47:00.001+01:002013-09-01T18:48:19.011+01:00A big congratulations...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">...to my lovely Mum who found out she passed her degree this week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To say well done I made another little graduation owl for her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one is a little bigger than the 2 I've made before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mum's a big Portsmouth football fan, so I crocheted this little guy in their colours for her!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yarn: blue, yellow and orange are Dolly Mix DK from King Cole</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Size: I forgot to measure him, but I think he's around 10cm tall</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time to complete: 3 evenings from start to finish</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the first time I'm linking up with <a href="http://handmadeharbour.blogspot.co.uk/">Handmade Monday</a> (which I always read about and follow but have never joined in with!)</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-78751058531899613902013-08-17T17:20:00.000+01:002013-08-17T17:20:00.825+01:00Another amigurumi animal<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry I've been away for a while. Every time I tried to blog it all felt a bit forced. I've also got a bit behind with my crafting, studying for exams took over in the priority list for a while. I'm starting to catch back up with my CAL blanket... I'm on week 9 at the moment, whilst Hannah is on week 13? I think, so I've got a while to go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll update you on that when I'm a bit more caught up and show some pictures of the blanket when it's a bit bigger!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What I really wanted to tap about today is my latest amigurumi make. A lovely little giraffe for my second cousin's second birthday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isn't it sweet? I don't want to try to give it a gender yet.. I'll leave that to its new owners I think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, I'll try and give some stats on the project:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Number of colours used:</span> 9 plus black for embroidery</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Type of yarn: </span>mostly King Cole dolly mix - the dark purple was from a magazine a while ago and the white/cream is an anonymous acrylic</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Height:</span> standing, from foot to horn ~15 inches (just under 40cm)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Time taken to complete: </span>a few weeks as I made the arms and legs and then gave up for a while (oops)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pattern: I used a free pattern from a blog I ordinarily follow - <a href="http://ilovebuttonsbyemma.blogspot.com.au/">I love buttons by Emma</a> - the pattern (<a href="http://ilovebuttonsbyemma.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/crochet-giraffe-pattern.html">here</a>) has been available for a while but I saw it had been updated and suddenly really wanted to make it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What do you think of my venture back to amigurumi? Was this a good project to come back to?</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-35662839125406423912013-07-16T20:02:00.000+01:002013-07-16T20:02:00.344+01:00Octopus number 2<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I whipped up another octopus this week for my friend's 19th birthday. I was really surprised with how quick it was to work up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used a slightly different pattern than for my last octopus. When I went back to the pattern I've used before the webpage wasn't there any more, so I did a quick google search to find another.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The new-to-me pattern makes the body and the tentacles separately so that you sew a circle of tentacles on to the body at the end. Easy-peasey :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The pattern can be found <a href="http://esshaych.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/mini-ami-octopus-take-2.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-30876554785855078162013-07-15T21:50:00.000+01:002013-07-15T21:50:20.970+01:00Week 7 already!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I can't believe we're already on the 7th week of the CAL already. This also means I'm in my 7th week of living in this house! All of it is going well, which is always a good sign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am loving my blanket at the moment, and it seems to grow a lot every week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And here's my ever growing blanket!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588207173906037697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985791851789643703.post-14928836606468867282013-07-13T19:54:00.000+01:002013-07-13T19:54:01.098+01:00CAL week 6<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Oops I've done so much in the way of crafting this week that it's taken me until now to get around to finishing week 6's rows and posting them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I finished them off this morning before starting on week 7.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And here is the entire blanket so far:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's getting so big now! Exciting stuff :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After trying<a href="http://kirbiecravings.com/2013/06/lemon-mug-cake.html"> this lemon mug cake</a> last week, I decided there must be a way to make a version with blueberry added in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used the same basic recipe to make mine but there were a few tweaks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3 tbsp fat free blueberry yougurt (I used one from ASDA)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A quick dessert, and as the yogurt is fat-free.. it can't be that bad for you.. can it?</span></div>
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