Published - Thu, 26 Oct 23
Project Timeline: 26 Oct - 26 Oct (0 days)
Kids Blue Jumper
[Pre Blog Project]
This is home spun cotton. I decided to try dyeing the yarn instead of keeping it white. The think the dye was much too bright, the colour isn't very nice. The jumper turned out ok, the pattern is simple. Might have gifted this... But don't remember.
I wouldn't try dyeing again in a hurry, or at least with these strong synthetic dyes.
Published - Sat, 23 Sep 23
Project Timeline: 23 Sep - 23 Sep (0 days)
Alpaca Bunny
[Pre Blog Project]
This pattern is the "Little Blue Bunny" on Etsy. I made it with home spun Alpaca. This is the second bunny of this pattern I made, I just found it so cute. The first one was leftover blue Mohair yarn. It's nice to have a pair. The pattern is relatively complex; I have made a lot of toys with knitting, I mostly do crochet. The tricky bit I found was keeping some many stitch markers for reference points. There is a lot of manouvering to get it all in the right shape. Pretty nice pattern though.
Published - Mon, 11 Sep 23
Project Timeline: 11 Sep - 11 Sep (0 days)
Goose Crochet
[Pre Blog Project]
How cute is this goose? I love making the little clothes and details on these animals. The bag is home spun alpaca, most of the clothes and goose is also home spun sheep. Really enjoyed making all the elements of this. I think the hat would be best sewed onto the head to stop it falling off. In reality you want clothes that stay on if you throw it in a basket, otherwise you quickly lose the bits. The overalls and the bag stay on nicely, the hat and scarf less so.
Published - Thu, 24 Aug 23
Project Timeline: 24 Aug - 24 Aug (0 days)
Crochet Bunny Blanket
[Pre Blog Project]
Not sure where this pattern is from, thought probably not too hard to reverse engineer. I made this with white cotton yarn and some leftover alpaca at the bottom. The alpaca is much thicker than the cotton, so doesn't quite work in terms of consistency, but kind of an interesting trim / border. It was more of a leftover project than anything. Sometimes these smaller quick projects are fun to do inbetween bigger ones. This is one of them.
Published - Mon, 07 Aug 23
Project Timeline: 07 Aug - 07 Aug (0 days)
Kids Alpaca Cardigan
[Pre Blog Project]
This is home spun alpaca wool. I made this toddler sized cardigan with raglan increases. This was just a small project to test out the alpaca on a garment. Turned out nice. I might have gifted this, or its now in storage, in any case I haven't seen it in action, not sure how it would wear.
I ran out of the brown coloured wool near the end so had to switch to another colour, so maybe looks a bit strange, but kinda works.
Published - Wed, 23 Aug 23
Project Timeline: 02 Aug - 02 Aug (0 days)
Cambridge Bloomers
[Pre Blog Project]
This was a pattern I found on Ravelry. I made a few versions of this, some had frills on, in green and pink. Haven't tested them on any babies, so not sure how it wears, but looks cute on the floor!
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