He is predominantly knitted in Riihivilla Aarni (a naturally-dyed Finnish rare-breed yarn) from Ecoknits and his hair is from Spectraspun.
And finishing off things like this (R, my 14yr old son, made the cake):
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And I started this (must be mad):
The playmat is 1x1.2m. I'm chain-stitching the water (as you can see), with embroidered then needle-felted pebbles in the stream (with scrap bits of Noro left from the hobby horse which I'm *still* to get a decent pic of to post). Once I've finished the base colour of water I will chainstitch or embroider a variegated (blue/green/purple) yarn on top for some added 'movement'.
I plan to crochet the lane (coloured in beeswax crayon as a guide for the time being) and will then knit various fields, latch-hooking verges and bits around the pond for a bit of height (I can't face latch-hooking 'grass' into an entire field).
I'm also knitting a cardi for Rosie (Nin's doll) in matching yarn to the stockings I've recently made for her and am *still* crocheting the blue and purple knitted dress for Nin (which is likely to be a long top at this point). I've also got the hem to add to the stripy dressing gown I've been making for Nin, but had to wash it (due to a cat wee incident, of which I will probably post more later - had one of those awful, but comical, days yesterday *sigh*)
Been a bit busy, y'know how it is :D
We've had a lovely quiet festive season with quite a lot of biscuits and some marzipan dipped in chocolate (made by the children - yes they were covered head to toe in chocolate, I couldn't take photos as I was too ;) ).
Here are a couple of bits and pieces I've made, although I still need to take a picture of the hobby horse, coat and hat and scarf set. I'm not a confident photographer and I just couldn't get half decent photos of them this morning. I have, however, finished Ted's doll's cardigan, some dungarees (couldn't get a decent close photo of them) and socks to match the cardigan. For Nin's doll I finished a pair of stockings:
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Aside from that it's been brisk cold walks with the dog (and some extra teens, I seem to collect them in this house...)
The last photo is where we do most of our blackberry picking in the autumn, it looks so cold and bare now. The camera ran out of batteries at this point (which was a shame as we went to the playground and Erk took off his hat and put it on the ground next to the swing and the dog grabbed it and made off with Erk in hot pursuit, much to everyone's amusement - the dog was really, really pleased with himself). Oh and guess what? Ted did the whole walk with NO NAPPY! Yes, my little boy is now wearing pants in the day :)
Anyway, hopefully I'll get some photos of the hobby horse and other bits and pieces I've made soon (I'd also like to also get them posted up on Ravelry).
Along with the felted hobby horse and dollshouse cowboy I'm working on, I'm plodding along with a knitted and crocheted dress for Nin.
It's going very slowly because there's just so much of it to *do*! At this rate it may stay as a long knitted top. I still need to add a band and tie at the back as it's made loose to easily go over Nin's head. I'll be adding some sort of purple picot edge to the sleeves, hem and also edging for the band.
A pic of poorly Ted (although he's much better now). Poor little mite curled up on the living room floor on a small cot mattress. He was really so ill!
Found over at The GinLady (GIN standing for Green Independent & Natural)
I'm not well :( My stomach aches and aches and has done since Sunday and I can't work out why, because surely a bug or food-poisoning would've passed by now (and well, horrible 'other stuff' goes along with a bug or food-poisoning and I'm not experiencing anything like that). I'm wondering whether it's down to the fact that I've been eating quite a bit of things I know don't really agree with me, but I've not felt this bad for a while.
Still, it does mean I've been getting lots of knitting done (I'm designing a knitted dress as I go along for dd, with a few false starts, but hopefully when I sew up the top it'll fit her and then I can start on the skirt of it) with the help of my very handy human swift:
Perhaps I should rent him out?
I've added the balaclava 'patterns' to the Articles section. Please bear with them, I tend to knit from my head and am rather bad at notes, but they should make sense. I will at some point knit some more using the pattern I've posted to test it - if you use it and pick up on anything, do let me know.
I've also added a dolls balaclava for good measure (as it can really help a child to keep a hat on their head if their doll is wearing the same). The photos are a bit useless, it was nigh-on impossible to get Ted to stay still enough to get a decent photo!
The pattern is written up, but I still need to post up some photos, plus a tutorial for the bendy body and sewing up the doll. Still, it's something to be getting on with and I'll post up further instructions for making the inner-body and sewing up soon! Anyway, here it is in it's basic form: Knitted Bendy Dollshouse Doll pattern.
Rather delayed as I found myself knitting a further doll for a little boy who was adamant for a, "Me too, Mummy! Doll, me too!" Who can resist a 2 year old, especially one who has seen his sister get a number of small dolls made for her recently and is desperate for a doll of his own to drive his wooden truck with. Bless him, he kept shoving the unfinished doll into my hands and even though the doll hasn't got any hair yet, Ted grabbed it as soon as the head was sewn on.
That particular doll has been knit in the round as opposed to in separate pieces and I will post a pic of him once his hair is sewn on. I will also be adding a pattern for a mermaid tail soon too - I promise :) In the meantime, here's a little buttercup faery I've knitted up:
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