One Hour Socky Toes

It's starting to get cold here and bub has outgrown all of his newborn socks. Now, I have miles of yarn just crying out to be turned into itty bitty socks but I wanted something that would be really quick to make, cos he needs them right away!

After spending hours trawling Ravelry for a suitable pattern, I came across these little crocheted footsies. Although the pattern is sized for a newborn it is super easy to modify for size and yarn type. I made this little pair out of some Patons Jet that I had in my stash and it took only an hour or so and I am not a particularly speedy crocheter.

Aaaw cute!

Samhain Kitt-eh

Cos every good witch should have a little black cat.

Pattern from Nimoe (Ravelink)

Easter Peeps

Each year, on Easter Sunday morning, as soon as we wake up we head out into the dew drenched lawn to hunt for Easter Eggs. Unfortunately, DS 7 doesn't actually like chocolate, so we end up with waaaay more eggs than we could possibly eat.

This year in order to avoid all that excess and waste (not to mention the ethical issues that go along with eating non-Fairtrade chocolate) I have crocheted these cute little peeps which we will hunt for on Easter morning. All materials were from my stash. The pattern is from Nicki Trench's Super Cute Crochet.

That lil' minty green chicken is my favourite :)

MIL's Cowl

It was MIL's birthday on Monday. DH casually mentioned it the weekend before, which didn't leave me long to get a present organised, especially if I wanted to knit something. Which I did, of course. (DH and I haven't been married that long, so MIL's birthdate is not permanently imprinted in my brain yet). I decided to knit her a cowl, as it would be practical and manageable in a week. This necessitated an immediate trip to the specialty yarn shop where I spent nearly $50 (!!) on some gorgeous baby alpaca yarn and some fancy bamboo circular needles. Unfortunately I couldn't get the pattern I bought those for to look quite right (something odd going on with my yarn overs?), so I abandoned that project and tried about 3 other patterns before settling on the "Baby it's Cowled Outside" cowl from Crochet Me (Ravelink). Of course I ended up using some Panda Heath and a crochet hook which I already had in my stash... I am happy with how it turned out. I would even like to make one for myself, but have a heap of other knitting projects which need finishing before the cold weather sets in.