Christmas Lurgie :(

Just a quick post to let you know I’ve not been posting as we’ve all been hit with the dreaded winter cold & flu for Christmas. Finn & I missed going to all the toddler parties and until today neither of us have been remotely fit enough to leave the house since our trip to [...]

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Scarf progress :)

I’m off to a good start with the scarf. The Elenya yarn is delightful to use and the pattern is easy to remember. I’m working alternate stripes of each colour and they’re blending very nicely.

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Three Irish Girls Elenya

My Three Irish Girls Stash of Elenya 50%Alpaca/50%Merino. When I saw the Multi-colourway was called Fiona I just had to have it
I also ordered a matching cerise and pumpkin orange.
My plan was to use it for a felted project… but it’s absolutely perfect for the Feather & Fan scarf I’m trying out from [...]

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Finn’s felted stocking

Finn’s felted stocking
Originally uploaded by fiona-kelly

Eek! Slightly more of a colour run when it felted than I expected. The red isn’t so Christmassy and the cream… well it’s now more of a definite pink… even the snowman is the same shade (i’m not even going to bother photographing that). On the plus side the fringing [...]

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Finn’s stocking ready to felt

The fringing is finished so it’s now in the washing machine. Keep your fingers crossed the red doesn’t leak too much and turn the cream pink!

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Finn’s snowman

This is the snowman so far for finn’s stocking. It’s also in the machine and I’ll add the rest of his details when I sew him into place.

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Finn’s stocking almost finished!

just a bit more to do. I re-did the toe section and I’m now doing some fringing around the top. a little snowman decoration next before felting..

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fringing close up

just 5 more rounds to go

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Finns Christmas Stocking progress…

I’m making fast progress with Finns Christmas Stocking now… Just a bit more to do height wise, then the fringed top and I think the toe section is a bit short so I need to re-do that part. I just have to untangle my ball of cream merino DK that Finn got hold of before [...]

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Finn’s 1st Christmas Stocking… a WIP

After starting and unravelling a quite a few attempts already… I’ve eventually got the start of the look I was endeavouring to achieve YAY! In the end I decided to go with starting at the heel, work my way along to the toe and then rejoin the yarn & head up the body of the [...]

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