Finn’s felted stocking

Finn’s felted stocking

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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 felted extremely well and if this was done in a single colour it could work. But this wasn’t exactly the overall look I was going for so I think this time it’ll have to be a non felted pattern.

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!

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.

fringing close up

just 5 more rounds to go

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..

The last competition was so much fun lets do it again!

The naming competition for my last amigurumi pattern was so much fun I thought we’d have another competition… But this time something different as the pattern I’m working on is called ‘Haggis’ the highland cow. So after much thought the competition page was born and here we go again! There are two chances to win & all you have to do is answer the 2 questions on the competition page…. let your imaginations go wild & the competition will run until Haggis is completely finished

Fi

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Haggis’s horns have been giving me a headache

I’ve been back to working out the pattern for Haggis the highland cow this week. I started with the hooves and hoof decorations. They came together very easily… I only needed to make one change to the hoof base and the heart came out just right first time… Phew!

The horns though have been a real challenge. I have ripped them down so many times this week. The 2 tall ones are just 2 of the ones I kept to help work out where I was going wrong. The 3rd smaller one is my current work in progress. The shape looks more promising this time. Not too many kinks and twists and gently getting wider as I go round. This one looks good and fingers crossed It might just be the one If you look closely you’ll spot I’ve been shopping on etsy again. I just can’t keep away from Yarnimals cute amigurumi round markers ( I’ve got the sheep & have my eye on a few more too).

The body, head and legs are should be quite straight forward as I’ve already done the swatch for his shaggy hair. It’s a slightly wavy version of Marlion’s mane…

I’m working out Haggis’s pattern in some lovely Jojoland melody 4ply/fingering weight pure wool. I’d never tried this yarn before and bought it from a lovely lady in Canada via Ravelry. I’ve not tried felting it yet so I’m really excited to see how this prototype turns out. Don’t worry you’ll be the first to see the pictures as knowing me I’ll be so excited to show how he turned out!

I have been buying more yarn too! I loved the Kauni so much I went a bit mad and ordered a lot from Astrids dutch obsessions I’m going to use the Kauni EJ (cream/camel/pink) to try out the finished Haggis pattern and I think he’s going to be scrummy.

The Lion is nameless no more….

Thank you to everyone for all your name suggestions and you’ll be glad to hear our little dog douglas is a lot perkier… the anti-biotics seem to have kicked in… we just have to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn’t cough them back up half an hour later!

It was extremely difficult to choose the best boy & girl names but after much thought & getting help from my husband Paul the decision was eventually made…

Congratulations to our 2 winners….. Share for ‘Marlion’ & Brenda for ‘Leona’. Your pdf pattern prize is on its way via email Putting both names on the pattern was a bit of a mouthful… so we decided to make the Lion a ‘he’ to keep it simple.

I have listed my Marlion Pdf pattern in my etsy store which is now up and running and I’m working out how to add it to Ravelry for purchase too. The pattern costs $6.50 full crochet instructions include photos where needed for assembly & felting instructions.

Thanks again to you all… it was so much fun I might just do this again!

Fiona

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The lion prototype is felted!

All the pieces laid out but not assembled

After cutting the loops on the mane

Side view

Front view

Back of lion’s head

Close up of Lion’s mane

The washing machine is fixed and I just couldn’t wait to show you how the lion prototype turned out. I used up some of my stashed 4ply/fingering yarns just to work the pattern out hence the multicolour!

I’m busy typing up the pattern.. so I’m now setting a closing date for the competition to name him/her… so this is your last chance to have a go if you haven’t already. All entries must be submitted by posting your suggestion on site by 11am (GMT) Tuesday 20th May. I will announce the 2 winners (1 boy name & 1 girl name) Wednesday 21st May & email them their prize of the Lion PDF pattern

Only one more question…. I’m wondering whether I should have done the shaggy mane all over the back of the head too? It is a proper mane as it is & making the back of the head shaggy would use more yarn… is it worth doing? I can easily amend the pattern if you think it’s worth doing…

Fi

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Nearly my first month of blogging already!

Finn is growing up so fast it seems… as of this week he’s now saying ‘mummy’ & ‘daddy’ properly. These days all I hear through the monitor when he goes for a sleep is a lot of giggling, bouncing on his mattress like a trampoline & now chanting ‘mummy”mummy”mummy”mummy’ when he’s supposed to be sleeping. Luckily this usually doesn’t last long, as tiredness wins out and all goes quiet… but it does make me smile

I bought my first accounting book yesterday to try and be good and keep the business paperwork up-to-date. I did discover one problem though… Finn wanted to read it first. After following him around the lounge for a while… asking him nicely to give mummy back her book (as taking it off him these days creates an instant meltdown) I decided to get the camera out and take a picture instead. All I managed to get was one picture and then the book suddenly wasn’t so interesting!

Well I can’t believe it’s been a month since I started my blog already… time has just flown by. I’m getting to grips with widgets, page links, wp code & animated buttons slowly but surely and most importantly having fun.

The amigurumi lion pattern is pretty much done but I have a hold up in the testing of my crocheted pieces. The washing machine is broken… I’m told it’s just a pump. Luckily not too expensive to fix & the part has been ordered so I hope to be up and running again very soon. So in the mean time I’m typing up the PDF and keeping my fingers crossed the prototype works out beautifully when I can felt it. There have been some great name suggestions for him/her. I’ll let the competition run until the washing machine is fixed and i’m able to check the pattern pieces are all ok…. so a bit of time left if you still haven’t posted your suggestion…

Fi

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