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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fringing close up

just 5 more rounds to go

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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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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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Weekend crochet for babies by Sue Whiting

About 3 weeks ago a Lauren from New Holland Publishers sent me an email wondering if I might be interested in doing any reviews for them. As you may know New Holland publish a wide range of crochet, craft & knitting titles. I emailed Lauren to say I’d be delighted to have a go a [...]

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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 [...]

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