A sensitive plant in a garden grew,
And the young winds fed it with silver dew.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Sensitive Plant".
I have finally finished my dolls. The material I purchased from Collingully
was certainly put to good use. I love making these dolls.
My friend Heather and I have decided that next year's annual show is going to
be flooded with knitted items. I know Heather has made a start on her collection
and I certainly have made a start on mine. Below are a few things I have been
knitting, all baby gear to start with and then I will make a start on things like
tea cosies, bags, toys and other items that might take my fancy.
This little beauty below with the hood was a knitted item that was an entry in the show. I
fell in love with the pattern and asked the kind lady if I could have the pattern. Lovely Lorraine,
who is my neighbour kindly let me have the pattern and away I went. The jacket is
actually knitted in 8 ply, not 3 or 4 ply. So it knitted up very fast.
Pretty in mauve, a lovely dress, mattinee jacket and bonnet set. This is knitted in 4 ply
and lovely wool to knit with.
Another pretty knitted dress and another pattern I just had to knit up is this cute
vintage pattern. On one of my visits to the Op shop I found this old knitting/crochet book and
spotted the pattern.
I have also found the time to sew as well! Yesterday a friend of mine dropped off a bag of
goodies and in the bag was a piece of material I had to make into something straight away. In my
next posting I will tell you about this friend of mine.
about birdhouses, so this material was a treat to receive. Today I am ahead with housework and have even taken up the legs on a pair of work trousers for Pixie, and replaced a broken zip in Cory's school shorts. I now plan to do some knitting, keep an ear out for the chooks laying eggs as I have an egg stealer in the brood and generally have a relaxing day. I hope you are all having a relaxing day as well. Kind regards, Anita.
7 comments:
Oh what is the pattern for those dolls?! I just love them. Is making the clothing hard? I always panic at the clothes part.
holy smollies well done toledo..gee your grand children wil never want for woolens will they (yeah I know a wee bit of years before that happens)...cheers Vickie
Wow...you've been so busy... Love your dolls (as always so cute) and I just ADORE all your little knitted goodies. You have made so many lovely things. That birdhouse fabric is gorgeous too. Lots of nice things to look at xx
Hello Anita,
You have been busy knitting. I hope you find the egg stealer. Good luck with the sewing.
Happy day.
Bev.xoxo
You have been busy working on so many lovely things! I love all the baby knits, especially the mauve set. Very pretty!! Hope you enjoyed your relaxing day, and have a great week too!!
The dolls are adorable, and i love the knitted items!
Micki
Your dolls and knitting are simply lovely.
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