Sewing challenge done and done....

Due to shamefully failing my March challenge, i got stuck in and got my April challenge done and dusted today. Ok i'm thinking of adding some embellishments but for all purposes...

I used Vintage Ric Rac's tutorial for a one hour bag. Having the one hour time fram made it a challenge within a challenge and i've also never made a hand bag as such either. SO that makes this little number a triple whammy. It's made for my little princess Nina, who hasn't cast her discerning eye over it yet - finger's crossed - with some stash scraps that i've had for an age and a couple of buttons that i've had for longer lol.

And just to prove that i can make a softie i'm linking the most recent softie i made to the March challenge even though she was made in Feb and has seen quite a few cuddles since then and her felt is starting to pill! Made to 'One Red Robin's' Chibi Doll pattern, i love her, too cute :)

A wrap up...

A wrap up of the last couple of weeks a few FO's sneaking their way out of here and some stash busting as well :) I'm really starting to notice some *ahem* room, in my wool basket which is VERY exciting!! Got a little ways to go yet and my 'queue' is getting longer by the second!

I've got some secret squirrel stuff off the needles and from under foot done as well but i won't post pics yet just in case!

First up - my first pair of longies for Oscar! Done using Shannon's pattern from Crafty Desire's and using her gorgeous gradient split yarn. I think they look pretty awesome and have already been put to good use as trackies in this cold rainy weather we're experiencing all of a sudden. They aren't lanolised yet and i haven't managed to get an action shot but, my, they are sooo soft and look completely funky!! I like them sooo much that i'm knitting another pair the same with plans for a third pair too all out of stash! I'v had this 'alien' yarn sitting around for aaages. It was the last ball left from a stocking at Woolly Butts a while back, i'm so happy with how it's knitting up, perfect for little boy's pants :)

Also i've cracked the whip on myself with the March sewing challenge, i made a start the other day as soon as i got my drool-worthy selection of fabrics from Kelani, but i finally interfaced it all and started sewing it together today, i'll do all the handsewing this week and then the finishing next weekend to come in before the end of March! That's the grand plan anyways lol

Back to my knitting now, i can't waste a perfectly good rainy day on the puter when i could be curled up knitting on the lounge mmmm even the thought is warming!

til next time

kez

February Challenge - check...

The knit challenge - and i must admit, i found it a challenge from start to finish. I had NO idea what i wanted to sew with knit. It even seemed hard to come by anything nice! Finally i went with the age-old fallback, a dress for my daughter using the Farbenmix Olivia pattern. Great pattern, beautiful shape and very wearable. I played it smart and let Nina choose her own fabric, it was a bit 'fine' and i would have preferred something a bit 'meatier' for ease of use but it's all part of the learning experience :)

Here she is modelling :) The hood has since succumbed lol, she said it made the whole thing look ugly so i took the scissors to it LOL.

Perfect: NO

Wearable: Yes

Repeatability: High

Two out of three ain't bad!

In the nick of time!!!

In true "Kerrianne" fashion, i have raced the deadline for my January sewing challenge and just beat the buzzer!

I had promised to deliver oven mitts and i have only upheld half of that bargain, mainly due to a dramatic undercalculation of exactly how much batting i had on hand lol! But i do have one mitt to show and will endeavour to make the other sometime in the near future! The pattern comes from my new book "The Crafty Minx" by Kelly Doust.

To make up for it i made not one but 2 theatre hats for myself to wear to work, now that i'm officially a working girl again, this fabric has been sitting in my stash going mouldy for at least 3 years haha At least i got it cheap! Fits the bill perfectly and if i chance to meet you at work, i'll be the snazzy one in the 'cool' hat hahahaha

Check out everyone else's efforts here, it's been great sifting through them and great for us all to spend some well deserved time working on something for ourselves (gasp) Thanks again Carolyn for starting up and hosting this great meme!

Now i can start thinking about next month's "knit" challenge.....

Kez

Finishing fever

And so it seems, i am EXCELLENT at casting on and starting projects but then it seems i get finishing fever and start on something else... hmmmmm

Well i have managed to push out one little FO, a deja vu pinwheel hat which will be making it's way to it's rightful home this afternoon, i'd love to do one for Oscar but since his nanny is so talented he's got an endless supply of cute crochet hats and alas doesn't not need me to add to his collection

Despite the name of my post, when it comes to my sewing challenge, it seems i have the opposite, despite being in desperate need of a new pair of oven mits (i'll post before and afters for full effect) the only thing i have done towards my challenge is drawing up a 'pattern' - oh the shame, i'll sew them up next weekend - i promise!!

Anyone who LOOOVES the feeling of being cleean will looooove Kelly's soap, she's having a giveaway, fingers crossed for me, i've got a drawer full of her divinity but as they say, it won't go off! :)

So that's me for the week, i'll be diligently working on my UFO's but don't put it past me to CO something else, my stash busting has put my creative brain into overdrive and suddenly my meagre stash has turned itself into a veritble paradise of future FO's and it's hard to resist hahah

Happy Australia Day

kez