I love this time of year when I search on Pinterest and get inspired to make Christmas decorations. The other day I came across a great idea for making robins and gave this a go this weekend.
I already had everything I needed in my crafty stash, some hessian, jute thread, red felt and black beads and used my Die'sire metal dies to cut the shapes needed.
These have worked out really well and I don't know whether to keep them for myself or sell them!
This pineapple was made for a friend's daughter who is nuts about pineapples.
There were a few video ideas on YouTube but I went for a free pattern from this website, YarnPlaza.com. The pattern is available here.
I used yarn by Scheepjes, Catona for the leaves and Chalista for the body.
I came across some rather gorgeous festive christmas makes in the Simply Crochet magazine this month and couldn't resist making this lovely speckled bird.
I didn't have any Scheepjes Catona yarn so I made this up using some of the Stylecraft Special DK.
The pattern was very easy to follow and I made it within a few days.
I was very much inspired to make this quilt looking blanket when I saw it posted in Pinterest. I tracked the pattern down on Ravelry and it was produced by Atty Van Norel. You can obtain it from her Ravelry Store if you too are inspirect to make it here.
I used Stylecraft Special DK matching the colours to a painting I have recently purchased to hang in our lounge.
The pattern was well written and easy to follow. When it came to joining, I found the simplest method was to use my stitch markers and pin a row of motifs together with these before stitching any together. This enabled me to ensure that I didn't have any two of the same colour or shape within the same circle or adjoining circle. Having said that I did have one or two mishaps and had to take a few apart! I soon released not to sew in the ends until the very end then it made it easier to undo.
I made a lap size blanket and it is now draped over the back of the armchair. This blanket took approx 6 weeks to make, on and off.
