More FO for my charity sale
The sale date is next Saturday, 2nd December, so I’m going like mad getting as many items finished as I can.
Finished up the pixie feet this weekend, my best-friends kids helped me with the pom-poms and the reaction of them (and their mum) to the slippers was fantastic. Her little boy immediately asked if he could have the blue pair for Christmas - so I now have a commission to make a pair for him and one for his sister!
Here are the two finished pairs complete with pom-poms :
these were knit with wool dyed with natural dyes from www.thenaturaldyestudio.com in their Atlantic colourway
these were knit with Twilleys Freedom :
to finish them off I ironed on some Regia Anti-Slip Sock Stoppers to make them a little less dangerous for little people racing about on wooden floors!
I’ve also knit these items :
A curly corkscrew scarf in Noro Blossom and edged with a loopy mohair yarn from www.thenaturaldyestudio.com
Really easy - cast on 90 stitches with 7mm needles stst 2 rows then increase in every stitch. Repeat these 3 rows 3 more times then cast off.
I love the colours and the textures in this scarf
Another curly scarf this time knit completely with the loopy mohair in a lovely baby blue. This is so light and soft it just feels wonderful to wear!
This is a gorgeous little baby hat in Debbie Bliss cashmerino aran. The pattern is from Knitty and is called Miss Dashwood
It is wonderfully soft and the little earflaps are really cute.
Another scarf this is RYC Soft Lux Glimmer in Amethyst. The photos don’t do it justice as it has a gold metallic thread running through which makes it glitter and look really special.
The pattern was just 2×2 rib on 9mm needles over 20 stitches with a fringe added on at the end.
Finally the latest pair of Pixie Feet in the pipeline. These were fascinating to make. They are knit with more naturally dyed pure wool from The Natural Dye Studio . The colourway is called Magenta but pre-felting it is almost an orangey pink -
the tape measure is in to show how big they are pre-felting. After two 60 degree 1hr 17min wash programmes in my machine with Ecover wash liquid for Delicates the slippers are about 9″ long and the colour is now a fantastic fuschia pink (or magenta!)
After stretching and stuffing the slippers are about 9″ long in the foot excluding the curly two. This is about a UK childs size 13. I love this colour -
I just got delivered a bag full of felting wool to make more of these so check back for more pixie feet soon!
November 28th, 2006 at 4:52 pm
Those pixie feet are so cute!
November 29th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
Thanks for reading my blogs
. It`s appreciated I also read yours and enjoy reading about all your parcels you receive and your wonderful creations. You are very talented! Great looking pixie slippers! Good idea about the anti-slip pads as well!
Best of luck with your stall, you will have to write a blog about it. With my knits on Saturday another lady is running the stall she has been making lovely furry bags and she organises many of the events for the school, is a parent and also works up there teaching my youngest actually in reception class! She is so busy all the time…. I don`t know how she does it!?. I struggle and I don`t work!?…. I am now knitting snowball like decorations for Christmas trees as little extra items she can sell. I shall write another blog about them soon!