Fair isle attempt- #1

Fair isle attempt- #1
Originally uploaded by jessie + bear

So I've always avoided fair isle like the plague because I thought it was too hard. It didn't help that I also had a pretty bad experience trying to fair isle something that should have been done in intarsia. That made me think that it was impossible to create a smooth, neat piece of knitting in more than one colour. But, thanks to some online tutorials, I was willing to give it another go....

....and here are the results! Still not as neat as it could have been, but definately an improvement. It's just a simple checkered pattern using purple and white yarn.

I can't remember the names of the blogs that I used tutorials from, but just type "fair isle tutorial" into Google if you want to find them too.

More coming soon

Sorry that there hasn't been any communication for...gosh a couple of weeks now. It's kinda because I've been really busy and kinda because really, nothing interesting has happened. There's been a bit of crochet, a bit of knitting, a bit of sewing and a bit of a certain disaster that I don't care to mention but haven't given up on yet. I will take photos of everything soon. I'm still lusting after a better camera, anything would be better than what I'm stuck with at the moment. Anyway, I can't leave you with a pictureless post, so here's a very cute portly hedgehog from Marjji

CHECK THIS SHOP OUT NOW! abigailbrown at Etsy

These are absolutely too cute. I want the fox! All from abigailbrown

Egg-A-Go-Go at Etsy

What a cute shop! For adorable handmade pillows like these, cards, badges and more, visit Egg-A-Go-Go :)

Little babushka doll

So this is the little (but not littlest!) babushka doll that I made as part of the set:

And next to Mama babushka!

This is just two thirds out of one of three sets I have to finish by Christmas. So I better get that hook flying so they're finished in time!

Cat-Rabbit at Etsy

I just had to poke my head in again to show you these fab plushies.



Somehow cute, blood-drinking, zombie cat

Sweet little owlet and

ohhhh! A rabbit wearing its heart on its sleeve!

All of these super awesome creations are from Cat-Rabbit

New and improved babushka doll

How is it improved?

The body is larger




The shaping is different and



The embroidery is more detailed.



The only problem is that I took these pictures, then realised that I hadn't added any eyelashes yet. The good news is that there will be more pictures soon as I just finished a smaller sized replica of the same doll.

I've been managing to finish quite a few projects lately. Maybe its the transition of seasons from winter to summer that is so inspiring. Whatever the reason, October has been "finish projects before you start new ones" month. And I challenge everyone else to do the same. So go on, for every new project you start, complete at least one old one!