The handmade part's of Halloween 2013

 For this years Halloween, and knit up just a few accessories to complete our costumes.

Little Miss. I. was little pirate. I made her hat from this free pattern. It was fun to knit. It was supposed to have a knitted eye patch with it, but I just used one we already had. She made a great pirate, don't you think?

Mr. M. was a stealth ninja. I knit him his balaclava. The pattern is available as a free Ravelry download. I wasn't paying enough attention while I was knitting this one, so it turned out less than perfect, but my boy loves it. He's been wearing it to the bus stop on those colder mornings we've had.

I had the tiniest accessory of all. Just my little red bowtie for my Mary Poppins costume. It's another free download on Ravelry.

Every thing was made using Lion Brand Wool-ease yarn. It just goes to show, a little can go a long way. I hope you all had a fun Halloween. It's such a fun celebration.

Two Who?

 I said there would be more cables in my future, well here they are. Quite different from the ones in my Hermione cable and eyelet hat. I hope you can see the cute owls on these hats I made for my little girls. The pattern is called Who and comes from here. I used Lion Brands Baby Wool in the colour Bouquet. It took three skeins to knit the two hats. I have seen a pattern for mittens with the same owl cable on them. I'd like to make them for them before winter comes around again.

I've been working on a gift for my Mum's birthday, so I'll be able to share that with you soon. But there is not much knitting going on for me right now because I'm suffering with some rather painful RSI right now. I'm hoping I'll get over it soon. It is something I have lived with on and off for over eight years now. I'm not willing to give up knitting though, so I'll just have to get through it:)

Tutu trouble!

 A little while ago little Miss M. went to a birthday party and came hope with a pink tutu. She wore it everywhere and totally loved it, until it developed a big hole and soon it was beyond repair and so she started asking me for a new tutu. Then I remembered reading this post on the Blue Blog such a long time ago and  before I knew it I was making my own no sew tutu.

 

There is nothing more fun than jumping on the trampoline in a tutu.



Once I'd made one for little Miss M. I knew I couldn't let her have all the fun, so little Miss I. got one too. She's not as in love with it as her big sister, but there is room in it for her to grow, so maybe when she's a little older she will have fun playing dress up.

Little Mr. M. didn't want to miss out on all the dress up fun so now I will be laughing at this video clip for years to come as he dances around acting all goofy.