Fat free cup cakes!

 They are not edible though I'm afraid, but very yummy looking. My biggest sister, Mrs. M, just had her birthday so these were sent to her. 

Last year when I was over in England for my littlest sisters wedding, I came up with the plan to make these for Mrs. M. She was telling me how she would like to decorate her kitchen in a cup cake theme and I knew I could find something cool on Ravelry along those lines. This is what I found. Now a lot of these cupcakes have been knit up by Ravelers with fun changes from the pattern so I ended up with a different looking cupcake from the original. I followed modifications from Neekie and GraceIvy. I used Lion Brand Wool-Ease scraps, which I seem to have a lot off. As you can see half are topped with cherries and half are without. I like them either way.

Mrs. M. tells me she is planning on making some cupcake bunting to go with them, so next time I get back to England for a visit I hope to see them together.

Little Miss M's Mouse.

 My four year old daughter decided she needed me to make her a mouse. Luckily my Knitted Toy book by Zoe Mellor contained a sweet pattern and my bag of scraps contained just the right wool.

I can't say I totally loved this pattern. If I make another one I may fiddle with it a little. The pattern called for felt ears, but I didn't want to spend any money on this one, so I just picked up a few stitches and knitted some ears. Miss M. is very happy with it, and it get's to sleep with her every night. Happy times.