Craft - Month 3

[smallhobbit]

First up I finished the cross stitch by the end of the first week of July.  Hooray!


After which I decided to try some other crafts.  Back in early spring I had ordered some wool for my mother, and the website I'd ordered from had some free amigurumi crochet patterns, so I'd made a collection and decided to have a go.  I have done some crochet, but was finding I was battling with it, so thought I'd try converting the patterns into knitting patterns.  I did a lot of knitting in the past, so it turned out okay, and I knitted a whale and a penguin chick.

   

At which point I realised that I really wanted to knit rather than crochet, and that it would help if I had some actual knitting patterns. 

I found the Twenty to Make series with Tiny Toys to Knit and Tiny Christmas Toys to Knit and began with a goldfish.



I then found the website for the publishers of the books: Search Press.  Along with ordering another book (more Christmas decorations), I found they had a few free patterns, so I knitted another penguin.



I also bought several small balls of different coloured wool and knitted some parrots.



 

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Congrats on the cross stitch! You've been at it a long time and it looks great! And your birds are very twee and cute.

[mightymads]

Tiny knitted birds and other toys are very cute!

[kingstoken]

Cute little knitted creatures

[badly_knitted]

Wow, don't the flowers just jump out at you? It looks fabulous!

Also love your little knitted critters, especially the whale and the parrots. Really looks like you've been having fun!

[blueraccoon]

the birds are so cute!

[mafief]

Yahoo for completing the cross-stitch!!!

Your critters are totally adorable. Will you be making a set for your granddaughter?

[howsmyenglish]

The tiny birds and fishes are so sweet!
But congrats on the cross stitch! I admire you! I'd never have had the patience to do something like this It looks great!

[adafrog]

Yay for finishing!
Cute.

[castiron]

Lovely cross-stitch, and fun knitting -- I especially like the parrots.

[therealsnape]

That cross stitch looks fabulous!

[rusty_armour]

The cross stitch looks AMAZING! Congratulations on finishing it! It was obviously worth the time and effort! :-D

The knitted toys are great! I especially like the colourful parrots and the whale. :-)

[margaret_r]

The cross stitch is beautiful, congratulations on finishing it off, and I adore those little soft toys. Think my favourites are the parrots but the penguins are gorgeous too. I know one little boy and one little girl who would love to have them all. I should get out my crochet hooks and look for patterns!

[luthienberen]

Congratulations on the cross stitch! The time you poured into it has paid off x

Wow, your animals are so cute.

[moth2fic]

Why didn't I see this post??? Love the final panel. Love the tiny knits, too.

[froodle]

Oh my GOSH those parrots!!