WIP Wednesday: More Farmyard Frolics!

Here’s this weeks update of my farmyard animals! These are the finished ones, I have a couple of others which are waiting for eyes/other bits sewing on! Still a long way to go but I’m getting there. When I actually make the time to sit and concentrate on it it doesn’t take long at all [...]

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Things I Love Thursday: My new book!

Finally it arrived! (Total bent and squashed by useles postman – DO NOT BEND – its on there for a reason!!) I can’t wait to make the nativity set, I have always wanted on and the one in the book is so cute. For now though its all about the farmyard, now I can get [...]

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WIP Wednesday: Daisy the cow

I have about 35 animals to make and about 6 weeks to do it in. So far it has taken me a week to make one. Well, not a week really, more like a couple of hours, just been so busy with the house that I have not had chance to do much sitting down [...]

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Things I love Thursday: Knitting animals!

It’s still work in progress, i need to buy some straws and glue (and get some dark brown wool for the mane and tail) but I am loving how well my first animal is coming along

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WIP Wednesday: Farmyard Frolics

This is my biggest/ most ambitious project yet! I am making a Farmhouse/Farmyard and animals for my toddlers 3rd Birthday. The farmhouse will be quilted and have a carry handle. It will store all the animals inside to carry around, but also fold out flat to make a farmyard to play with the animals on. [...]

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Ta-Da! Tuesday: Caterpillar Toy

Ok, It has no eyes. Eyes make him look like a dog, or a mouse, or a rabbit…. so I suppose it should still be WIP not TA-DA! but here is is anyway, my as good as finished caterpillar for my very nearly one year olds birthday! The pattern is from Augusts ‘Let’s knit’ magazine [...]

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