Christmas tree decorations

Here are some Christmas tree decorations, which I knitted for the church Christmas fair. 

The Santas are by far my favourite!

The pattern is taken from Alan Dart's Advent Tree.

Ribbed beanie - FREE PATTERN

 This beanie - modelled by my lovely husband - is a new FREE pattern and can be found on my Ravelry page.

Please visit and see for yourself.

the big knit 2010

The producers of innocent smoothies have organised another BIG KNIT this year.

The challenge is to knit 800,000 little hats (to be put on the smoothies bottles).

For every behatted bottle sold, 25p will be donated to Age UK.

There are some fabulous contributions. Patterns can be downloaded from the BIG KNIT website or own patterns can be used.

The deadline is the 5th of October - so it's not too late to get those knitting needles out! 

Snail tea cosy

I made this snail tea cosy for a competition for the Marie Curie Cancer charity

More information on my Ravelry site, and the pattern is now for sale here.

Another foodie project ...

... this time a fruit and veg theme.

With little else to knit during the summer I am knitting a collection of fruit and vegetables for our harvest festival.

The patterns are picked from various patterns on ravelry, and so far I am very pleased with how realistic they look!

I am hoping to ask people to help themselves to a knitted piece of fruit or veg, with any donations given to charity.

Full English Breakfast

My friend Gillian is the one who came up with the request to make her a knitted breakfast.

She, her husband and the rest of 'The Team' have produced a wonderful breakfast on a Saturday morning in St George's church in Wolverton for several years now - feeding up to 40 people each time. The breakfast is enjoyed by many people, and at the same time people can come and collect their Food Bank food parcels.

So it seemed a small thing to knit a Full English Breakfast. Enjoy, Gillian!

More Surprise Jackets ...

... because I like them! Here is the one I made previously - now with buttons and edging.

I went to Germany for a week and took the Surprise Jacket pattern plus needles and some yarn. 

Well, I did spend many, many hours on the overnight coach and I do like the pattern - so much that I ended up buying more yarn and finishing 4 more jackets!

I tried the suggested I-cord edging - my first time ever. On one jacket I did the I-cord edging all the way around the edge, on two others just around the neckline. It certainly makes for a neater finish.

That will be enough for now. Now, what shall be my next project ...??