A knitting/crochet progress thread

[CarolAird]

Hi all,
For a few weeks I've been knitting a blanket for my DP and I'd love to see what other people are knitting/crocheting at the moment!

Here's the latest picture of my blanket

3rd combo is "Rich", definitely!
Lipstick, Spice, Sunshine, Grass Green, Turquoise, Royal, Emperor, Fuchsia Purple, Walnut.

I think this is my favourite. The Emperor is a beautiful deep purple, and Fuchsia is gorgeous shade too, they look way better in life than on photo!

I'm a little over 4000 miles from my Stylecraft stash and on Hamster powered wifi but I see Zing has offered :) I knew it wouldn't be a problem!

Soupy

Just keep feeding the hamster!
I'm sure you have at least one project of some kind with you, don't you?
That's the first thing I pack.

Ive finished one teddy and started another, for the Woolly Hugs Christmas project.

Oh Marci he is adorable! What a cheerful fella!

Of course I have a project :)

Lovely bear, Marci.

That reminds me that I think I have a few unstuffed bears that my grandmother made years ago for a charity project and which were never sent. I must dig them out and finish them!

sooverthis its going to be a long cardigan type thing

Bloody hell that's gorgeous

Just to say that I lurk on this thread to look at your amazing pics, and think you are all incredibly talented! I knit a lot, but am not in the same league as you lot! I have tried to crochet so many times, but just can't get to grips with it, so it is interesting that some of you find crochet easy, and knitting harder.

Moose, that is superb.

OP, haven't RFT, but just wanted to say confident use of colour and no row outs, definitely has my vote. Well done.

Today's progress got to block and pick a border. I wouldn't do it this way again

Sooverthis, that's very pretty, it would take me forever.
I've made another teddy to go to Belarus.

I might put a crocheted flower on her head, as dh referred to her as 'he' just now.
What do people think? Yellow flower?

Marci

If must I'd choose the blue (turquoise?) colour you've used already.
But I think She is very pretty already without it
Silly MrMarci!

Here's the Rav link: www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sylvi

I like your teddies Marci. I have almost finished one as well - just have the snout and one ear to crochet, then the dreaded sewing up. (Which I will probably put off until the posting deadline!) Yours looks fairly similar to the pattern I am using - Red Heart's Sweet Dreams Teddy. Is it?

Purplefrog, its similar isn't it, I looked at that pattern and used the same basic construction method, but I thought the head shape wouldnt work without a hat, and I didn't want to do hats.

I've made the arms and ears in the round.
And improvised a face.

This is the flat pieces.

soover I made that blanket earlier this year. It looked lovely when it was finished but I hate sewing up and it was so faffy. I also decided to line it with cotton fabric as I didn't like being able to see the wrong side. It took forever but my friend loved the blanket.

Well, I'll see what my head is like without a hat, once it is stuffed! If I like it once it is finished, I might adapt it so that it is all done in the round to avoid so much sewing-up!

I hope to see a pic Purplefrog

I've got a lot of bright pink to use up after a trip to the wool shop with DGD, age 3. I'm hoping the Russian children will share the same (lack of) taste

I'll definitely post a picture once it is finished. I have a lot of 4 ply on cones, so wanted a pattern to use up some of that. I have an unfinished blue doll's jumper that turned out too small for the doll it was meant for. I will see if it will fit the teddy once it is finished, and if it does, do another one to wear the jumper!

Zing your first combination, bright is utterly divine!!!

Are you sure you want another project?!

Space

Here's a test hat, that's about the right proportions I think - or do you want the bit where the tail attaches to the hat to be a bit narrower?

This one has a 15" circumference, but stretches to 16" comfortably. I managed to put it on my 2 year old's head but it's too tight really on him. Would be way to big for a little baby.
(I'll undo tail later and stick it in next WH Refugee stash so not wasted effort.)

But I don't want it to make it too small either, so although most charts suggest 12" circumference for newborn I wonder if I should make it just a tad larger, between 13 " -14" so you'll get more use of it.
What do you think?
why don't I have a newborn when I need one for hat modelling?

Sent you a PM also.

Posting photo is always useful.....