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

I didn't have a pattern, followed a you tube video. It's called the virus shawl and is easy. Most people on ravelry seem to use a 3ply or dk but I used a chunkyish Rico melange wool and a 6mm hook. Be warned it is very addictive.

LOLOL - at first glance that looked like pants :o

lovely shawl :)

It's the pink flesh coloured background and the way the thumbnail has trimmed the photo :) it looks like a pair of triangular pants

Finished teddies for the Woolly Hugs Christmas Hugs.

Baby bear.

Space

Are you around? Did you get the colour samples I sent you?

Still loving the bears Marci
Also, post is on its way!

Zing, thank you very very much , the post has arrived! It's lovely thank you.
It's a bit hectic here just now but will post more tomorrow.

Granny stripe, star and virus blanket for woolly hugs.

qazxc, those are superb.

I've finished another teddy. The rainbow wool is a pain when you come to sew things up, the yarn only matches for an inch or so.

Another great teddy!

I eventually found my stuffing - somewhere where I was positive I had looked. Grrr... I have sewn him up, but can't decide what to do about the ears, so have left long tails just now. I will try and post a pic later to ask for opinions.

PurpleFrog They're all excited about seeing their cousin!

Hmm - cousin looks more like a jaundiced piglet than a bear.
Not sure they would recognise him!

Here is Ted No 1 (aka The Jaundiced Piglet). The original pattern has the teddy wearing a nightcap, so I just left it off and sewed the ears on slightly higher. But, I'm not happy with it. Before I sew in all the tails, do you think I should:

(1) Make bigger ears ?
(2) Move the ears down a bit and make the nightcap?
(3) Just sew in the tails and declare it finished!

Polter - I agree. I followed the pattern exactly for the ears and they look wider on the pattern picture in Ravelry: Sweet Dreams Teddy

The cap really changes the proportions doesn't it?

It does! I think I was a bit naive to think I could just redistribute the features a bit, after omitting the hat.

Oh he's sweet Purple, his ears are a bit pointy but he's lovely. Maybe he's from Vulcan😍
What yarn is the multi coloured body?

His fellow adventurers have lined up to wave to him. See below 😀
Poltergoose, I'm using the pattern of Improvise-and-Bodge-It, and if anyone has a better one that's fairly simple, I'd be very grateful.

Gosh that's quite a collection, Marci! They all look great! Maybe you should publish your pattern on Ravelry...

Thanks for your kind words. The body yarn is from an unbranded cone of acrylic 4ply that I got in a job lot from eBay a few years ago!

I'm leaning towards crocheting one large ear and seeing what it looks like pinned on.