Monday 16 January 2012

Little Bee

As I have reported previously I have started knitting the "Beekeeper's Quilt", and since starting I have discovered a whole world of hexipuff magic. So many people are knitting them and the raverly page states over 2700 different projects and counting. 
I decided to make my own little design on a hexipuff, I have seen other bumble bee patterns on the site but I couldn't really understand the pattern so I made my own and made it a lot more simple :)
Feel free to knit you own!
I recommend just knitting the pattern on one side. 
I hope to come up with lots more designs and share them all with you.

Friday 13 January 2012

The beekeeper's quilt


In my mind for sometime I have been planning to make some sort of blanket, and have view lots of different ways of doing it. I saw a lovely blanket by a lady call Sophie on Ravelry, which was made using the Pom-pon yarn that I have last year knitted a scarf from.
This idea was very appealing nice results and I knew this will be a very quick knit with very great results also being super soft. This became the plan but it would cost about £8.00 a ball and needing two of each colour it could end up a costly matter and I don't think I could sneak that about of yarn past my husband without him noticing. But as a pondered this problem I came across this amazing a little pattern called the "Beekeeper's Quilt" it was made of hundreds of little hexagons in lots of different yarn of all different colours and is amazing.
  The quilt is designed by Stephanie Dosen of Tiny Owl Knits and this has become my new project!
It is of epic proportions, I have to knit hundreds of the little "Hexi-puffs" in a wide range of colours but I have taken on this challenge! Wish me luck!