Cushion Making

For Christmas I received a voucher to take a course in a local place called "Make Place" in Norwich where I live. It offers a range of different courses from making peg bags to cushions and crochet, they are quite well priced and all materials are included so you exit with a finished object to proudly show off. 

I selected to do an intermediate cushion making course and arrived on the day bright eyed and bushy tailed for the day's activities. 

I learnt lots of new things like how to use an overlocker and the sew machines were very hi-tec. I also learnt how to make buttonholes on the machine which I have never done before. I was under the impression that I was quite good at sewing so picked the course and I thought it would be at the right stage for me, but I can honestly say I was a bit lost by the whole thing, my stitching was wobbly and I was confused about how the pattern came together. Stupidly rather then asking important questions I kept quite and did as I was told. 

I did come out with a lovely object but don't think I would be able to make the same thing on my own  :(

YOU MUST NOT BE PUT OFF BY MY EXPERIENCE

I am sure if I had paid attention more and asked more questions I would feel more confident in doing the cushion again, but I have come out of it with a very nice object and the day was very enjoyable.  

Whale out of a pair of jeans

I have been off sick from work this week, but I was not put off from crafting while unwell. 

While I have been ill I have surfing the blogs, I came across a wonderful toy pattern for a whale made out of a pair of jeans from a lady called Mevrouw Walvis (I think). The blog is in Finnish and thanks to google chrome which translated it straight away, I decided to have a go and make it myself.

She clearly states the following which means I can not show you images of her whale, so you need to click the link to view the original

Mevrouw Walvis’s whale

“this disclaimer: It's OK to link back to this post, but it is not OK to copy all the photos and the tutorial, or translate it Thurs another another language. Posting this as your own creation is evangelical worse. Making whales for yourself or as gifts is ok, selling or Producing Them Them commercially is so not OK. Would you be happy if you had this Happen to something you made ​​and shared on your blog? Did not think so.Stealing Is not just nice.”

So I hope it’s clear that I can only show you the pictures of my whale’s journey but nothing else :/   But I hope you enjoy.

I went down to my local fabric shop and ask for a sample of bright blue fabric so could make the eyes . 

 I hope you like him. 

Blog update

So the snow has arrived in get force last night and after falling over in it already I decided to stay indoors in the warm. Don’t get me wrong I love the snow and think it is beautiful unlike my husband who lived in Germany for many years and often rants about paths and roads not clear with the comment “This would not happen in Germany”
As you can see Nutty Knittings has had a bit of a revamp this weekend. I am rather fond of the new background and colour scheme. 

You can now view all the blogs that I follow and see when the last post was made. 

I have also made a mobile phone version of the blog and you can view it by scanning this QR Barcode

The only thing I would now like is a new banner at the top of the page so look out for that soon, plus a update on the hexi-puff challenge! 

Axelotal

A friend ask me to knit a Axelotal for her little girl some months ago and I have been feeling rather guilty that I didn't know what one was plus I have been so busy with the hexi-puff blanket that a lot of projects have gone on the back burner.

I have done some research into the little creature and it seems to be quite interesting, an Axelotal is a aquatic amphibian and is closely related to a salamander some other the information on them is quite heavy going on the scientific stuff

 I used Eddie Lizzard by cheezombie pattern and adjusted the tail and add gills, and I am very happy with the result I hope you enjoy her too. Just needs a name!