Mother's Day gift

This Mother's Day we found ourselves very strapped for cash (like many people), so being a thrifty minded I decide to make something on the Saturday. It needed to be a small a quick project that was very cute and I have had my eye on a little knitted critter for sometime.

Toerag the Tube Mouse

by Whodunnknit from the Stitch London Book

I have been wanting to knit him for ages but haven't found a person to give him too or found the time to complete him. I got the stitch London book seen left from the library but you can download the Toerag pattern here for free so have a go and knit one yourself. When you complete him/her you can upload you pictures at Planet Whodunnknit and show off your mouse on the site. 

Here is my mouse, I sadly forgot to add front paws : / but he looks just as nice on two legs rather than four. Plus my mum really loved him !

Misha Knitted Cardigan

In May last year I started a cardigan called "misha" by Jane Ellison, it was a pattern in the Lets Knit magazine in March 2011 and I fell in love with it. I had never knitted a garment before but the pattern was simple and I decided to give it a go. Since then I have regretted the decision many times and nearly give up just as many times.

            I picked a cotton yarn called Sublime Yarns Cotton Kapok DK which gives it a lovely drop to the knitting. But I made a horrendous error when I to started knitting in the back loop of the yarn. I had been knitting like this for years and when knitting small toys it doesn’t matter and actually creates a lovely stitch, but on such a large project it was a nightmare! I only realised I was doing it wrong half way through and by then it was too late and I had to continue it. It was at this point the whole project got shelved and sat in my knitting bag for months and months. It’s was only when a friend pointed out that I had started knitting it nearly a year ago that I took matters in hand and decided to finish it. I pushed hard on it and finished in a week and with a little advice from my knitting group it is now all sewn up and completed.

The pictures don't do it justice, I am very pleased with the results and have even worn it out!