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!

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.

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!

Merry Christmas Armadillos

I hope everyone has had a very Merry Christmas and soon to be happy new year. I have had many Crafty gifts this Christmas which have all been fantastic and prove very interesting.I received a beautiful gift from my friend Karen (who keeps a excellent blog) Crochet Armadillo. I had mentioned that I collected armadillo items and she was kind enough to make me my very own. 

                               I think he is amazing and have named him Bert! Thank you Karen

Knitting Natter

So it's been over a month since I last posted and I must try harder. But don't worry I have been busy clicking away with my needles.

I have finally finish my panda for my husband and I am very please with the result. As I reported before he is a pattern by Alan Dart which are always fantastic to knit, you knit all the piece in flat and sew up at the end.

 I impress myself with the jacket edging which is knitted as i-cord and the stitched on. I was a bit worried at one stage that I wouldn't be able to finish him, plus my husband did discover him at one point so the surprise has gone but I hope he will be impressed with the finished item. 

I have now moved on to my next project which I will be posted in the next week or so.