Monthly Archives: September 2006

parchment craft links etc

Okay, I suspect parchment craft is one of those things that means many things to many people but what I have is a kit with white “ink”, a dip nib pen, an embossing tool and a stabber. The idea is to trace round a design which you put under your parchment (but tracing paper [...]

by way of a favour to a friend…

would you all mosey on down to here and take a look at her book. If you click on preview you get to read the first few chapters (which are short) so you get a flavour of the book. It is a “happy ever after” kinda thing with the hero saving the (Fairy) [...]

sleepsuit

well, tis sad but the Tigger suit that she has worn for the last year is just getting too small and shops don’t sell sleepsuits for 6 year olds (well, okay, Asda doesn’t, i’m sure I could find them for ££££ if I hunted.)  So, with thanks to KwikSew for yet another excellent pattern [...]

Naked sheep patterns

nice aray of cute/silly patterns plus some more sensible ones at Naked Sheep…. really fancy doing the froggy set for dd but not sure her dignity would allow

micro-preemie set (gown and bonnet)

This set was based (loosely) on the Princess Preemie Layette but, as usual for me, very much altered to suit! All pics in this post are clickable to access bigger images.

yarn – a good quality baby 4 ply white ( a little less than a 50g ball) plus a contrast colour (only a little [...]

easy-on preemie bootees

    
These bootees are  made to open  pretty much all the way out making them easy to place onto tiny feet and  lace up.
Instructions are for very tiny feet,  add in more  chains for a longer foot size and an extra round for full term baby feet which are much chubbier.
Base
Chain 8, work htrs into [...]

A not so surprising jacket!

This is similar in looks at the front to the world famous Baby Surprise Jacket but totally different at the back!
Yarn – 200g dk (worsted) for a roughly 28″ chest garment (plus waste yarn for provisional cast on and for marking the increases and decreases)
4mm circular needle
crochet hook for provisional cast on
1cm [...]