Knitting and hi fi, excellent combination

Saw this on the side of a shop in Stockholm, a fake 'Kiss' member, knitting advertising for Hi Fi.

Made me laugh, it was very funny 1st thing on Friday morning.

Deta Von Teese tribute

Here is my Deta Von Teese tribute sample, funny how it happened. I was practacing a different crochet stictch and it went in circles, almost like little material bowls. Hence the boob inspriation.

So using rag (I brought in UK) and then grey paper yarn and blk wool with my 10 mm crochet hook. The basque, type pillow case cover was the finished project.

I started at the bottom, then dropped stitches for the waist then the boob parts I stitched in keeping it all in one peice. To finish I pulled the stitch in tight (instead of the usual 4 parts) so it could be put on a frame or a structure.(Just need to build one)

The idea is to do more with a art project I'am working on about, skin our skin the 'This is me project' lots of new idea. Just need to buy some chicken wire and I have alots of skin colour swatches to knit. So watch this space.

Designer Monet!

This weekend project a cardi for Monet, I tried to base it on the moss stitch pattern(I had tried and failed) but in plan knit Thus to make a Cardi in one peice.

Knitted labels (free from Simply knitting mag) It says knitted with love.

And she liked it, so a success!.

Funky Bean Bag Cover

For this quick Idea,
I just crochet together an old blanket I had made before as the cream old bean bag just wont come clean any more.
Folded it corner to corner and with a 15mm hook crocheted it up in no time. (Blanket type stitch with a hook)
Also by doing this brightened Molly's room.

Fun and more child friendly than cream bean bag any day.

Rainbow Sprinkle, angel baby top

100's and thousands,ice cream toppers (Uk name)
It' a tiny funky Angel top. For my friends daughter. Teamed with some denim turn ups, gap stripy socks and a bright long sleeve. She will defiantly stand out in the crowd.

This took an hour to go up and over on my 15mm bambo's then I crochet the edging (15mm hook) and with a 5mm crochet hook I blanket stictched the sleeve and neck area.

I left the edges and tied bows to make it more girly, girlylisous

Frogged!!! in the pond.

Frogging it! (Bitch n Stitch)

Yep, that bloody moss stitch!!!!
Why?
Here’s what I have learn't, don’t substitute yarn if you don’t know how too!

Oh yes! and that test patch, it’s for a reason! (No way) I just thought it was if you where bored.
The pattern read 4 balls 50gms and by the time I had only completed the front I'd almost used 3 balls and the small sized Cardi that I was knitting was fast becoming rather large………
Mmmmmmm

So I made the executive decision to frog it.
So I frogged it!(which felt suprizingly good considering how much work it had been!)

This was where I learn't the part of why we leave the ends until the project is completed. As yep! you guessed it!, ended up in a complete tangle.

Recycled all I could. :-0
Another big factor was that, it was just so boring to make. I just don’t think I’ll ever be cut out to follow someone else’s work ( pattern)…… I am trying just find it really hard? I was on a roll until the arm hole!!!! And then I lost it.

So until the next time!. (Yes I’ll try another, 3rd time lucky! So the saying goes) slowly but surely I will get there. :-(
Or not!

Catwalk Rags!

It's the rags but it is good enough for the catwalk, this is my contrabution to the start of the London fashion week.

It's recycled (my old clothes), its funky and its totally fashionable.

Knit and crocheted on the giant needles and my 20mm crochet hook.

It'sy Bit'sy

It's an off shoulder, half top ment for the Paris Hiltons of the world.

Think it'sy bit'sy is a good description of my part knit, part crochet top.

Yarn Disaster

A month or so back, around the time I mastered Moss stitch ,I had found a basic magazine pattern that I'd thought! I'm good enough now, I'll give it a go.

So I buy my wool, well actually! half of the wool. I needed to buy full price! Now thats confidence.......... From my local yarn store Nysta(fabulous shop)

I bagan and worked fast, by the following week I returned to buy the 2nd two balls, to have the shock that it had gone into the sale and yes you guessed it Sold out!!!!

But this tale has a happy ending as for one thing I should have asked them to hold the wool I needed, but Im a full price yarn virgin (I know better for next time)

The kind owner ordered me two more and It took a few weeks and I was quite worried it would end up getting unpicked.

But it came and at sale price 32kr instead of 40. So work has begun again.:-)

This week I've been mostly crocheting!

This week, I have designed and made a little beach skirt(little being to best described word)Keeping with my summer theme. Even though It's - 10 odd and I'm still surrounded by snow, the beach theme is keeping me going.

The pink band is made from a tape yarn I picked up for 10kr(70p) And not even used one ball. And the checked part is some nylon ribbon yarn(I think its called) I picked up in the Uk at a Hobbie Craft for 99p and I have used two on the skirt.

With the left over pink and I have one of the checked pink left, I'm working on a beach top.

Hippy Knits

I had my friend visit form the uk and she is very hippy! So Inspired by Carmen, I created a hippy style top.

New yarn at 85:- (£7) thats expensive for me but Iam now confident in my knitting. So feel I can reward my self with the odd ball of full price yarn.

On 15mm needles I did moss stitch for the body and in one piece, up and over. Then with some tape wool(It's like flat shoe laces) I edged the neck and sleeves and then with my 15mm crochet hook added the bottom plain green part.

70 Bikini Top!

Not bad for a 1st attempt, I used my own bikini as a template and then made my own version of one of the Sexy little knits bikini's.

I knitted the band on 4mm needles and with some 70's charity shop wool 10:- a ball and 2 balls.(Thats around £2 for the whole bikini). And then crocheted the boob parts.

Not good for the water, but for posing just fabulous it's very Miami beach.