Featureless Multi Coloured Bears

I had fun making these two! Came out better than expected and were the most popular knitted toys so far. Available in Flamingo (left) and Sherbert (right).

Official Member

I am pleased to announce that I am part of the Europe's premier directory of soap, cosmetics and candle makers!!

Sweater course

http://30daysweater.com/

I have been so nervous about knitting a jumper or something more substantial than a headband!! But I couldn't resist once the people at  http://newstitchaday.com/ introduced their new program. It's a bit of a knit- a-long I guess but it's what I need to kick start my big project. I think I'm the only one from the UK so I'd better do a good job as we need jumpers more here than in California!!
At the moment it's day two and we've designed and measured our jumper. Still need to do the stitch gauge and then hopefully should be able to start!!!

Knitted Dolls

I had lots of fun knitting these guys, it was a bit fiddly but worth it in the end (and the colour combos are endless!)

Young Entrepreneurs Challenge

We had a fun day yesterday at the event. It gave the boys a taste of what it's like to work in the day!! They were my little packers and cashiers. We even sold the little rainbow hat and booties in one of my previous posts, but the best sellers were the soap and the lace headbands. Now I can continue with my knitted book covers

Raw Soap

I thought I'd post a pic to show the beginning stages of what soap looks like. In this pic the soap has just reached "trace" which means the oils has combined with the lye solution and is now letting of heat. It is a bit like cake mix. When this happens, I always let out a sigh of relief because the last thing I want is a batch of ingredients that DONT REACH TRACE. That would mean I went wrong somewhere with the measurements.

The next picture is what the soap should look like once the additives have been added and it has been poured into the mould. This one is lavender and smells lovely!! The next stage is to wrap it up in a towel and leave it alone for a day. It should then go through a gel phase and then turn opaque, ready to cut.

Ebroidery class 101

A kind lady has offered to teach a few of us "mature " students embroidery. I feel very privileged to have such an experienced lady teach us. so far we have been taught a few different stitches such as running stitch, couch stitch, chain stitch, blanket stitch and stem stitch. It is quite addictive and therapeutic... don't worry knitting, my love, you are still my number one :)