Friday FOs - 15.08.2014

Hello and welcome to another FO Friday post. I have the usual finish as well as a couple of others, and here they are.

Knooked Scarf

I'm not sure if my special stitches show up real well but I don't think that this was a failed experiment. Knooking does allow for easily mixing Crochet, Tunisian and Knitting stitches and I may do further experimenting with this.

Tiny Dog

Now I have two of these I can move on to the next toy.

Trauma Teddy #49

I'm still experimenting with making these in the round and one of the ladies at Craft'n'Cuppa on Wednesday suggested making the arms a bit bulkier. I'm not so sure about these and will probably switch back to the less bulky arms for the next one.

That's it from me for this week. Check out the links in the sidebar to see what others have been making.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 06.08.2014

Well, in spite of the fact that I haven't been feeling particularly productive this week, I have managed to work on all my projects, even finishing one of them, started three new projects and finished one of them, and almost finished my weekly Trauma Teddy, which was started after I took the photos and will be finished sometime tomorrow ready for Friday.

Here are all this week's WIPs.

Place-mat Border

The organizer of the Mirambeena Activities Group gave me this at the same time she gave me the handkerchief so I figured I had better get it done this term. I'm about halfway there already.

Woollen Baby Blanket - motifs from Ellen Gormley's book.

Added another four octagons to finish off the row. I am a bit concerned that I may still not have enough of the cream and may have to look at purchasing more. Hopefully I can get the same dye lot or at least one that is close enough that it won't be noticed.

Knooked Scarf

I think I may have done my last repeat of the pattern and am heading for the finish. I will check it for length when I get to where the next special rows would normally be.

Murray of Athol Tartan Rug

The next section of chains has been made and woven in.

Baby's Jacket, Pants and Hat set

The main part of the jacket is done, just need to do the fancy edging on the bottom.

Toddler's Jacket - Zoom by Ellen Gormley

One sleeve finished and the second started.

Tunisian Spiral Blanket

Another corner rounded and another change of colour done while waiting for my blood test yesterday.

Teddy Bear

One of the guys from church wants three bears to give as gifts so I'm experimenting. I think I may have made the neck a bit small on this one but  I'm sure it will be OK for someone. I may not let him have this one and just do some more experimenting until I get one that I'm happy with.

Well, that's it from me until Friday. Check out the links in the sidebar to see what everyone else has been making.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 30.07.2014

I've been a bit slack the last couple of days and haven't kept up my regular schedule so only a few of my projects have been worked on this week. The only projects I've worked on this week are the ones I took with me to Sydney on the weekend and my usual Trauma Teddy so here they are (minus the Trauma Teddy).

Toddler's Jacket - Zoom by Ellen Gormley

I have almost finished the first sleeve.

Woollen Baby Blanket

Another four octagons have been added. I think I'm almost up to where I was when I pulled it apart.

Knooked Scarf

I didn't get through a full repeat of the pattern this week bu progress was made.

I managed to finish the Trauma Teddy today so you will get to see it along with the items that I finished last week on Friday. In the mean time, check out the links in the sidebar to see what others have been making, and if you come back on Saturday you might get to see what I was up to last weekend.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 23.07.2014

It has been another busy week for me this week. I almost didn't get to work on all of my WIPs. I still haven't worked on any toys for the market stall which is a bit of a worry as I really need to replace some that I sold recently. Maybe I will get to them next week.

He are my WIPs for this week.

Woollen Baby Blanket - motifs for Ellen Gormley's book

I managed to complete another row of squares.

Knooked Scarf

I had a bit of trouble with this one having made a mistake and not finding out until I realised that I didn't have enough stitches to complete the patter so I had to frog quite a few rows to fix it. As a result I didn't complete a full repeat of the pattern so I may have to try and make up for that this week.

Tunisian Spiral Blanket in Rainbow colours

I spent a bit of time on this while waiting for Sue to get an injection.

Baby's Jacket, Pants and Hat set

I finished the crocheting on the main body of the Jacket this week. Just have to sew it up and get to work on the edging.

Toddler's Jacket - Zoom by Ellen Gormley

I managed to do a bit more work on the sleeve this week.

Small Santa Stocking

Finished the main part of the stocking and started sewing it up. This one should be finished for next Friday.

Murray of Athol Tartan Rug

A few more chains made and woven in.It's quite slow going with this one.

That's all my WIPs for this week. While I have a couple of items finished I won't be doing an FO Friday post this week as I will be going away for the weekend and won't have opportunity to take photos and won't have my laptop with me so you will have to wait until next week to see them. In the mean time, check out the links in the sidebar to see what others have been making.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 16.07.2014

It has been another busy week here in Rose Manor with quite a bit of progress and a couple of new projects. We got home from Craft'n'Cuppa a little late today and while it was bright and sunny for most of the day by the time we got home it was quite dull so my photos may reflect that lake of light.

Here are my WIPs for this week.

Woollen Baby Blanket - motifs from Ellen Gormley's book

Four octagons were added to this.

Murray of Athol Tartan Rug

Seven more chains have been woven in.

Knooked Scarf

One more repeat of the pattern has been completed.

Tunisian Lace Scarf

The border on the wrap has been done and the ruffle on one end has been completed. Just need to do the ruffle on the other end and sew in the ends and this will be done.

Baby's Jacket, Pants and Hat set

One side of the front is done.

Toddler's Jacket - Zoom by Ellen Gormley

The first sleeve has been started.

Small Santa Stocking

The last time I did this I increased the number of stitches by about 25%. This one is done to the pattern but is coming out a little narrower that the pattern say because I'm using 8 ply (DK) instead of worsted weight.

Tunisian Spiral Blanket

I wasn't planning on starting this at this time but I found myself in a waiting room without the correct tools for the project I had taken with me but I had a suitable hook and yarn so I started it anyway. I don't think there will be a lot of progress made on this for a while as I will only be working on it in waiting rooms until I get other things finished.

As usual, come back on Friday to see what I have finished this week and check out the links in the sidebar to see what others have been making.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 09.07.2014

It has been a good week for staying indoors this week with rain almost every day. I didn't spend all my time crocheting and knitting but I did get quite a bit done meeting all the targets I set for myself.

Here are my WIPs this week.

Woolen Baby Blanket - motifs from Ellen Gormley's book

Four octagons were added this week. Another couple of rows and I will be back to where I was before I pulled it apart.

Murray of Athol Tartan Rug

Seven more chains have been completed and woven in on this one.

Knooked Scarf

Another pattern repeat has been completed on this one.

Toddler's Jacket - Zoom by Ellen Gormley

The body is now complete. Time to start on the sleeves.

Baby's Jacket, Pants and Hat set

The next row is where I split for the two sides of the front so the back is complete.

Tunisian Lace Wrap

The main part of this is done, just working a dc (US sc) chain border around the whole thing then a bit a frilly stuff on either end.

Christmas Tree

I know it seems a bit early for Christmas stuff but I figure I need to get a bit done before September so I can start selling it in Spring.

I have also finished a couple of items which you will see on Friday so come back then to have a look. In the mean time, check out the links in the sidebar.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 02.07.2014

I have been quite productive this week having work on all my projects. I won't show you all the projects that I have worked on this week as some of them have produced finished objects. This is what my WIPs looked like after Craft'n'Cuppa this afternoon.

Woollen Baby Blanket - motifis from Ellen Gormley's book.

I managed to add a full row of squares this week.

Knooked Scarf

Another repeat of the pattern has been added to this.

Murray of Athol Tartan Rug

7 chains have been woven in on this completing the first green and black blocks.

Tunisian Lace Wrap

This has now reached an appropriate length so I have 8 rows of TKS and the trim to do.

Toddler's Jacket - Zoom by Ellen Gormley

The body of the jacket is almost complete. Just one more row and the edging then I start on the sleeves.

Baby's Jacket, Pants and Hat set

I started another Jacket Pants and hat set to replace the one I sold a few months ago.

That's all the WIPs for this week. Come back on Friday to check out all the finished objects. In the mean time, check out the links in the sidebar to see what others have been making.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 25.06.2014

This week I have concentrated on finishing off things that were almost finished so at least one of my projects has been neglected but three others have been finished. Here are the projects that I have worked on that won't feature in Friday's post.

Woollen Baby Blanket - motifs from Ellen Gormley's book

Hopefully the first few rows of this will work up a bit faster the second time through since some of the motifs are already done.

Toddler's Jacket - Zoom by Ellen Gormley

I seem to be getting some interesting pooling of colours going on here but I just started another ball of yarn so that might mess it up a bit.

Knooked Scarf

Another repetition of the pattern is done.

Tunisian Lace Wrap

This is almost long enough to start on the finishing touches. Just one more complete repetition of the pattern should do it.

No work was done on the tartan this week so I guess it will be first cab off the rank for next week. I will also have to think about starting a couple of other projects.

Be sure to come back on Friday to see all the finished objects. In the mean time, check out the links in the sidebar to see what others have been making.

Richard.

Wednesday WIPs - 18.06.2014

I have had another week where I have struggled to concentrate on my projects. As a result, two of my WIPs didn't get worked on, two others that should have been finished this week aren't and one of my other projects didn't get worked on so FO Friday is going to be a bit light on for photos this week.

Anyhow, most of my projects have been worked on so here are my WIPs for this week.

Woollen Baby Blanket

I pulled this one apart and started again. The plan is to scatter the motifs with the different yarn throughout the blanket to try and make them less obvious and kinda make it look like it was done on purpose.

Knooked Scarf

We had a knitting party at our local Spotlight store and this is the project that I took with me. A few people were somewhat intrigued with the fact that I was using a crochet hook to achieve a knitted fabric.

Small Bunny

This is one of those projects that should have been finished this week but all I did was to crochet the other ear parts, sew up the main body and start stuffing it. I need to finish stuffing, sew up the ears and sew them on, crochet the tail and sew it into place and embroider the facial features. I should be able to do that over the weekend.

Matinee Jacket

This is the other project that should have been finished by now and all I did this week was to crochet the second sleeve. I will have to see if I can find time to sew this one together over the weekend.

Murray of Athol Tartan Rug

I finished making the mesh and now I'm onto weaving in the chains. It should start looking like a tartan soon.

Tunisian Lace Wrap

Another couple of stints in waiting rooms has seen this grow a little more. I'm not sure where I will take it next. Maybe to the Knit in Public Day event that one of the local business people has organised.

That's all my WIPs for this week. Be sure to check back on Friday to see what I have finished but don't expect to be surprised by it. In the mean time, check out the links in the sidebar to see what everyone else has been making.

Richard.