I saw the pattern for these lovely characters back in the summer and thought that the set would make a lovely gift for my daughters 1st birthday. I had planned to knit all 4 – but only managed 2 (and a half) in time for her birthday.
The pattern is Patons Book 3806 and they are knitted in Patons Smoothie DK.
I wasn’t sure about the yarn when I bought it as it looks like a cotton yarn but is 100% Acrylic – in the end it was very nice to knit with and as long as you didn’t accidentally split the threads – it knitted up beautifully.
I did, however, make a number of changes to the pattern.
When I started on the first leg, I noticed that the increase stitches showed up making the stripes look quite bity. So I changed it from a stripe starting on a knit row to a stripe starting on a purl row – this meant the increase happened within the stripe and the resulting stripe was far neater.
Another change I made was to the knitting of the body and head – in the pattern the body and head are two separate pieces that need stitching together – I made it all in one piece for a smoother finish.
And the final change was to the wings – the pattern wings were quite large and I didn’t like them. I tried to crochet some lacy wings, but realised that it probably wasn’t wise as little fingers would get caught up in them. So I ended up crocheting a pair that looked a little like butterfly wings and trimmed with a blanket stitch using Anchor Artiste Silver Metallic yarn.
I do hope to finish the third one – Forget-Me-Not, to join Daisy and Rose, and if I get time I would love to knit/crochet a little garden for the fairies to play in….
The scrap page was put together on CraftArtist – using Bambino Thoughts digit kit and some of my own images.
Regards
Stompy x
After a mad rush up to Christmas (we had builders in insulating an old loft conversion) there was unfortunately little time to spend baking and making. I had started knitting some Alan Dart mice back in November, so these got finished to hang on the Christmas tree – one for each daughter.
I also decided that I would take cake pops to my sister-in-laws for our Christmas Eve family meal – the reindeer heads with orange Matchstick antlers went down a treat with the kids.
Having a 3 year old daughter – Hello Kitty is very apparent in our house and the day before putting the decorations up, she asked for a Hello Kitty door wreath and decorations for the Christmas tree. The wreath was a step to far - we ended up with a hand made willow, ivy and red berries, but unfortunately the hook kept falling off the door. For the tree we came up with the idea of making little Hello Kitty angels – we printed off some images, drew up the wings. Emily then cut out the heads (I helped around the whiskers), wings and the semi circle dress - the lot was stuck together with plenty of cellotape. A loop of silver thread was attached and a hoop of tinsel added for a sparkly touch. They looked great on the tree, and will be stored away for next year.
During advent, we had a Hello Kitty calendar, the sort where you got a little toy behind each window. By Christmas Day we had furniture for a bedroom, kitchen and lounge plus two little characters. On the back was a room scene to cut out but it wasn’t big enough for all the toys, so after Christmas we made a 3 storey house out of an old cereal packet. Unfortunately Emily decided they had to have stairs too – so an extension was added for the two flights of cardboard stairs. Each room was then decorated using the scrap wrapping paper from Christmas. So now Hello Kitty and Mimmy have a house to play in.
The scrap page was hurriedly put together on CraftArtist – using a number of Christmas themed digit kits
All the best for 2012
Regards
Stompy x
