Young Sweetie is Complete!!

I finished Young Sweetie on schedule!! Below are some pictures!! I am so delighted with how she turned out that I can't stop looking at her and picking her up!! I think Fred may be a little jealous!! =D

The chocolate apple and ice cream cone before I sewed them on

Do you think she looks like her pattern companion?

Young Sweetie in all her glory!!

Next on the list of things to knit are a bride and groom!! Another Jean Greenhowe pattern! I am a huge fan of hers!! Patterns are easy to follow and always a joy to knit!!

Jean Greenhowe's Bride and Groom

 This pattern is from the Little Gift Dolls pattern book! I have already started the bride! I have her legs, body and head knitted and stuffed and her face sewn on! I am now knitting her arms! These dolls are much smaller than young sweetie so therefore don't take as long! I hope to finishthe bride within a few weeks and hope to be finished both bride and groom by August...although I refuse to state when in August as you might hold me to it! =D

Happy Knitting and Crafting

Helena =D

Young sweetie pics update!!

I have been very busy indeed for the last few days...I made it my mission to spend at least one hour every night working on young sweetie! You can see the results in the photos below! Again I forgot to take some photos of my progress along the way!!

Young sweetie from the back

The above photo is taken from behind to show y'all the detail from this angle. I love her cross over straps and pink liquorice buttons. She also has liquorice buttons on the front of her pinafore. I knitted and attached these first and then did the back ones...the back ones came out better after all the practice with the first two!

Young sweetie is gathering her sweets

This photo is of young sweetie to the front. She has her liquorice sweet buttons on her pinafore, her chocolate flake and candy sticks in her pockets and my favorite bit of all...the lollipops on her hat!! I love these..I think the really add character!!! I have attached a photo below of the lollipops before I sewed then to her hat.

Lollipops!

The lollipop sticks, chocolate flake and candy sticks were made by inserting straws inside the knitted piece. I don't have photos...as guess what..you guessed it...I FORGOT TO TAKE SOME! I am knitting the chocolate apple at the moment. The stick for the chocolate apple is also made up by inserting a straw..I will make sure to take photos of this!! =D

Hope you like my young sweetie update!! Please let me know by leaving a comment!!

Happy Knitting and Crafting


Helena =D

Over a month later and finally a young sweetie update!

OMIGOD! Haven'tpostedinamonth.Iamsosorry!

That is me muttering with embarrassment at my blog update tardiness!

Let me see..what have I been doing for the last month...yes..it has been exactly a month since my last update!! It is criminal in fact!

As I have mentioned before..the weekend is really the only time I have to myself to knit, visit friends and really get to spend time with my fiance...the latter two which I seem to be doing a lot more of lately...It must be a summer thing....an inability to sit indoors when one could be outside enjoying the summer sun!! Summer sun?!! That may be a slight exaggeration here in Ireland....more like..the marginally warmer temperatures which would still be classed as winter in most countries around the world but here in Ireland calls for BBQS and the wearing of inappropriate summer clothes despite the fact it is only 12 degrees Celsius! But alas..we do it anyway and so...knitting becomes more a winter hobby...something to do on the dark evenings in front of a warm fire!! I intend to break this habit and make knitting a summer hobby also!!! After all, I need to..young sweetie has a very important job to do and must be finished on time...summer is no excuse!

So in between weekends of visiting friends..some which we flew to Madrid to visit (a valid excuse for not knitting), a very bad toothache and a visit to the dentist which left me bed bound for a weekend and a trip to Antrim in Northern Ireland..I finally managed to knit and attach Young Sweeties arms and here she is!!! All she needs now are her sweets!!

An almost complete Young Sweetie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And she already has some of them!! In her pockets are two sticks of rock and a flake..unfortunately..I have no pictures to add as I forgot to take some!! Sometimes I get so absorbed with knitting that I forget to obtain the camera and snap some photos ..I just want to get each piece finished so I can have that rush of satisfaction!! =D

I promise to have pictures for my next bog post..and I promise not to leave it quite so long...I have set an end date for which young sweetie must be finished!! And that is Thursday 23rd June!!! A fairly random date but it might put some speed on me!!

Until again..Happy knitting and crafting


Helena =D