Last night I finally finished making the jean greenhowe santa (http://www.jeangreenhowe.com/christmas.html) just in time to wake up this morning to a blanket of snow! What a good way to begin the festive run up to christmas. I have attached pictures of the finished product.
You won't believe how hard it was to get those photos...my little dog Fred adores the camera and likes nothing better than to pose in front of it...he wants to be Irelands next top model it appears and he does not like it when the camera is not focused solely on him!! :p
There he is...sticking his head in!!!
So I have started my next project!! This time a hat for my lovely fiance! He saw a hat in this seasons knit simple mag (an american mag published seasonly - I find the american mags much better value than the monthly british mags). The website address is www.knitsimplemag.com and I have attached a pic of the hat from the mag below. He decided he really wanted this hat although I have never attempted anything like it before and upon first reading the pattern never thought I would be able.
It is supposed to be knitted with a mostly merino wool however I am doing it on the cheap and picked an acrylic cotton like wool which I bought in hickeys in Galway. I think it is tivoli but I will have to check that. I picked the colour to match a scarf that he already has..its not the exact same but close.You can see in the second picture I have a stitch marker placed to mark the end of the round. The stitch markers curtesy are of my mother when she went to the knitting and stitching show in the RDS.
When I finish this project I plan on starting a little winter jacket for Fred (just so he can pose in it for the camera - he will love that) and to keep him warm in the snow! :p
If anyone has any questions about anything I have posted please do leave me a comment!!
From snowy Galway,
Helena
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