Knitting: Everett the elephant

About 2 weeks ago I was invited to do another test knit for Linda Dawkins / mamma4earth. I really like test knitting for her, so I joined.

This time it was for an elephant. And below you see the results of it. It was an easy and lovely pattern. Very nice to knit. I picked Garnstudio Drops yarns, Nepal in grey and Lima in white. They were both very nice yarns to knit with, so in all I had a great time.

In case you are interested in purchasing this pattern from Linda, here is the link to her Ravelry store. The pattern is $6. Well worth the money I would say. The link: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/everett-the-elephant

You can also visit her blog: http://www.naturalsuburbia.com/2015/12/everett-the-elephant.html

Enjoy!

Knitting: Marin the horse

In 2014 I joined a test knit of Linda Dawkins for the Marin the Horse pattern. I finished one of them, as was the plan, but then one of my other children wanted to have a horse like that as well, which was quite understandable as it is a very cute horse. So I started making the other one, but then family issues happened, so I didn't manage to finish it. It ended up in a box due to moving short after that. Upon arrival in our house we found it to be left in an appalling state by our tenant, so it stayed in a box. Only recently I ended up being able to take it out and finish it.

The first picture is of the first horse. The second one of the horse I finished last weekend. I have use Hjertegarn Incawool for these 2 projects, these are self striping yarns and they give a lovely look to the treasured softies :-)

Through this link you can buy the pattern if you would like: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/marin-the-spring-horse

Here you can see the blog post of Linda about the pattern of the horse: http://www.naturalsuburbia.com/2014/04/marin-spring-horse-pattern-finished.html

Knitting: Celtic earth hat Test knit

On 24 January I was invited to join a test knit. This time for a hat, the Celtic earth hat. It has been designed by Linda Dawkins, also known as mamma4earth. It looks really nice and it should knit up really fast and easily.
I have looked through my stash and found a fitting yarn that will do nicely. Not the nicest of colours, but just nice.

On 26 January I cast on and I finished it on the 27th. It was a very straightforward and easy pattern to knit. When it goes on sale I recommend getting it and making this hat for as many family members as would like to have one LOL

Finished, laying flat on the table.

On a child's head :-)

As said child immediately confiscated it, I have in the meantime cast on another one for myself, as I really like the hat and want one for myself as well.

This one will be in a blue and white yarn. I really like this yarn.

Here is the link to the blog post of Linda about this hat:
http://www.naturalsuburbia.com/2016/01/celtic-earth-hat-test-knit.html

And here you can find her on Ravelry.com:
http://www.ravelry.com/people/mamma4earth

Knitting: Henrietta Hedgehog test knit

On 9 October 2015 Linda Dawkins started a new test knit. I decided I wanted to participate. So after I received the pattern I started knitting the small project. I love her designs. They are usually fairly easily knit and the patterns are always very clear. This design used the loop stitch, which I never done before.
I had decided to use my handspun yarn as that would suit perfectly for the project.
Below you can find a few pictures of the progress of the project.

My choosen yarns

Right after the first few loops

And some more loops.

Finished knitting

The belly

Only the eyes and nose left

And finished :-)

Knitting: Shark test knit

Linda Dawkins asked me to Jon in a test knit for her latest pattern. As I love her patterns I was ever so pleased to be able to test it. The start date is 21 August and it has to be finished by 1 September. I managed to finish it by 31 August, so just in time.

Here is the link to the Ravelry page on which the pattern is:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/finn-the-shark

Here are some pictures of my shark.