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