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I haven't posted here in yonks, so thought I'd share the things I've made since.. probably around Christmas.

  

I made this for my parent's thirtieth wedding anniversary.  Thirty years is the pearl anniversary, so I wanted some way of incorporating that.  The little birds are from Knitting Amigurimi, by Anna Hrachovec.

From the same book:

  

Tiny hamsters (my sister picked the yarn out of scraps in my box-o-yarn).

  
 

 

 

Squirrel on wheels.  It's a snazzy book!

  

iPhone cosy, my own pattern.  I wanted the text to look like the old blocky SMS text, but I don't know how well that worked out.

  

Based on the amazing Brainmonster hat, but I used this pattern (Ravelry link) because I wanted to use bulky yarn I had left over from a jumper.  Dublin has a pretty poor googly eye selection, so I improvised with the buttons, but I think if I were making it again I'd just embroider on eyes.

I used the same pattern for this, then crocheted two fluffy yarns held together for the mane (more of a mohawk, but that's good too) and knitted a cone for the horn.

  

 

Made using the Star-Crossed Slouchy Beret pattern (another Rav link) with Rowan Cocoon, which is a lovely yarn.  When I blocked it it became rather gigantic, but then the weather improved, so it's been put on the long finger until Winter rolls around.

 

   

Garter socks made using Opal sports yarn.  My first proper socks!

  

  

The purple top is what it was originally shaped like.  I used this tutorial, which is simple (to follow and to do) and is cheery and has puns and is a very good starter if you're scred of the sewing machine!  I was a bit careless in following it exactly - it said to cut fourteen inches up the front, and since I used a rather long top, that didn't leave much fabric at the top of the front. Happily, it said to cut sixteen inches up the back, so I used that as the front and shortened the sleeves by a few inches. Modesty prevailed, boobs lost the day. I also had to use a black t-shirt to make the panels at the side, given that I overestimated how much width the stripy top could lose and still be wearable.

Most of these were made as a fund-raising effort for a conservation programme I'm going away with this summer.  I'm looking forward to working on my own projects again!

P.S. I'm Forkis on Ravelry and I post things here on a more regular basis, though this post has you pretty well caught up on it. :)