F.O. Friday - Cuddly, snuggly

Been on a picnic with my youngest daughter to a local park. We had a great time and the sun was shining all day.

Of course. No picninc without some crafting and a book to read , while she was playing.

Anyway it's F.O.Friday.
Being busy with The Ravallenics and an event that requires you NOT to finish what you start, I still got to fasten off a few projects.
As I wrote  here , my grandsons birthday was up and I was making presents for him.

First there's one of Freshstitches patterns from her book Crocheted Softies. I love making her patterns.

Meet Hootie The Owl made in Smart from Sandnes.

Then the Sunnyside Cardigan got done. It's hard to see with the yarn I used, but there's cables in the pattern.

That's it from me this friday.
So did you get anything finished this week ?

For more awesome F.O.s this friday ,make sure to visit Tami's

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

F.O.Friday - Long long ago...

Once upon a time I used to only knit after danish patterns....
Then...
I discoverd US and UK patterns and a whole new World of knitting opened up.
So one of the unfinished things I had laying around was a cardigan I made for my daughter. It has been waiting for me to finish it for quite some time, and since I'm pretty busy with my secret project I thought that this cardigan should be this weeks F.O.
I only needed to attach buttons and sew some ends in. I'm not really that pleased with the finished piece , but my daughter loves it :)

Oh yeah and when I looked at some of the tails they were very short..and I was like ..WHAT!! I never have that short tails .......When I took a closer look it was obvious to me what had happened.

You see...I have 2 cats....One of them is a Maine Coon, he never ever touches my knitting or crocheting projects or my yarn or anything else that has to do with knitting or crocheting...except...if he feels overlooked  or if he's mad at me or just plain an eye for an eye like.."you scolded me ,now I am getting even...."

His the MASTER..at least he tries to be haha.

So..back to my F.O.

Tadaaaa

I used the original yarn from the pattern. The pattern can be found here  ( US version)

Drops BabyAlpacaSilk :  70 % Alpaca and 30 % Silk.
Circular needles size 3 1/2 and 4 1/2
Coconut buttons.


Have a great and productive weekend for more awesome F.O.'s be sure to visit Tami's

Thank you for reading and commenting :)

Crocheting and then some...

So real life took over and I had a lot of stuff going on. All taking care of and back to the things I love most (besides my kids and my pets).
I have several projects going on both knitting and crocheting. Some of them are just "dying" to get done. You know..assemblied one way or the other ,weaving in ends etc...So that is my goal for tomorrow, after cleaning my ferrets cages ,changing their bedsheets and so on.

I did ,however, take my time to sign up for several online classes at Craftsy .
One of the classes is Tunisian Crochet taught by Jennifer Hansen aka Stitchdiva .

Tunisian crochet is so much fun. Here is a picture of a multicolored spa cloth I made,one of the patterns you get when you sign up for the class..

I got so inspired by that project I decided to make a cardigan for my mother as a birthday present. The pattern for the cardigan is from a book on Tunisian Crochet I bought.
You can buy the book here  and the patterns is called Tranquil Escape.

I am a bit behind schedule though. At least it feels like it. Still need to chrochet a little over 1/2 a cardigan and her b-day is this Thursday.

So far it looks like this

Thank you for stopping by :)