In the Making...

My mum bought me a basket from the local farmer's market as a present. The idea being I can keep all my current knitting bits in so they don't end up everywhere. It's a lovely basket but I thought it needed a bit of decoration. I've not done any crochet for quite some time. I used Attic 24's May Roses  pattern and did a htr circle for the liner. Not sure whether to add any more, so I'm leaving it for the moment. Bo likes it.

Conception to.... acquisition to... creation. He keeps taking his hat off. I've had a word with him about it. I especially love his tail The pattern is Bo Rabbit  by Susan Hickson. My ravelry project page for Bo  and more details.

At my LYS, A Good Yarn , there was the New Launch sale last week (I bought too much and daren't blog about it). There were lots of lovely yarns in stock. I wanted to use the Bergeré de France, Coton Fifty  and the shop has had Mary Jane's Tearoom patterns in stock. They have been hugely popular in the shop, probably in part to the wonderful samples that have been knitted up. I always have a penchant for stranded colourwork and Bo Rabbit appealed to me the most. So I ended up sketching a Bo Rabbit to try out a different colour combination. Here's my "Bo in Blue": It would have been better if I'd used my sketchbook but it helped me make a decision. So here's the yarn I bought to make him. However, the side effect of the sketch was, I really wanted to draw again. Some of my friends had been pinning some " Zentangle " designs that caught my eye.  So a fair amount of research and many hours later. Here are the results. ...