In the Making...

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Since Mr's Birthday has passed now, I can show you his surprise funny Birthday present. He has always been a big fan of Lego and as soon as I saw this guy, I knew where he was destined to go. The pattern is Some Assembly Required , and was a very clearly written pattern. It was a little fiddly to make but not too much sewing up like some toys. The majority of the pattern was made in the round on DPNs. The arms have safety eyes as joints, so his arms are poseable. He can be completely separated just like a real lego guy. Suffice to say, he went down rather well!

I seem to have been really busy this last week or two but not a lot to show for it. I've been sucked into the enthusiasm of the 2012 Woolly Wormhead KAL . I really enjoyed the Orchid Thief KAL. I've been very good recently and there has been an embargo on stash acquisition, which accidently came to an end yesterday when I bought this: I've a feeling one ball won't be enough as I've got rather a large head. There is 250m on the ball so I'm crossing fingers. There's plenty of knitting going on but nothing finished. Here's a sneak peak of my Rams and Yowes blanket: Hopefully it'll be finished shortly but I had a minor disaster with it last night. I'd sewn the border down to the inside and blindly did the whole thing without checking the tension of the sewing. When I'd finished I did my usual thing of pulling it into shape and proceeded to snap all the sewing that I'd done. I'd done it way too taut so I'm pa...