Miss Aine

*** This giveaway is now closed *** I read only last weekend about the May Giveaway Day on the SewMamaSew blog. Its such a cool idea so I decided to take part. Up for grabs are these two little cats. I made them as favours for Smem's birthday but made too many. Two winners will be chosen at random on June 1st and I am willing to ship internationally as they're only small and are very light. Comment away! (but please make sure that I can get your email from your blogger profile so that I can contact you if you win) Good Luck!

Ariel! A pattern will be sent to you some time today. Thanks to everyone else who joined in on the giveaway. There will be another giveaway running from Tuesday in conjuction with the SewMamaSew blog(in the blogs I read section) as they have organised a worlwide giveaway day so log in then for a chance to win two tiny teds.

*** 25.05.09 This giveaway is now closed *** This month's giveaway is now open. Up for grabs is a pdf knitting pattern for ..... Kish! He works in the city in the financial district. He's very good at his job so he made lots of money, enough to buy a big house in the country. Its kinda' lonely staying in such a big house all by himself so his friends, Kapoor and Kelly, come and visit him every weekend. Leave a comment (and some way for me to contact you, either by making your profile public, giving your own blog address or your Ravelry or Etsy name - if you leave an anonymous post you can't win 'cause I can't get your details to send you the pattern) and be in with a chance to win. One winner will be picked at random on Monday morning. Good Luck!

The crying baby is still present in this house but I'm learning how to manage her better every day. Playing her cd's constantly helps! For the last week or so I've been working on a scarf. I used a recycled yarn that I bought months ago on Dwanda . Its made from silk, linen, cotton and others and is kind of shimmery. Its got a lovely weight once knit so I thought a fancy evening scarf would suit it. I got the pattern on Ravelry . It was super easy to knit and really quick. I finished that last night so today I started knitting a hairband of my own design, and actually got it finished in a few hours. I just need to get a picture of it on my head and then I may put it for sale in my Etsy shop (need to make some money!). Today I also started piecing together a baby quilt today and got the patchwork finished this evening (see what I mean about being productive!). I need to add a border and then quilt and bind it. Can't show pictures 'cause I'm going to pu...

This week I have mostly been making dolls - so much fun! (I've also been knitting a scarf, which I finished tonight, but no pics yet). I'm trying out different hairstyles so that means making lots of dolls. This is Sophie. She's got a cute reversible dress and little gingham boy shorts (to keep her modesty!) For sale now in my Etsy shop .

Yesterday C took Smem out to visit friends so I got a chance to do some interrupted sewing. I half thought about doing some dressmaking but then decided to have some fun making dolls. I came up with my own pattern shortly after Smem was born ( Molly and Sabrina ) but haven't felt confident enough to write it up into a pattern for sale. So I decided to work on this pattern some more. I changed the hair and made her dress reversible, which also means there are no exposed seams. This one has one crocked leg so she's been donated to Smem . Now its just a case of how the hair holds up when Smem plays with her - the ultimate test!

Things are starting to sort of return to normal here now. Apart from the baby who is not really sleeping (think the 'eye' teeth are coming through) and is flat-out refusing to take a bottle any more. C's former boss had a baby at the start at the week so I got busy making a present - a monkey. This is quite an old pattern I have from a Patons book 'Gift Ideas'. The pattern was okay to knit but the making-up instructions were pretty sparse - I'm spoilt doing Jean Greenhowe patterns all these years! He's a cool, old-school monkey. Smem was so out of sorts this evening that I gave her the Louise doll I made last week. First things first, she took off her shoes, then left her lying on the floor. I suppose its to be expected. Smem refusing to wear shoes (or socks for that matter) so I shouldn't be surprised that her toys are not allowed to wear them either! I still haven't got a chance to catch up with all the blogs that I read. And it won't hap...