November 27, mitts and butterflies

Finished knitting the tumbs so my present for tomorrow is ready.

Also went along with the butterflies I need for my Sinterklaasparty next week. One is already finished, here are the ones I designed and cut from felt, but I still need to sew them.

But... time to remove my felt colorwheel from the ground so that I can walk safely again.

November 23, butterfly and mitts

I sorted through my stash of felt today, altough I failed to photograph the resulting color wheel. Then I went on designing a butterfly, an orange tip. I want to make 8 more for my Sinterklaas celebration (on December 6th) so I have to do some more (sew up the felt, add beads etc), but this is a start (it is about 10 cm wide).

Of course it would have been easier just to buy a package at Atelier Lindelicht (which has some amazing butterflies), but I want to make other varieties and more than 7... and there is enough felt lying around.
I also finished my first drag (a fingerless mitt) from a knitting pattern in the wonderful E-book Dreaming of Shetland. They were designed by Sheila January. Fumbling the thumb-part was the most time-consuming part, but I guess the right hand mitt would be easier (easier to photpgraph as well).

I added a small motif on the back of the hand, but it did not turn out as I planned. Anyway, this mitt is in the washing machine right now to full, curious which size it will turn out. I want to make a pair for my father in law for next week.. but I'll have to experiment to get the size right.

November 2, Butterfly

I bought a felt pack to make a butterfly, called Kleine vos (Little fox) in Dutch and if I'm correct Little tortoiseshell in English. I really like butterflies, saw one just like it last week (which is amazing since the temperatures are dropping now, and we had a really big storm this week).
On my Dutch blog I post pictures of butterflies, and I also have a pinterest board with all kinds of butterflies (crochet, other art and now this one as well).







Here is one from the Summer before last in my garden.

Atelier Lindelicht has some more butterflies in store, although not my other favorite (Peacock). Funny that although this is a crochet blog I did not do any crochet these past days. But I will get there.
I made a pinterest board for Art Every Day as well, so that is another way of following me through this challenge.