The website for grandparents

Following on from my success with the crochet flowers I have now bought a flower loom and have been busy making even more flowers!!!!I

Its great fun and very addictive. I just need to work out now what to do with them all !!!

Any ideas????

Gaynor

I saw a piece on the news last week about Trauma Teddies. Apparently these teddies are being made for the emergency services. Each child gets a teddy who is then their friend and helps them through their traumas.

What a lovely idea! So now there is no excuse not to get your knitting needles out. Just imagine if every knitter just made one each how many teddies would be available to children.

If anyone would like the pattern to make a Trauma Teddy let me know your email address and I will forward it to you.

Gaynor

I have spent a lovely afternoon in the garden with my knitting and radio in the shade of a parasol. How nice to knit outdoors with the grass under my feet.

I am still making knitted food but I also have on the go a teddy bear with a bag to carry her in that then turns into a bed for her. I will ask Gill to put more photos up for me soon.

What is everyone else making in this lovely weather? Or do some of you put away your needles and bring them out again in the winter?

Calling all lemur-lovers - knitted lemurs to be precise, you can now download the pattern at:

http://www.hottershoes.com/wcsstore/ConsumerDirectStorefrontAssetStore/i...

Now this is a really useful lemur. As you will see from the above website, the pattern was created by Alan Dart for The Hotter Comfort Shoe Company to raise money to help children in Madagascar. So far the lemurs have raised £1,800.

Apparently,on June 12th Bristol is to hold its first World Wide Knit in Public Day, it was started in 2005 by Danielle Landes.

More information www.wwkipday.com 

Jane.

Well thats another batch of cakes made. I have to admit it is getting really addictive making them. I am making some for local charities to be sold at fetes and I am selling some to friends and family and on eBay. So far so good. They are going like hot cakes lol

Gaynor

Any other cross stitch nuts on here? I always have a least one project on the go I've recently done a Winnie the Pooh birth sampler and a farmyard inspired toy bag for my granddaughters aged 2 months and 12 months.

Just realised that title sounds a bit rude lol but we all know what I mean.

I am on the brink of finishing my Pooh Bear, pics to follow soon!

Gaynor

I cant believe how interesting knitting has become since I last picked up my pins years ago. I am fascinated with all the different things that can be knitted these days. I had never heard of kitting with lace and cant wait to have a go.

I am especially fascinated with all the knitted food and am going to have a go at making cupcakes too. I know we were having a laugh about crocheted flowers for a wedding but really these knitted cupcakes are being sold on eBay as wedding favors and they are just so cute!

I am getting on ok with my Pooh Bear but am having trouble with the cast off method used on this. I have always cast off the usual way in the past. I tried doing it as per the instructions but it all came undone. It says to pass each stitch 1 by 1 over the first stitch and thread yarn  through last stitch.

What am I doing wrong?

Help?

Gaynor

Well I have finally got my Pooh Bear knitting kit. I successfully bid for it on eBay and won it for £7.99 which is about half the price its being sold for.

I hope I can do him justice as I am not too confident but I will keep you posted on how I am doing.

Gaynor

Thanks to those of you who have cleverly got the right answers to some of the questions. You have got until Monday to finish this quiz and then I will publish another one, but this time I would like YOU to say what subject you want questions on.

Please reply to this post with the subject you would like.

Gaynor

Has anyone tried to reproduce digital prints onto canvas? The process is tricky but appears to be straight forward enough to be attempted at home. . (If it was that difficult there wouldn't be so many companies offering this service!). I did buy a book which outlines the procedure but it was American and the chemical used to paint over the print  doesn't seem to be available in he UK and the authors e-mail is defunct.

Ok here we go with the first quiz.

Q1 What knitted item did Mary Queen of Scots wear at her execution?

Q2 Which newspaper has a crusader as its logo?

Q3 Which museum  has launched a pioneering project called Potweb, an online catalogue of the entire ceramic collection?

Q4 Whose horse was Black Bess?

Q5 Where were the first crochet patterns found and when?

Q6 Where is embroidery believed to have originated from?

Q7 Otoplasty is the surgical alteration of what external body parts?

I have been wondering if members of the group would like a quiz once in a while. It could be with art and crafts in mind and a couple of general knowledge questions thrown in for good measure.

If you would like a quiz can you please reply to this post? A simple yes or no will be fine, thanks.

Gaynor>

For a quick-knit cover for a last minute Easter Chick with small egg, such as Cadbury Creme, all you need is:

Small ball of double-knit wool; felt fragment; black or brown wool or embroidery thread; 4mm knitting needles; embroidery, or other, needle to sew together and add features. Here's what to do:

Cast on 20 stitches and knit 2 rows.

Knit 5 rows, increasing 1 stitch at each end. (30 stitches in all).

Knit 6 rows.

Cast off 7 stitches at the beginning of the next 2 rows.(16 stitches).

Knit 2 rows.

My Canadian social-network friend sent this web link - it's an animation which gives food for thought about modern-day living. It's also great for ideas for keeping the grandchildren amused, making greetings cards, and maybe making animations oneself!

http://www.wheredidcommunitygo.com/

To Gaynor and Winnie the Pooh lovers, the knitting pattern is headed 'Disney; and is 'Winnie the Pooh Bear Knit Kit' PBNK000-0048A available from Coats Crafts UK.

Anyone know where I can get a pattern for pooh bear? I have seen them in photo gallery and would love to make one!

Gaynor