tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44678500800657877512024-03-14T03:51:26.724+00:00Creative EndeavoursMaking it up as I go along!Princess Fidelmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536351897796060769noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467850080065787751.post-72407392070705730342015-03-30T20:30:00.000+01:002015-03-30T20:30:01.583+01:00Lent 2015 Challenge : P.I.G. number 5<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lent 2015 Challenge : P.I.G. number 5</span><br /><br />The Union Jack Gargoyle Patterns and Wool bag<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/goswald-of-graveney-st-george--gargoyle" target="_blank">Goswald of Graveney St George</a> </span>was the first pattern I bought for myself and <a href="http://helpivestartedsomethingelse.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/goswald-gargoyle_20.html" target="_blank">the second item I ever knitted</a>, the first I finished. Since then I have developed a little obsession
with woolly gargoyle patterns</span><br />
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This bag contains: <br />
Little Uns Gargoyle <br />
Stone The Gargoyle <br />
Percy Pandragon <br />
Simon The Baleful <br />
Some random balls of wool that sneaked in </span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Do1OU0WEhN0/VRbfeDTeUaI/AAAAAAAAAN0/8_Itfs91QFs/s1600/bag%2B5%2Bwool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Do1OU0WEhN0/VRbfeDTeUaI/AAAAAAAAAN0/8_Itfs91QFs/s1600/bag%2B5%2Bwool.jpg" height="286" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The doll and jewellery drill bits I’ve been hunting for for about a year. </span><br />
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<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0YC0_7NkLX8/VRbfO5TRdKI/AAAAAAAAANU/kui9Pcuy7SA/s1600/bag%2B5%2Bdrill%2Bbits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0YC0_7NkLX8/VRbfO5TRdKI/AAAAAAAAANU/kui9Pcuy7SA/s1600/bag%2B5%2Bdrill%2Bbits.jpg" height="207" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://craftingenue.wordpress.com/little-uns/" target="_blank">Little Uns Gargoyle </a></span></span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Al8U75A7Ci8/VRbfO59ZTMI/AAAAAAAAANQ/GfkUaCNXdU8/s1600/bag%2B5%2Bgargoyle%2Ba%2B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Al8U75A7Ci8/VRbfO59ZTMI/AAAAAAAAANQ/GfkUaCNXdU8/s1600/bag%2B5%2Bgargoyle%2Ba%2B.jpg" height="215" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />This is my first attempt at amigurumi, this also learned me starting in a magic
loop. <br />
<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.devonmonk.com/knitting-gallery/stone-the-gargoyle-pattern/" target="_blank">Stone The Gargoyle </a></span></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jidIPQ4xig4/VRbfWXcBwQI/AAAAAAAAANo/fW_Q-P2MKq8/s1600/bag%2B5%2Bgargoyle%2Bd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jidIPQ4xig4/VRbfWXcBwQI/AAAAAAAAANo/fW_Q-P2MKq8/s1600/bag%2B5%2Bgargoyle%2Bd.jpg" height="246" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
This was my first try at knitting in the round AND using double pointed needles
(DPNs) I got jabbed violently in the booby while knitting him… repeatedly … DPN
knitting is jabby and painful when you first start. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Percy has lovely big feet with toes, like his brother <a href="http://www.theoldtoyknittingshop.co.uk/goswald.htm" target="_blank">Goswald</a>. <br />
<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.theoldtoyknittingshop.co.uk/simon.htm" target="_blank">Simon The Baleful </a></span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dQ-ANN7zCsI/VRbfWYyFf8I/AAAAAAAAANk/LVcDOFo0qQk/s1600/bag%2B5%2Bgargoyle%2Bc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dQ-ANN7zCsI/VRbfWYyFf8I/AAAAAAAAANk/LVcDOFo0qQk/s1600/bag%2B5%2Bgargoyle%2Bc.jpg" height="320" width="264" /></a><br /><br />How can he be baleful when he’s all soft and squishy?? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe it’s because he’s smaller than his
brothers? Small Gargoyle Syndrome? <br />
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Why have I called this one The Handsome Man Moustache bag? I haven’t a clue. I
don’t actually like hairy faced men, the only time I like a moustache is when
it’s fabric print, jewellery, just not on a face. <br />
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This one contains: <br /><a href="http://www.alandart.co.uk/product/people/pirate/" target="_blank">Alan Dart’s Pirate. </a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> At one time I went through all the patterns I was in the middle of making, and
made a list of everything I needed to finish them all. Then promptly lost the
list. This was one of the things on the list. I’m assuming there’s a whole lot
of sewing together and stuffing involved with this, I think I remember it
needing drinking straws, or pipe cleaners, or something, too. But looking at
all the little pieces I’m a little overwhelmed… </span>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I got these after Halloween intending to make Dia De Los Muertos decorations. I
am very drawn to the original Halloween (not axe murderers and horror, that is
NOT Halloween, it’s just nasty) and Day of the Dead spirituality and
celebrations. The thought of playing cards, and dancing, and playing music and
riding bikes after we leave this world is incredibly reassuring to me. </span></div>
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I have to paint it white before I start to decorate. I managed to spray paint
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<br />Princess Fidelmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536351897796060769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467850080065787751.post-72581035119192406302015-03-28T19:30:00.000+00:002015-03-28T19:30:00.305+00:00Lent 2015 Challenge : P.I.G. number 2 : Ravenclaw Corvus Scarf Update<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lent
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I had never heard of Double Knitting until I got </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-null-hypothesis-scarf" style="line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">this pattern</a><span style="line-height: 115%;">. I was
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Double Knitting seems to be the sort of delightfully creative thing that any
self-respecting Ravenclaw would take on. What better than a double knit
(Corvus) Raven (Crow, Jackdaw) scarf in the Ravenclaw house colours?? </span><br />
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I had no idea WHERE to start, and watched many youtube videos, each left me
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FINALLY I found this one from <a href="https://youtu.be/Z0uwla1VYHQ" target="_blank">RJ Knits</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />And I understood. Hoorar! </span><br />
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My yarn and the pattern didn’t get along too well. Knitted single (1 ball) the
scarf was too narrow, knitted double (2 balls of same colour together) it was
too stiff, so I added 8 stitches each end (4 stitches for each side/colour). I
also added an extra stitch to the ends because I twisted both yarns together and
I didn’t like how it went straight into the pattern instead of being a boarder
or edging. Every instruction I’ve seen has said you work the pattern knit purl,
because I knitted the first stitch/twisted boarder edge stitch, and was too
impatient to work out how to do otherwise, I’ve had to work it purl knit (I was
part way through the second foot print when I realised I could have purled
instead of knitted the edge stitch. Doh!) . Because of the extra stitches I
also had to adapt the foot print part of the pattern, I just made them a few
stitches further apart, but I re-drew it on square paper, representing the new
number of stitches, so I could follow it easily. I’m also using a lot of stitch
markers, marking each side of the footprint centre, and the 4 added stitches at
each edge, this also marks where the furthest stitch for the foot goes. They
all look a bit scary but it would be harder for me to work without them! </span><br />
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One thing that I did that as super helpful was print the corvus part of the pattern
again, making sure I had one facing each way (one for knitting one side, one
for the other when I turn it around) stuck them back to back, making sure they
lined up (used window as a lightbox to do the matching, but that’s cos I’m a
bit OCD about that sort of thing), then laminated them, so I could draw through
the rows as I knitted them, before doing this I really cocked up the pattern
early in because I couldn’t keep track of what was happening and had to unravel
by about 10 rows. It’s wipe clean and can be cleaned for the raven at the other
end of the scarf. If you can’t ge to a laminator, I guess taping it inside a
polythene folder pocket would do the trick too. I didn’t do the mirror image of
the footprint I adapted, and it’s pretty annoying having to think in reverse. </span><br />
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What looked like this at the start of Lent is now looking like
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Princess Fidelmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536351897796060769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467850080065787751.post-74698919099940659692015-03-28T17:30:00.000+00:002015-03-28T17:30:00.318+00:00Lent 2015 Challenge : P.I.G. number 2 : Fairy House Pencil Roll Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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was a much bigger task than anticipated. When Lent began I thought I had to
finish only 1 roll and make one, but I had to make 2. I don’t know why but each
one took a really long time. It is knitted in a sort of fair isle style
(although the wool is the same colour) and each one took me a couple of days if
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I made a few changes to the original pattern, which requires a lot more wool (2
lots of wool held double = 4 balls all together) but I was rolling balls from a
yarn cone and misunderstood what was happening, so only did one lot, which is
just as well, because I don’t think I would have had enough had I made up all
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I also changed the cast on stitches to around the length of A4 paper, a couple
of inches bigger than the most of one colour of pencils, which was more
stitches than the crochet hooks and less than the knitting needles. I also did
my knitting to the lengths of the pencils, rather than the hooks and needles
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roofs are the colour of the pencils inside, and are made of knobbly bobbly
yarn, which I think looks like moss, in this case it’s so thin I wound up to 10
balls off to make it the right thickness. That many balls mean absolute chaos
at times, they like to twist around each other, making big ol knots and loops
and it take hours to undo them (more time has been spent unknotting the blue
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been planning for a couple of years to make a pencil
roll, with pockets matching the pencil colours. I haven’t gotten around to it
(disgraceful) partly because I couldn’t work out how or whether to make a boxy
pocket or leave it flat, and partly because I couldn’t be bothered to work it
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I saw these delightful <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/57243418/fairy-castles-for-storing-hooks-and?ref=shop_home_active_24" target="_blank">Fairy House hook and needle holders</a>. Crochet Hooks and Knitting Needles are roughly the same shape as Pencils… Aha!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ravenclaw would take on. As soon as this Ravenclaw saw it, I thought What better than a (Corvus) Raven (Crow, Jackdaw) scarf
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I bought this book for the deer hat on the cover and a couple of other patterns
inside. I wasn’t so sure about the Mr Fox Stole, but mum enthused about making
it for my God-daughter for Christmas, which I then made and by the time I
finished it I loved it so much I had to make myself one. <br />
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Patterns can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/woodland-knits/patterns" target="_blank">Tiny Owl Knit's Ravelry</a><br />
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Book from <a href="http://bookmail.co.uk/index.php?page=7&id=95218" target="_blank">bookmail.co.uk</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year I planned to finish projects during Lent, so I
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then I was then plagued with hayfever (or rather pollen fever) and ear-aches
and tooth aches and I couldn’t think clearly enough to do ANYTHING, for the
full of Lent I moped on the sofa complaining about how itchy/sneezy/sore I was.
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I sat idly counting the bags one day, without having to move any or root around
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Finishing things is a special kind of awful for me, which is why I have so many
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Princess Fidelmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536351897796060769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4467850080065787751.post-71584347196932889352012-09-20T18:41:00.003+01:002012-09-20T18:41:39.557+01:00Goswald the Gargoyle<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over a year ago I was coveting the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
<a href="http://www.racheljohn.co.uk/" target="_blank">Extreme Knitting</a> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> needles on Create
And Craft channel and the hippy/homeschooler type things that can seemingly be “run
up” with them, so Mum *hilariously* got me a Knit Your Own Boyfriend kit (available
in lots of places online) for my birthday. He sat in his box for over a year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first time in maybe 10 years. It was a bit of a disaster, but mum helped me
LOADS, she had to unravel parts of him several times when I purled several rows
in a row, instead of purl and knit. He’s currently sat in the box he came in,
part stuffed and head and armless. He WILL be finished. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my college exhibitions I photoshopped people into Gargoyles. I think that started the obsession. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Besides, they are said to scare off and protect from evil or
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find knitting a scarf stressful!). Some parts were hard work, such as the toes,
which had some odd instructions, perhaps toy knitters know what they mean, but
I had some difficulty understanding which end I was joining to the main
knitting, and there is a little “bridge” of the toes between the front and back
of the toe, which one day I spent well over half an hour trying to get in the
middle of the toe instead of the end (you’ll understand what I mean if/when you
make him :-D) it’s like 5 rows, I could have knitted the entire foot in that
time! in the end I did my own thing! The toes ended up adorable, so I don’t
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have a habit, a nasty nasty habit, of gathering stuff "ooh! for an idea I'm thinking of doing", I've been doing this steadily for 10+ years, and never get around to using it (The biggest cluttering started when I started college and had less time to froo froo about with anything). This has resulted in at least 4 large "bag for life" plastic carriers and 3 or so normal small plastic carriers of PAPER ALONE, plus another large carrier of the wrapping bunches of flowers come in (only the decorative stuff!). So in the summer I decided to organize the bags. If nothing else I'd have nice neat clutter! first I separated it into Sheets, Small decorative things, and Books. Then later into themes Christmas, Victorian & Halloween (I don't know why but they always seem to go hand in hand!), Spring, etc. (It took 2 days and I gathered a normal size carrier for recycling - wow!). I also have a habit of becoming obsessed with something/someone, gathering all manner of things to do with it, becoming overwhelmed by everything, and move on to some other obsession, etc. etc. leaving myself with a big heap I don't know what to do with! Around the same time I saw a horrific journal for sale, I thought it was horrible BUT it sparked the germ of an idea. I liked the sewn in scraps of material and ricrac (is that what it's called?? the S shaped ribbon stuff, often found on 70's & 80's "fashions". I both dislike and LOVE that stuff!) I could use the paper and make books. Quote books, Themed books. THIS BECAME MY MISSION. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So here's the mission rules </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 Use only papers from the bags (print other backgrounds ONLY where it's perfect for that page's theme.) </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2 Print ONLY what is essential to the pages/book. Pictures/quotes/sayings/infos. DO NOT ADD TO THE BAG! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3 Use other decorative things that have been in crafting purgatory for years to snazzy up the pages. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4 Use up more than you leave for something else. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and finally laminate the whole thing. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've been getting along just swell (in between time-travelling to 1950's America!) though I'm a little overwhelmed cos I over organized things and have 5 bags in my "Halloween" category alone! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So far I've gathered together for books of </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Oscar Wilde </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mother Teresa </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Russell Brand </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bob Dylan (this one'll be HUGE, cos he's a genius, and was uber cute!) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've started books on </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and FINISHED (apart from that pesky bow tying it all together that looks realllllly goony and will have to be fixed) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">While doing this I've realised I REALLY like layers and embellishments (though at the same time keeping it flat, cos, you know, it's got to go through a laminator). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Pictures to come! </span><br />
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