phoenixknits

I am so lazy about keeping this blog up.... too busy knitting...

Here are a couple of fab creations from Phoenixknits (phoeny on Ravelry). Need to sell a few things so I can afford to buy some more patterns!

this is a Mandrake:


and this one is a gargoyle. The background was made by a very talented work colleague (we're a crafty bunch in not-very-creative jobs!)


Off to work again now, handing over my latest creation, Amy Pond from the newest series of Dr Who (photos will follow!)

Karl Pilkington

Karl Pilkington (born on 23 September 1972) is a Sony Award-winning English radio producer, poet, podcaster, raconteur and author, best known for producing and co-presenting The Ricky Gervais Show on London radio station Xfm from 2001 to 2005 and later in the form of podcasts and a television show on HBO.

So we were watching the Ricky Gervais show last Friday evening and I was challenged to knit the cartoon version of Karl. Here he is:




His head is almost exactly spherical, with separately knitted nose, bottom lip and ears. Arms are poseable (pipe cleaners) and legs are unstuffed with weighted feet (some little glass pebbles I had lying around). He also has dried peas in his bum so he sits comfortably on a shelf. I am very pleased.

lily the beagle

A work colleague asked me to make a knitted version of her beagle puppy, and I think it turned out OK. Took me absolutely ages as I kept going off and doing other projects in between sessions of pattern notes!

Peter Rabbit

I couldn't afford the ebay prices for Alan Dart's out of print Beatrix Potter pattern, so had to fudge it- using the Simply Knitting pattern for an easter bunny with an improvised little blue coat.



the limbs are jointed so he can be posed, I just hope the limbs hang on in there when the baby who got him as a present becomes a destructive toddler!

Dolly doll

Hey I just made Dolly Parton! It didn't really take me two months, I've just been lazy about blogging thanks to a really crap broadband connection that keeps cutting out...

GRUFFALOOOOOOO!!!!

Ravelympics

Anyone reading this who is on Ravelry will know about the 'lympics already. For those who don't, it's a challenge to start and finish a project within the timeframe of the Winter Olympics. Last time I looked there were over 5000 participants worldwide!

So, last week I was challenged to knit a Gruffalo and I though it would be a suitable Ravelympics entry. I may live to regret that.

This is what a Gruffalo looks like, and what I have made so far:



Wish me luck!