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by RoxyPosted on Posted in Knitting, Little one 1 Comment

As mentioned on my last post, Felix wanted a Cerberus that looks like her favourite fur-cousin Missy!

Here’s the cutie in question:

I will never tire of posting photos of that dog, she is so cite! Anyway, the first  attempt of the Cerber-issy came out fantastic, but much too large.

So heres my second attempt:

I heavily modified the pattern Husky Dog by Kath Dalmeny from her book ‘World of Knitted Toys’ and I must say, I’m really pleased! Not as detailed as the first, but still cute and it’s the right size!

Hooray!

Starting total – 622

Wool used – 83 (2 used!)
Wool bought – 27
Wool given – 7
Wool gifted – 0

Total – 573

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by RoxyPosted on Posted in Knitting, Little one 2 Comments

So, Felix wanted me to knit her a Cerberus to look after her haunted house, easy enough, except it had to also look like her favourite fur cousin, Missy.

Despite her markings, she isn’t a Rottweiler. She is a bundle of adorableness though!

So with that as a my goal, I knit…

Cute, no? Based on the ‘Labrador’ pattern from ‘Best in Show’ by Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne. I was planning on knitting the next two heads but…

Poor Missy was now in the cone of shame. What to do?

Put a cone of shame in the knitted one of course! At this point I realised this Cerber-issy was going to be way too big for the haunted house, so this little cutie will be going up to Scotland to join the real Missy whilst I continue with Cerber-issy Take 2!

Wool count:

Starting total – 622

Wool used – 81 (no change…)
Wool bought – 27 (Up 1, but it was a shade of green I ran out of previously!)
Wool given – 7
Wool gifted – 0

Total – 575

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by RoxyPosted on Posted in Knitting 1 Comment

A werewolf!

(Based on the 1941 Wolfman, played by Lon Chaney)

And next, a mummy!

(I wish I could say I had based it on the classic 1932 movie, but I didn’t, this one I just winged!)

As with the previous doll’s, I’ve made them based on the free pattern Fairy Doll by Stephanie Law. There’s just one left to make, who I’ll have ready to reveal for next week!

Oh, and Rabbie, to were close enough in your guess for me to call it a hat trick!

Just a short post today as it’s Halloween weekend and there’s a lot of fun things to be doing! Yesterday was Halloween on the Green, followed by some friends coming round, and today it’s Halloweekend in Manchester, there’s a whole range of spooky activities to be getting on with!

Now to pick a costume…

Wool count:

Starting total – 622

Wool used – 81 (1 down!)
Wool bought – 26
Wool given – 7
Wool gifted – 0

Total – 574

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by RoxyPosted on Posted in Knitting, Little one 1 Comment

We have Frankenstein’s Monster, and Bride of Frankenstein (or should that be the bride of Frankenstein’s monster?)

A close up of the groom.

And a close up of the bride. (Both made once again using the fantastic free pattern Fairy Doll by Stephanie Law as a base, with some fun mods and embellishments!)

The fact they look like newlyweds is purely accidental, I was using the Boris Karloff 1931 Frankenstein as inspiration for Frankensteins Monster, followed by the Elsa Lanchester 1935 Bride of Frankenstein for, well, the Bride of Frankenstein. Very pleased though with the results! So cute!

Also, there’s something that you can’t quite beat with the classic black and white movies! For those curious, I am calling Frankenstein’s Monster Adam, as he refers to himself in the original Mary Shelleys novel (he says ‘I ought to be thy Adam’ to his creator, Victor Frankenstein) , and for the fun of it, I’m calling his lucky lady Eve. Seems fitting. (She was never credited with a name)

Oh, and Rabbie, you were right once again! Can you do a hat trick and guess who’s next on the needles?

Till next week!

Wool count:

Starting total – 622

Wool used – 80 (Unchanged)
Wool bought – 26
Wool given – 7
Wool gifted – 0

Total – 575 (Hopefully it’ll go down next week!)

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by RoxyPosted on Posted in Knitting, Little one 2 Comments

A vampire! (I used the free pattern Fairy Doll by Stephanie Law again so he would be the same size as Meg, the witch)

Anc Rabbie, you guessed right!

In true Felix fashion, she decided to push her request that little bit more in that this vampire had to have the same super awesome vampire costume that her aunty Rabbie made her…hence the bright green!

There should have been a spiderweb design on the green but Felix decided he didn’t need it – not sure if that’s because she liked it plain or because she wanted him sooner to play with…

That said, she then demanded he have a little pet too, as Meg had Mog, so the vampire has…

A teeny tiny bat! Less than an inch high! (I modified the free pattern Bat Knitting Pattern by Linda Dawkins)

So cute!

Any guesses on who the next monster is to join the haunted house?

Wool count:

Starting total – 622

Wool used – 80 (1 since last post!)
Wool bought – 26 (2 since last post – Ran out of white wool and I use that a lot!)
Wool given – 7
Wool gifted – 0

Total – 575

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