The Majestic Narwhal

I made this little guy for my boyfriend.  I was planning on knitting him a hat but couldn't find any patterns I liked, so on a whim I looked up patterns for narwhals (my boyfriend's favourite animal and indeed the world's top real-life magical creature).  Credit where it is due; I got the pattern from Ramen Needles - here, have a link http://ramenneedles.blogspot.com/2011/08/narwhal-pattern.html . I made him using aran wool for the body and double knit wool for the horn,  the eyes are buttons that I scavenged off a top I haven't worn in a while (might regret that one).
This was my first time crocheting so it took me a while to get the hang of it, but there are so many helpful tutorials online (seriously what were we all like before YouTube? Going to the library like gobshites...).  I'm pretty pleased with him, amigurumi crochet was something on my hit list to try for a while so I'm delighted I got the hang of it.  I though that I'd find it difficult because I'm so used to knitting but they're really totally different.  The biggest thing to get used to was holding the wool in my left hand rather than my right...unless I didn't do it properly...

Coming Home

Thought I'd share this great short film with you.  It was made by Tile Films and it has an uplifting message for anyone affected by breast cancer.  It is free to download, watch and share at http://comingho.me . Enjoy!

Muffin Tops

Nope, I'm not talking about that little bulge over your trousers... what bulge anyway? Sure, you're gorgeous!

No, I'm talking about these little heart muffin toppers I made yesterday (sensing a theme here?)...I had to summon a strength I never knew I had to stop myself milling into the muffins before I finished taking the pictures... 

Look for Love

I recently went to Toronto and stumbled upon this while walking through the city.  I love that someone turned something totally unremarkable and boring into something interesting and beautiful.

Tip Toppity Toppery

Whoops a daisy...been a while...But look! Here's some pictures of stuff that I did!

I've never made a wedding topper before, or even used clay much before, but I'm nothing if not a tryer! It was made for my friends wedding, they wanted it to have a bit of humour and a bit of booze so this is what they got!  I made it using sculpey polymer clay which I found quite nice to work with.  I'm planning on making a couple more and experimenting with different materials.  So watch this space!

More knitted stuff!

I forgot to tell you I've been knitting more phone covers! After the roaring success of the phone cover I made for my boyfriend, everyone wanted one. So I made one each for my mam and dad but the first cover I made for my mam went horribly wrong... I knitted it using tweed ( a much sturdier material, ideal for a robust phone cover), which was a lot stretchier than I had realized so the cover was waaaaay too big for my Mam's petite little phone. But one woman's trash is another woman's treasure and I found that it is the perfect size for my camera, (Some cynical persons have suggested this happy accident of being the result of a cold, calculated plan, masterminded by the accused after the accused's mother lost the accused's original camera cover, of course, they couldn't be more wrong.) and here it is in all it's loveliness...

I Have Knits!

Hurray! Google have finally gotten around to indexing my blog! So finally when I search for it (and I'm quite confident I'm the only one), it appears!

So! News... I and my lovely friend Sue have decided to set up our own little website to sell our wares. We will begin with funky i-pod and phone covers and go from there. It will be called I Have Knits and it will be hilarious, cute and eye-wateringly beautiful. Not only will we deliver our lovely trinkets to the masses, I will also roll up my sleeves and earn my coin as an animator. It can't fail!

In knitting news, I am still in my knitting classes but have found that when I need to learn certain knitting techniques I find them on the internet or from Mammy Hyland during the week, rather than from my teacher (though the knitting class has been very useful in preparing me for the various trials and tribulations I might suffer in old age). At the moment, I'm knitting a baby cardigan from a pattern I found in Woman's Weekly. Which I'll give to my boyfriend's gorgeous goddaughter Caoileann.

Later!