Made in 2010!

After looking through my blogposts for the last year, it looks like all the crafty stuff I've done is making cards... but that's not the case... I guess I've just forgotten to blog about all the other things I've made. Most of my cards are made for some challenge or other, and have to be blogged right away... other things have to wait... but not anymore. Here are some of the things I made in 2010:

Some new outfits for my girls' Barbie dolls. I have made a few more skirts and blouses, but I don't have a photo of them. I found all the patterns HERE somewhere.

Back in March, I knitted some mittens for my mum and for Maja. I also made some for Susie, but they were never shown... but here they are. Susie picked the colours herself, and she has used them a lot.

I've had this white yarn in my stash for ages. I inherited three full balls and two used ones of this when my grandmother died 16 years ago. This yarn must be quite old. It's called Annie, and is made by L/L Hovland Ullvarefabrikk. The factory was dismantled in 1989, so my "guess" is that this yarn is 22 years old... probably older....

After being in my stash for that long, I thought it was about time I used it for something. I decided to knit myself a Dream Shrug. I used this quite a lot over my strappy tops last summer. I have also made one of these for Maja/Susie (they had to share one), but again, no picture.

I'm not sure these frames are worth showing, but here they are anyway. They are made of a piece of cardboard, old newspapers, glue and some acrylic paints.... Quite fun to make actually!

My cheap laundry basket from IKEA was falling apart last summer, so instead of buying a new one I decided to rip off the old plastic basket, keep the frame and sew a new fabric "basket". I love it! (before on the left, after on the right...)

I have also been digging into my stash of beads. I have mostly made knitting markers, but I sold or gave them all away before I managed to take some pictures... silly me! I managed to take some really bad photos of a couple of earrings I made though... I gave these to my hubby to use as a gift in his work's advent calendar.

I started knitting this scarf back in April, but never finished it until November... Scarves are sooo boring to knit! Love the pattern and the colours of this though. I found the pattern for this at Ravelry.

This is a project that took even longer to finish.... I'm not quite sure exactly when I started knitting it, but I know I still lived with my parents... I moved out back in 95.... so it has taken a few... ehm... years to finish. I must say to my defense that it was stuffed away in a basement with all our other stuff in Norway the 8,5 years we lived in Scotland.... but still....

I have also made a reusable, reversible Swiffer cover. I was tired of buying new ones all the time, and this is more environment friendly as well. It's made from acrylic yarn as that tends to create static that makes dust and hair cling. It was fun and easy to crochet, and it works really well. I'm definately going to make more of these! This is also a Ravelry pattern.

The last thing I'm showing is a new dishcloth for my kitchen... Nice and bright colours, 100% cotton. Pattern is HERE.

I think I've already blogged the baby blanket I made for my new niece... didn't I? *opening a new window to check*... Yes I did. (I have made another one of these blankets for a friend at work, but I'll show that later... guess I've shared enough today....).

Well.... that's all folks... as they say in the cartoons... lol...

What I did this easter...

Easter this year was spent at my parent's cabin at Bortelid... it's always good to sit down and do crafty stuff there... this year I just brought some wool- and some cotton knitting yarn. And knitting needles, of course... (I guess it's about time I blog about this as easter is already almost a faint memory.... haha...)

First I knitted a... don't know what they are called in english... it's kind of a flat, warm cushion for bringing along in your backpack when out skiing (or hiking) for sitting on in the snow... This picture shows it before felting...
... and this is the finished product. It became nice and thick after felting it two rounds in the washing machine.

I also made a couple of new Ballband dishcloths.

...and a new set of pot holders. I guess by now you have figured that my favourite colours at the moment is lime, turquoise and blue...

I think this set will cheer up my kitchen.

Spicy dishcloth

I knitted myself a new dishcloth last night. Just a quick and easy thingie, no pattern, just made up as you go... Made from 100 % cotton so it's nice and soft and will absorb water well.

It goes well, colourwise, with the spices on my worktop, don't you think?

I used knitting needles 5,5 mm so the cloth is a bit loose, not too bad though... I think it'll work anyway.

(Note to self: I cast on 25 st for each sqare... that made the dishcloth a tad on the small side...)

Ready for the market

I'm almost ready for the market at Bortelid this Saturday. I'm putting price tags and my card on all the things at the moment. Just thought I'd show you some of the things I've been working on lately and will be selling at the marked.

Here are my egg warmer hens... Aren't they cute?? Well I think so, and I hope someone else does too, or else I'll be able to have one heck of an egg party afterwards...!

I've also made three angels. Christmas angels or all year round angels?? That's up to the buyer. These are my own design. I got inspiration for these from different places, but I made the pattern for them myself (couldn't find a pattern I liked.... I loaned the pattern for the wings from a "Tilda" book though)

Toilet bags and make up purses in different sizes and designs. Most of them I didn't use a pattern for, but the pattern for the two box bags in the lower right corner I kindly got from Elna W. Næss.
The colours are more true on this picture...

Travel Tissue Holders...
And some hearts to hang...
I've also done some crocheting. Old fashioned pot holders.
And knitting. Dishcloths. I used the ballband pattern for these.
(I think maybe the colours got a bit rich on this one...)
Knitted woolly socks... will keep your feet warm. I only made one of those though...
I also have a few things more, but I think I've showed them before, so I'll leave them for now.

I'm very excited about this whole market thing. I've never done anything like this before. Hope someone wants to buy something.... that would make me happy. And if not... I've sure had a good time planning and making all this.

Two dishcloths

I haven't got much to show you at the moment... I spend the little time I have "off" from children finishing those pink quilted bags (They are almost done now though). I thought I'd break up my posts about those bags with a photo of some dishcloths I knitted before easter. I couldn't show you them at the time I made them as they were going to be presents in my familys annual easter game... where we roll dice and fight over presents.... It's a game my mum invented and it's quite silly... but it is FUN!

The dishcloths are called 4 corners dishcloth, and they are easy and fun to knit! Knitted in 100% cotton.
It was hard to get a decent photo of them, because Susie kept running away with them. I think she wanted them for herself... she kept stroking them and cuddling them...

Nothing much...

In lack of anything else to show you, I'll show you a pic of my newest Ballband dishcloth. I enjoy using the other two so much that I wanted more. They work a treat! And they look fab compared to tired old "normal" dish cloths. I used variegated blue/green cotton and plain white cotton on this one. I've got some variegated cotton in yellow as well, so I might make even more of these cloths.

I've also made some pin cushions lately. These were actually made a few weeks back, but I forgot to show you them.... Most of the other pin cushions like this (that I've seen) have a button in the centre. I didn't want mine to look like everyone elses so this yellow one has a ring of beads added to the centre instead. I used Perle Coton to tie it.
The blue one is a bit bigger than the other two, and I've just used the Perle Coton thread to make a circle in the centre. The little red/orange one only has a few knots in the centre.

I'm not sure what I will do with all these pin cushions... don't think I need that many myself...

Ballband dishcloth

I've wanted to knit the Ballband dishcloth ( Mason-Dixon Knitting by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne) ever since I saw it in a blog, but didn't know how. I did a search on the net and found the pattern for it HERE. These dishcloths were really quick and easy to knit, and fun as well....and they are definately gonna look much nicer in my kitchen than the old store bought dishcloths I already have...

They're made of 100% cotton and they are really nice and thick. I don't know if they're any good, but I hope so. I'll give one of them a try tomorrow.