I did it - another love blanket

I wanted to give blankets of love to one family of nieces and nephews

but I also enjoy orders.

You've heard it before, right?

I love variety!

So, this is the last of my love blankets for this year's birthdays.

It's VERY colourful!!!

We had fun working out which way to put those colours!

There are lots of patterns you can make,

and I am looking forward to trying out some others...

 next time!

Hope all is well in your corner of the world! 

Another blanket of love!

I love the way that the colours in this blanket go SO well together!

They just go...

Wouldn't you agree?

Thought you might like to see the pattern up close

Just perfect for a little girl

but

hopefully a gift she will treasure all her life!

Blanket of love

I have a bundle of nieces and nephews!

Every year, I struggle to think of a birthday present for each of them!

So I start thinking in June (or earlier), about the next year.

For the birthdays of 2019, I decided to make the nieces and nephews from one family each a blanket.

I'm talking about a "lap blanket". Just right for snuggling under during the cooler months, while reading, playing a board game, or watching something.

So, I'm going to share them over the year!

Each blanket will be made to reflect the favourite colours of each recipient. 

And each one will be made up of squares with a different pattern.

This pattern was a lovely lacey-look 😍

Who can resist?

Who can resist a picture of a baby?

And what could be better than a picture of a baby 

with their very own toy

from

Betsy's Boutique?

It gives me a special thrill that this baby does not live in Australia

but overseas!

The thought of my toys being all over the world, 

giving joy to many little ones, 

is amazing!

So, I hope this little boy and his new best friend have many hours of great joy together!

Come over for a cup of tea, or two?

It's me again! 

Things have definitely cooled down in Sydney now. 

I enjoyed the summer - though it was quite extreme this year! 

But a cup of tea, or two...

Just hits the spot in the cooler weather!

My very first tea cosy! 

Tea cosies are much easier when you have the tea pot with you, to check on sizing, and placement of handle and spout, but my customer was one of those pearls - extremely cooperative - and despite the fact she was a few hundred kilometres away - we got it all right!

Heart-breaker!

While I have enjoyed making all sorts of animals for so many customers. 

It has been a great joy to make these cute-as-a-button dollies!

That's Jennifer!

She was named after a wonderful friend of mine who was my advisor on colours 😊

Every one of these dollies has been different. 

The colours of clothes and hair seem to change them!

But no orders for a little boy yet!

I wonder when I will get an order for a boy doll? 

I can make one in the colours of your choice 😉

Catching up with the huggables!

 Great to chat again!

Hope you have been well and things are happy in your corner of the world? 

It has been a while since I got an order of huggables,

but I really enjoyed doing this pair!

Checking up with the customer to make sure I am getting colours right 

may at times seem extreme, 

but I really want to produce something 

that the customer will be absolutely thrilled with!

I want every customer to be SO happy with each order, 

that they will order again!

Blankies galore!!!

Hey there! How are you doing?

I've been clicking those knitting needles super fast lately!

Most of my work has been blankies.

In fact, I have now made over 100 of them! 

So now I am working towards my next goal of 200 blankies. I wonder how long it will take to make that many?

I have been getting orders of other products, but that is in another post! 

See you then!

The twins!

Oh look at them! Aren't they gorgeous!

My customer fell in love with them 😊

This is Rachel

And this is Rosie!

My customer has twin granddaughters - a video was taken to show the presentation of Rachel and Rosie - the 12 month old twins just fell in love immediately!

Hi! I'm Jake!

Another order done! Such a huge sense of achievement!

Jake is a handsome boy, and to be the best friend of a little boy in the US! 

I'm sure they will have lots of fun together!

Do you have a friend from your childhood that you loved lots and lots?

I did it!

I don't just knit!

I also try to take photographs, and the one above is one I just love from the spring. See the progress as you go up ? I think it looks incredible!

Now and then I knit up a toy, and fall in love with it! 

Like this girl!!!!

It's amazing though, when you see these dolls in a photo, you think "awwwww, how cute!"

What you may not know, is that they are MUCH cuter in real life!

Watch the door!

I'm always up for a new idea. Especially with knitting 😉

They don't always come out perfectly, but that's OK, we all have to start somewhere!

I needed a doorstop, and had a pattern, which I loosely followed. 

I can see where I could change it...

If I ever needed to make another!

Welcome to 2019!