Happy Valentine's Day!
with Love from theknittycat, Anthor (Mr. theknittycat),
and the Mewligans (Pidgey and Teddy)
and the Mewligans (Pidgey and Teddy)
Showing posts with label valentine's day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label valentine's day. Show all posts
Friday, February 14, 2014
Sunday, February 14, 2010
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! from Lambie Loveykins
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
with lots of Love from Lambie Loveykins,
and theknittycat and anthor
Yet another Lambie Peep! :o) This is the little guy that I made for my Hub for Valentine's Day - he wanted another Lambie! Seriously! He LOVES these little guys! (well, I do too!) He want's one for Easter, too! Good thing that I like making them. ;o) These and the Pocket Lambies are the only peeps that I like to repeat making... over and over and over...
We think she looks like the girls who used to sell candy and flowers at the theaters, etc. in the 30's/40's. :o)
Her heart-shaped hat...
Sorry, the bow from her little hat is a bit messy in the pic, and you can't see the back very well. I took these in a hurry because I just finished her last night! Yeeks! close one! ;o)
(being sick is putting me way behind in my knitting... and Easter is coming!!)
Hope you all have a day filled with Love! We send lots of Love to all of you and to your dear ones!
Hugs from theknittycat
more peeps of my peeps:
on flickr.com http://www.flickr.com/knittycat
and ravelry.com http://www.ravelry.com/projects/theknittycat
Monday, April 27, 2009
Valentine's after Easter AGAIN? :o)
Here are the Valentine's pressies I made for my Darling Hub... (yep, I'm mixing Easter and Valentine's Day again, but I'll be back to Easter next time... Lots more Easter Peeps and Baskets to post, soon)
For Valentine's Day and for Easter, I made limbless wee ami's and baskets for them. Here's Peter Pickle Peep, the limbless chick that I made for my Hub for Valentine's Day (yes, I'm very slow to post.... I still don't have the rest of the Easter ones uploaded yet!) I apologize for the quality of the photos... I'll try to take some better ones of these guys at some point. I forgot them when I took the Easter pics. :o/ Oops!
And Next to the basket is....
Two Peas in a Pod
We always say that we’re like two peas in a pod, and I’ve wanted to make a set for my dear Hub for ages! Finally remembered to do it. Simple simple… two little green balls with eyes and mouths, and for the pod, I simply knitted a leaf shape in stockinette and it obligingly curled all by itself. :o)
And a bigger pic of Peter Pickle (so named for obvious reasons... he looks like a PICKLE! heh heh) out of the basket
Making limbless wee peeps for my DH’s Valentine’s gift, and for Easter gifts has been such fun! (except for the exhaustion of making so MANY at one time) And it was a nice break from some of the more complicated one’s I’ve been making! :o) (two new "more complicated" ones to see soon) These little limbless guys have a special charm that my Hub and I love! :o)
I made lots of baskets for the wee limbless peeps for Easter, with lots of different yarns, mostly from www.yarncloud.com. Lots of different colors and textures! And this one for my Hub’s Valentine’s peep as well. It was lovely to work with all of this variety! Really fed my addiction! :o) The Heart is made the same way as my “Unbroken Heart” (made all in one piece with no break in yarn), in red mystery yarn, and tied onto the basket. The basket is meant to have a suggestion of a heart shape at the top, which is not apparent in these photos.... I'll see if I can get better photos that show it.
I'll post more of the Easter peeps and baskets soon. :o)
As always, you can see more of my creations at http://www.flickr.com/knittycat or on Ravelry (I'm theknittycat on Ravelry), and an index with links to my patterns and tutorials are at http://www.theknittycat.com.
Happy Spring to Everyone! Hope you're all enjoying the (crazy) weather, and all of the beautiful flowers!! :o)
Two Peas in a Pod
We always say that we’re like two peas in a pod, and I’ve wanted to make a set for my dear Hub for ages! Finally remembered to do it. Simple simple… two little green balls with eyes and mouths, and for the pod, I simply knitted a leaf shape in stockinette and it obligingly curled all by itself. :o)
And a bigger pic of Peter Pickle (so named for obvious reasons... he looks like a PICKLE! heh heh) out of the basket
Making limbless wee peeps for my DH’s Valentine’s gift, and for Easter gifts has been such fun! (except for the exhaustion of making so MANY at one time) And it was a nice break from some of the more complicated one’s I’ve been making! :o) (two new "more complicated" ones to see soon) These little limbless guys have a special charm that my Hub and I love! :o)
I made lots of baskets for the wee limbless peeps for Easter, with lots of different yarns, mostly from www.yarncloud.com. Lots of different colors and textures! And this one for my Hub’s Valentine’s peep as well. It was lovely to work with all of this variety! Really fed my addiction! :o) The Heart is made the same way as my “Unbroken Heart” (made all in one piece with no break in yarn), in red mystery yarn, and tied onto the basket. The basket is meant to have a suggestion of a heart shape at the top, which is not apparent in these photos.... I'll see if I can get better photos that show it.
As always, you can see more of my creations at http://www.flickr.com/knittycat or on Ravelry (I'm theknittycat on Ravelry), and an index with links to my patterns and tutorials are at http://www.theknittycat.com.
Happy Spring to Everyone! Hope you're all enjoying the (crazy) weather, and all of the beautiful flowers!! :o)
Sunday, March 23, 2008
HAPPY EASTER! And What Happened to Valentine's Day?
We wish all of you a Happy and Blessed Easter!
Easter has come so early this year... I was really caught unprepared! I suddenly realized one day, a couple of weeks ago, that I hadn't made any Peeps for Easter!!! No Peeps for Easter? Now that's just wrong!
So... I've been furiously knitting to get some Peeps done in time. I'm writing up a couple of patterns as I go and I'd hoped to have them up in time for folks to use them for Easter if they'd like, but that just hasn't been possible. I'll post them soon though.
EGGY/EYEBALLS
I was trying to think of something less cutesy than my usual fare, to make for the older boys (teens), and I remembered seeing these clever and adorable "Which Came First" photos =LINK= from mochimochiland, of eggs reversing to chicks! So brilliant! Coupling that with the fact that every time I make an Elmo or Cookie, my DH and I wind up playing with the eyeballs (and I do keep threatening to make eyeballs for the boys) - and the inevitable happened...
EGGY/EYEBALLS
You can pretty much see how I made these from the photos... make the eyeballs from the Muppet patterns, and instead of closing them off, stuff them a bit (about a third of what you would normally) and then attach the egg yarn and start increasing again.
Okay. Now for the cutsey...
I just had to make them something cutesy too, didn't I? That's what I DO! :o)
I recently saw, and LOVED, these wonderful egg shaped amigurumi =LINK= and wanted to come up with my own, all-in-one-piece, knitted versions, and what better time than Easter for...
EGGY/BUNNIES!
Are they Eggs?
Or Are they Bunnies?
And soon to come (next week I hope) - a pattern for them. It's written and tested, but needs photos, etc.
LAMBIES
The younger girls are getting fuzzy versions of my Lambie Peeps. Made the same way as the smaller ones, but with fuzzy yarn. One is made with the new TLC Baby Amore, which is a very soft boucle, like the original Amore, but finer. This stuff (both the regular and baby versions) makes a wonderful, kind of teddy bear, texture and is not difficult to work with, like most of the other furry yarns are. NOT so easy to work with, but a super yummy texture, is the other yarn I used, Paton's Be Mine. Lovely, soft fuzzy stuff! (sorry, no pics yet)
And... I took notes as I made the first one, and tested them on the second one, so I'll be posting a pattern for Lambies too! TAA DAAA! Well not "taa daaa" yet, I guess... We'd better wait till they're actually HERE to get excited!
For the older girls, I was inspired by this beautiful design =LINK= to make these ...
PETIT FOURS
And a little cake
Cute, huh? Well, we think so, anyway! :o) And you can use them as pin cushions, or earring holders too!
Speaking of yummy fuzzy yarns...
I tried out a lovely new yarn from www.Spinblessing.com (same place I get all my fabulous Kinki Amibari bamboo circular needles) for a couple of the eggy/bunnies - Red Heart Baby Teri. It's white terrycloth looking yarn with shiny, pale pastels running through it. Just beautiful! And not difficult to work with.. Even on size 4 needles! My DH has put in a request for a lambie made with it (when I'm finished with Easter of course), and that should be so cute! :o)
WHAT HAPPENED to VALENTINE'S DAY?
As some of you know, I have some health challenges that interfere at times with me doing the important things like playing with the Peeps, and on flickr, and here. :o) With a rather difficult series of bouts, I haven't been able to get any posts or patterns done in a while, or pics up on flickr. But we're hoping that I'll be able to do more in the future. (you never know) Soooo...
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! A little late...
Pudgie loves being on flicker! Nearly as much as he loves sitting on his Daddy's lap while his photos are being posted. :o) We tell him that he's "Famous Baby" and he smiles and smiles! To see more photos of Pudgie and some wonderful ocean photos, check out my DH's flickr pages =LINK=
A Valentine's Day present for my DH...
"Unbroken Heart" =LINK= on flicker, so named because it's made in one piece, using slip stitches to shape the top lobes (bumps), and you never need to break the yarn. (YAY!)
We hope that you have had a wonderful Valentine's Day and a very
Happy and Blessed Easter!
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