Something tweedie . . . . at last :) :)

At long last, a tweedie creation - I've physically dragged myself away from the knitty glove-making fetish I've been on recently (it was a very difficult wrench, believe me!) - and here we have a little tweedie Xmas decoration . . . 

A humble start, but I think he's quite cute and I've actually added him to my Etsy shop here  - how amazing is that, hehe!  He's all ready and packaged up - waiting to fly off to some far flung (or not!) destination.  I had a lot of fun making him this morning (yes, he's really that fresh off the sewing machine!) - from making a very quick doodle of a robin . . . 

. . . cutting out a card template and making some quick design decisions :)  I love how he's turned out though, I embroidered a little beady eye and machine appliqued the edges (both sides are Harris Tweed).  His little stick legs were an  afterthough - but I couldn't resist LOL :)  

Here he is all packaged up, on recycled card and protected with cellophane . . .

I think I'll  be making him some more friends to hang out with this week - I don't want him to be lonely, poor thing :)  I think  he would make a sweet little Xmas gift though ;-)

OK, I've not managed to wrench myself away from gloves because I LOVE making them - sorry did I shout??  I made a pair of fingerless ones from a pattern in Ann Budd's book - basic glove pattern - this lady is a genius . . .

First she taught me how to knit socks, and then to knit gloves!

Actually I had bumbled along with another pattern first but her basic glove  pattern is nice and simple to follow.  The book behind is one jam-packed with glove patterns by Susette Palmer - I'm  desperate to try some of these.  Here's the fingerless gloves I made using Ann Budd's pattern . . .

I made them for youngest kiddo - but they're too big for him so I think I might post them off to my eldest in Uni - they might be useful for typing up assignments in the cold weather!  I'm now on another pair for Little S - so hopefully they'll fit him OK :)

And, em, yes I do sleep - but going by my 'to do list' I really shouldn't bother!  I'll keep you up to date with my creation of a flock? of tweedie robin redbreasts :)

Cheerio!
Alison x

N.B.  Quick shop update - there are now 3 little robin redbreasts for sale :) :)  Here are the two new 'friends'!