Giveaway winner - handspun trimmed mobius mitts

Congrats to Lucretia who has won the pair of handspun trimmed mobius mitts!

Lucretia I'll email you shortly to get your details.

Thanks everyone for your lovely comments! I'll be sure to hold another giveaway soon for those who missed out ~

Matt Smith phone cosy - now knitting version too

Hi everyone!
Just a little update on this. Last time I showed you ilwin's cute phone cosy - we got chatting and I wrote up a knitted version to share with those who don't crochet (yet :p). If planning on knitting you might want to grab the crochet one too as it's got the pretty pics.

Download crochet pattern | Download knitting pattern

enjoy!

Spring Thaw Shawl

Took me a while to photograph this one, and the pattern is hard to see so I have put the original pattern image down the bottom.

Pattern: Spring Thaw Shawl by Cheri McEwen
Yarn: Handspun from extremespinning's cloudy night merino bamboo top

This was probably my hardest knit so far - and I think the main reason for this was that the twistyness of my handspun made it very hard to see the emerging leaf pattern, unlike the other shawl I made with normal yarn.

I am very proud of this one though as it's the first big project I have spun the yarn for  ^_^

Unfortunately I'm still not very good at checking how much yarn I need for a project, and it was particularly scary as I didn't notice that the edging required an even number of leaves along the centre spine - was planning to stop after 9 but had to make it 10 or rip back, so I ended up running out of yarn 5 rows short of the end and couldn't get more yarn as it was handspun :(

In my worry about yarn I also cast off too tightly and it looked curly after blocking, so I ripped out the last row and cast off again - much nicer now :)

Giveaway - handspun trimmed mobius mitts

Giveaway closed - winner announced here
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Hi everyone, here is a mobius mitts giveaway ^_^

I've been working on adding thumbs to mobius mitts. This pair was worked with thinner yarn than my usual mitts then trimmed with handspun yarn from this batt. They are size large, pictured on my size small hand (so they look a bit oversize here).

~~~ Giveaway closed - announced here ~~~


Head over to pixelatedmushroom.etsy.com and let me know in a comment which item you like best.

Bonus entry: Follow this blog and let me know in your comment (no need to comment separately). Already a follower? just let me know.

~~~ Fine print ~~~
- Giveaway closes 31st October 8am (AEST)
- Please leave me a way to contact you
- International entries welcome
- Winner will be contacted and will need to reply to claim prize

~~~Links~~~
See available mobius mitts on etsy
Crochet your own mobius mitts

Eleventh Doctor phone cosy by ilwin

See updated news about this post : knitting pattern now available
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Cell phone cozy Eleven

by Hana Jaronova (ilwin)

Crafty Tardis | Ravelry

Spotted this new free crochet pattern today - thought some of you might like to see it.
Would be very easy to adapt for any size phone :)

See other Doctor Who related posts

Ruby mobius mitts

New ruby coloured pair of mobius mitts available on Etsy | or download the pattern to make your own

Sunday wonders - Nanette's Firefly cuddlies

It's been a bit of a tough week. We've both had colds and are having to go around attending house inspections. Here's something wonderful that cheers me up!

Nanette (blog|rav) has created this beautiful set of Firefly cuddlies. I love Firefly so these make me especially happy ^_^

Nanette must be a much faster crochet than I am, as this is an amazing amount of work in such a short time! Jump over to her blog to take a further look. Thanks so much for sharing these with me Nanette!

I think my favourite of the bunch is Kaylee with her butterfly top and the teddy bear patch on her pants ^_^

You can download the big and cuddly patterns from the patterns page

Treasury - Winter alphabet

RSS readers click here to see the treasury of cosy winter gloves