Minion hats

Izzy with her hat :)

 

Gabe as a minion

Rudolf

Another ornament for Mum and Dad's tree. Ravelry project is here.

Owl napkins

More embroidery stuff, this time I decorated some plain napkins with owls, using this design :) for +Kalyn Wilson  

Baby Kraken

For some reason I decided Dave needed a baby kraken for his birthday :)

Delicate green scarf

I had some green mohair thread that I thought  Bridget would like so I made a floaty scarf from it.

Cat scarf

I rediscovered my embroidery machine and made Uncle +David Moat a birthday scarf.

First I did a practice on a scrap of material: 

Then I cut out some brown linen and embroidered 3 cats on: 

I discovered that using a bobbin thread that matches the fabric works quite well as you don't notice if the tension isn't quite right and pulls up the back thread.

I used the following threads: 

Anchor Alcazar Viscose Rayon 200m 40

• 1008 - dark brown
• 1015 - royal blue
• 429 - beige
• 665 - navy blue
• 622 - light blue
• 422 - tan

After that I sewed on the back of the scarf. 

In retrospect I think smaller cats that could have fitted horizontally would have worked better. So I'll try that next time.

Baby booties

I made some baby booties for my friend's babies, (it seems like all my friends are having babies at the moment). I made these out of left over yarn I had sitting around. They turned out well and are hopefully keeping Lucy and Sophie's feet warm :).