Another tshirt basket

I finished a second tshirt basket, this one is bigger and it's perfect to use as a fruit basket at it's nice & wide to hold all the apples that my family goes through in a week!

I had fun making it and it looks really good sitting on my kitchen table.

Have you crocheted a tshirt basket before?

To make one, it's pretty easy : you just need a basket base and some tshirt yarn then experiment away!

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Teds for two

I finally got around to finishing the kids pressies that I made & gave them for Christmas! I started knitting these bears and outfits for them but then I had a bad sinus infection and only managed to complete the bears. I wrapped the bears up for them & gave them to them with a promise to finish a bunch of outfits for them when I was feeling better. So then I was feeling better but then Covid19 happened and well, life got a little weird. I 'slow' knitted' these things for a couple of months, a row or so a day until finally, all done!

I also sewed a couple of simple (no pattern) drawstring bags to pop the bears & their clothes in and handed them to them one day after school. They absolutely adored all the clothes, they had so much fun playing with them.

A couple of dresses and a rectangular skirt aka a kilt that Joe wanted for his doll.

I used this (easy) pattern.

Some of the gorgeous yarn I used was this yarn for the teddies and this yarn for most of the clothes - it's so gorgeous, I'll definitely be buying more of this brand.

This kids absolutely adore them!

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Masks

Ok, so we've been pretty lucky where I live and we've not had to wear a mask due to Covid19 currently being under control in the state where I live BUT unfortunately, there are a couple of states in Australia that aren't so lucky and the people of Melbourne now have to wear a mask.

So I decided to sew some up, they are the recommended 3 layer masks. There are 2 cotton layers and a jersey layer (for wicking).

The masks are super comfortable to wear and I've purposely not tied the elastics just so you can tie them to the perfect length/size for you.

So go grab them from my Etsy store here and I can pop them into the post to you today.

Stay safe people!

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Current WIPs & things

Hello!

It's winter here where I am and chilly cold. How is the weather where you are?

It's getting too cold to work in the garden but I still have to brave the weather to take the kids for walks. So I am always looking forward to those moments when I can sit in my toasty warm lounge room with a hot cup of tea and a crafty project.

I have a few projects on the go at the moment, here's a breakdown of my most recent ones:

2020 temperature blanket - currently on hold as I've run out of yarn & am currently patiently waiting for it to come back into stock at American Yarns.

I've almost finished my Floozy, just need to add the button band but I've popped it down to start a test knit.

The above cardi uses this yarn and the test knit (below) is with this black tonal yarn.

I'm straightening the eyes on knitted teddy bears and knitting some outfits for it including this (above) cardi and then I'll give it back to my kids. I'm thinking of making a few extra outfits and gifting it back to them in their own suitcases (that I still need to sew).

I sewed myself a bra!  I'm quite proud of myself as I've tried before and failed miserably but this pattern (from this designer) actually came in lots of sizes and it fit me perfectly. I'm currently using it as a sleep bra, I bought the power mesh for the bra from here. I've now ordered some more fabric and plan on making myself some more.

And then I sewed myself some undies! I really like this pattern as I can use smaller pieces of fabric to make it rather than a big piece. The cute heart fabric is from here (it was just a fat quarter piece!). I sew these just using my sewing machine and I was thinking of filming a tutorial on how I make them on the sewing machine, what do you think, should I?

I've gotten a jumpstart on my pressie making and have started these cute crochet kittens. The soft fluffy yarn is called Melted Suri and I've used small speckle skeins for the jumpers, I'm using this pattern.

I've also got some more projects going but nothing that I've been doing this week, so it kinda doesn't count as a current WIP! 

How is your making going? What works in progress do you have?

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Granny Square Basket

I just finished this very cute Granny Square Basket crocheted from random yarn in my stash and it fits my kids toy perfectly!

It was made with just five granny squares - four make up the sides and the fifth is the base. If you want to make one too then remember to make the squares the same size and you get to choose how big of a square you want to make.

I crocheted all the sides together, I first joined the sides and then I crocheted the base on and finished it with a decorative crochet trim and handles are just chain stitch.

It honestly, couldn't have been any easier! My daughter loves it and it is apparently the perfect size to carry her Beanie Boos in!

I tweaked your brain with ideas on using up some of your old stash? Are you going to make one too?

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