Jaffa's Space Invaders jersey

Cute cute cute!

Preston's Important Things Bag

Preston has a small obsession with bags, and putting his important things in bags (including nice things he finds in shops! I've had to stop him shoplifting before). So i'm making his own Important Things bag out of some really thick yarn in Preston colours. I've adapted a Patons pattern from the new Accessories book I bought recently - it's in broken rib which looks and feels really nice. It's going to have a really long handle so it goes across his body.

Dinosaur

I started Preston's dinosaur (ankylosaurus) and here is the top piece of the body and head. Hmmm, doesn't look like much yet, but I'm sure it will be very cool when completed (after what I can only imagine is going to be hours and hours of sewing it together - there are over 50 tiny spiky things i have to make and sew to each end of the ridges you can see in the picture)...

My purple finglerless gloves

I was quite jealous of Dan's warm hands so I adapted the pattern to have an XOXOXOX cable down the middle (which you can't really see because of my bad lighting and photography). But my other hand is cold so I'd better hurry up and knit a matching glove.

Dan's cabled fingerless gloves

Fingerless gloves are the new beanies. You can still do stuff while having warm hands (and arms), like typing, writing, opening doors and eating!

My pink jersey

Here is the progress on my pink long sleeved jersey (picture somewhere below of what it will look like). It is all knitted in the round so it takes ages to knit a row, but worth it as I get the front and back knitted at the same time! The lacy middle panel is proving more difficult than I expected but I'm sure it will look nice when (and not if) completed.

Dinosaurs!

I couldn't help but buy a newly released book of totally cool dinosaur toys last week! I know I have a million projects on the go, but DINOSAURS... surely Preston needs a new toy. Here is a picture of the book (stolen from chemgrrl who is also working on one too). I've started the one in the bottom left corner, except mine is a dark maroon colour with a dark green thread through it (not sure what brand - it was in a giant box of oddments I bought on Zillion). There are more designs on the back, but these turn out quite large so I doubt I will be making a whole farm of them. I'll see.
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