To make the tags, I bought a sock monkey head rubber stamp and stamped it on Shrinky Dink (the official website is down) with brown ink (you have to use a permanent ink pad not just any kind), then I used colored pencils to do the lips in red and the eyes in black. Don't forget to punch the hole before you shrink them! A regular size hole punch comes out to a nice small hole when it is shrunk. Then I put on a jump ring and stuck it to the tiny sock!
Yet another pair of fetching... these were for my mother-in-law. This is Rowan Summer Tweed, the same as the pink one I showed earlier. This yarn works great for this pattern, but be careful! Now that I've made two of the same pair, I want to warn that you can get two from one skein but it is close. Really really close, I had a few yards left at the end of the second one. So don't let any yarn go to waste with extra long tails or anything, just in case!I have one more Christmas present to post but that has to wait! On my needles right now: the second pink Fetching for me.
3 comments:
Ooh, I was wondering about Summer Tweed + cables after seeing it in No Sheep for You. I've been contemplating Fetching since before I knew how to knit (a whole year ago); is it hard?
(I found you via the dishcloth swap; hi!)
I really like the Summer Tweed with the cables... I think they show up better in person than they do in that photo of the brown one. Fetching is not hard! I was shocked how easy cables are. The first time it is awkward adding yet another needle to your hand (the cable needle) but it is really easy-peasy.
Excellent! So now all I need to learn is how to knit in the round! Sock-knitting class, here I come!
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