IN THE NIGHT GARDEN...UPSY-DAİSY

UPSY-DAİSY

Upsy-Daisy is now for sale..The rest of the In the Night Garden characters are available on order;

Please ask for payment details

Linda x

Customer photo

A very special customer sent me this photo..
        Thank you so much and  pleased Teddy has settled in x

    Happy New Year to all my Customers, Friends and Family..

Happy Chrıstmas

Knitted Lamb

My Customer wanted a Lamb for  special little girl, so got to work and made a lamb fit for a princess :)

 Orders taken..please feel free to chat about exactly what you want, I have many patterns...

 All packed up and ready to go to her new home ...

UPDATE..
I have just received a photo from Eden

Thank you so much for sending me this lovely photo, lamby is so lucky to have you as a best friend xxx

Chimney Sweep Lucky Wedding Gift

There are Eighteen delightful knitted Characters in total..

Lıttle gift dolls

Lucky Chimney Sweep makes a great Wedding Gift

Please ask for more details:)

Customer Service..

Chimney Sweep all packed up ready to go to Ireland, I am so pleased he is being used for a Customers sons wedding, the Chimney Sweep will make his appearance when the dad makes his speech. 


I so love knitting ;)

Baker bear arrives in Germany..

Marions Baker bear arrives safe and sound to her front door, I do love it when my customers send me photos of the bears in their new homes...

Marion writes :
 

''a warm welcome to our new friend ♥ thank you so much linda, she is sooooo cute''!

Another satisfied customer..Thank you for your custom :)

SAINT LUCIA..FAIRY

Here's my new knitted faıry for my Chrıstmas tree, much better I recon than a plastic one :)

Linda x

ALAN DARTS PATTERNS

 My good friend Alison wrote to Alan Dart (the designer of some patterns I use) to show him my finished Bears.. 

On 25 Nov 2011, at 21:40, Alison wrote:

Hi Alan  
Here are two photos of two of your Hobby Bears which a very good friend of mine has made  Hope you like them.  

Alison

Bunty, the Baker

Herbert, the Gardener Bear.

This was his reply

Dear Alison,

The toys your friend has made are absolutely wonderful, and please congratulate her on my behalf for her excellent handiwork. Thank you so much for letting me see them. 

Best wishes,

Alan

What a compliment, Alan has been such an inspiration to me and I hope to do more of his patterns justice..

Linda

Satisfied Customer..

Herbert the Gardener has found a new home and by the look of it he has settled in just nicely.

''Carol was very pleased with her Herbert the Gardener and Herbert was more than happy with Carol'' :)

Feed back from my latest customer:
Carol Willis
Letting you know Linda, they arrived today. So excited when I saw the box in my porch when I came home today :) I have wrapped Dads up for mum for xmas, mine is sitting very proud in my lounge perched on my fire log box. Thank u so much for my prezzie He will def be out on display at Christmas. Thank u again they are all lovely xxx

Thank you for your custom

Linda x

Update on teddy who's now named Bertie:

 Thank you Carol for sending me this photo, it's good to see Bertie looking so festive..so cute x

Bunty the Baker

This is one of my favorite soft toys..meet

 BUNTY THE BAKER

Please ask for more details ;)

HAND KNITTED TOYS...ORDER LIST.....

I have far too many patterns to list, so please let me know whatever you would like as I am sure I will have what you are looking for, if not I shall do my utmost to find it.

 

Linda x

Knitted Finger Puppets..

SANTA AND SNOWMAN FINGER PUPPETS

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I do have Rudolph as well..they are very sweet ;)

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Herbert the Gardener...

WELCOME :) I am now selling my knitting due to popular demand, so ıf you see a design you like I can modify it to your needs..or if you are looking for a cuddly toy that is not on my blog..let me know and I shall find the pattern and knit you it up..prices reasonable..

There are a few Hobby bears..gardener bear..cooking bear...decorator bear...florist bear..bird watcher bear..
artist bear and of course knitter bear....

FUNNY :)

ELF...

My Latest Family member :)

ANGELICA

I have just finished knitting up Angelica... had alot of fun knitting her up although abit fiddly in places.

This pattern was one of Alan Darts, he does have alot of fantastic patterns..

PEPPA PİG

  

Peppa pig has found a new home and it looks like he is well loved..

Orders Taken ;)

Teapot Mouse

Hello again, since moving to Bulgaria and having the huge task of renovating an old farm I have not had enough hours in the day, let alone knit, so yesterday I downed tools and searched for my needles.
We have just literally made a kitchen so decided to knit up a little bit of fun to add to it :D



Found the perfect place for my new teapot Mouse :D

PATTERN AVAİLABLE IN PDF FORMAT, just ask   :)

Holiday Mice

  These little fellas only take a couple of hours to make. Not to waste any time, on to the details!

You can knit the mice flat on straight needles, or in the round (the brown ones are knit flat, the grey one in the round, so you can see there is little difference). The materials list says to use worsted weight yarn because that's what I usually use. The larger mice are made with worsted weight yarn, but the little one is made with sport weight yarn on 3 mm needles (he's only 2" tall), so you can really use whatever you have. The hood is knit flat with a seam up the back, and the beret is knit in the round, so you can make whichever you are comfortable with. Little details like bells, pom-poms, and ribbon bows are optional, but very cute!

Holiday Mouse

Materials: 15 g worsted weight yarn in main colour (MC), 10 g of worsted weight yarn in contrasting colour (CC), small amount of pink worsted weight yarn, stuffing, pair of 8 mm safety eyes or buttons (or black yarn), 4 mm (US size 6) set of dpns or pair of needles, tapestry needle

Size: 8 cm (3")

Gauge: 22 sts and 32 rows per 10cm (4˝) in st st

Notes: Instructions are written for knitting flat with straight needles. To knit the toy in the round on dpns, knit all odd rows, rather than purling them (except for bobbles). Please note that you may need to shuffle sts between needles occasionally, in order to work the increases and decreases. Remember to attach safety eyes and stuff head before working Row 16.

MB = Make Bobble
Row 1: increase 5 sts into next st (knit into front, then back, front, back, front of st). (5 sts)
Row 2: p5, turn.
Row 3: k5, turn.
Row 4: p2tog, p1, p2tog, turn. (3 sts)
Row 5: s1, k2tog, psso. (1 st)
Then continue with pattern...

Body
Start at bottom. Cast on 7 sts with MC.
Row 1: P 1 row.
Row 2: k1, [m1, k1] x 6. (13 sts)
Row 3: P 1 row.
Row 4: k3, [m1, k1] x 7, m1, k3. (21 sts)
Row 5: P 1 row.
Row 6: k7, MB, k5, MB, k7.
Row 7-9: work 3 rows in st st.
Row 10: k6, k2tog, k5, skpo, k6. (19 sts)
Row 11-13: work 3 rows in st st.
Row 14: k6, MB, skpo, k1, k2tog, MB, k6. (17 sts)
Row 15-17: work 3 rows in st st.
Row 18: k2, [skpo] x 3, k1, [k2tog] x 3, k2. (11 sts)
Bind off. Cut yarn. Sew up back seam, leaving bound-off edge open. Stuff body.

Head
Start at back. Cast on 6 sts with MC.
Row 1: P 1 row.
Row 2: k1, [m1, k1] x 5. (11 sts)
Row 3: P 1 row.
Row 4: k2, [m1, k1] x 3, k1, [k1, m1] x 3, k2. (17 sts)
Row 5-9: work 5 rows in st st.
Row 10: k2, skpo, k1, k2tog, k3, skpo, k1, k2tog, k2. (13 sts)
Row 11: P 1 row.
Row 12: k3, k2tog, k3, skpo, k3. (11 sts)
Row 13: P 1 row.
Row 14: k2, k2tog, k3, skpo, k2. (9 sts)
Row 15: P 1 row.
Row 16: [k2tog] x 2, k1, [skpo] x 2. (5 sts)
Cut yarn, thread end through remaining sts, and pull tight to gather. Attach safety eyes. Sew seam, leaving an opening. Stuff head, adding extra stuffing to cheeks. Sew closed.
 

Hood
Start at front. Cast on 22 sts with CC yarn and straight needles.
Row 1: K 1 row.
Row 2: skpo, k18, k2tog. (20 sts)
Row 3: k2, p16, k2.
Row 4: skpo, k16, k2tog. (18 sts)
Row 5: k2, p14, k2.
Row 6: K 1 row.
Row 7: k2, p14, k2.
Row 8: k8, m1, k2, m1, k8. (20 sts)
Row 9: k2, p16, k2.
Row 10: k9, m1, k2, m1, k9. (22 sts)
Fold hood in half and graft together back from neck to point. Or, work one more wrong side row, then bind off, and sew back seam of hood. Add a couple lengths of yarn or ribbon to front corners for ties. If you like, add a pom-pom or bell to the hood point.


Beret
Cast on 18 sts with CC yarn and dpns. Join in the round.
Row 1-2: [k1, p1] x 9.
Row 3: [k2, m1] x 9. (27 sts)
Row 4-8: work 5 rows in st st.
Row 9: [k1, k2tog] x 9. (18 sts)
Row 10: K 1 row.
Row 11: [k2tog] x 9. (9 sts)
Row 12: K 1 row.
Row 13: [k1, k2tog] x 3. (6 sts)
Cut yarn, thread end through remaining sts, and pull tight to gather. Secure yarn ends.

Ears (make 2)
 Ears must be knit flat.
Cast on 3 sts with pink yarn.
Row 1: P 1 row.
Row 2: [k1, m1] x 2, k1. (5 sts)
Row 3: P 1 row.
Row 4: k1, m1, k3, m1, k1. (7 sts)
Row 5: P 1 row.
Row 6: k1, [k2tog] x 3. (4 sts)
Bind off.

Finishing
If you're not using safety eyes, sew on button eyes, or embroider them with black yarn. Embroider a nose with pink yarn. Sew bound-off edge of ears to head or hat. Sew head to bound-off edge of body. Sew hat onto head (add a bit of stuffing to the hat if you like). For the tail, make a braid or a length of I-cord from pink yarn. If you're hanging the mouse on a tree, add a loop of yarn to the top of the head. If the mouse will be a toy, you may want to sew down the sides of the bobble feet.


Abbreviations
K or k = knit
k2tog = decrease 1 by knitting 2 together
m1 = increase 1 by picking up loop between stitch just worked and next stitch, and knit into the back of this loop
P or p = purl
p2tog = decrease 1 by purling 2 together
skpo = slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over
st or sts = stitch or stitches
st st = stocking stitch