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Hello, my name is Dionne and I have been crafting for a very long time. As a very young child my mother tried to teach me to knit, it was a disaster. However, it must have sparked an interest in making things and, partly to prove that I was not totally useless and partly because I really wanted to make things, I taught myself to crochet. Over the years I have developed a love of cross stitch and all types of paper craft ..... I eventually even taught myself to knit.


I am married to a very understanding man, thank goodness, because I spend all my time either crafting, thinking about crafting or talking about crafting. I am hopeless at housework and dinner is often late!


Thank you for visiting my blog.


Dionne

Monday, 17 July 2017

I Love Santa

I'm back again with day fourteen of my personal 'Christmas in July' challenge to share with you the miniature outfits I have been knitting for my niece's Christmas elves.  This is the thirteenth of the 25 outfits I have made for her, so we are halfway there.


As you will know by now, the original pattern was designed to fit the 'Little Cotton Rabbits' series of soft toys.  The original patterns were written for 4 ply but, as the elves I have been knitting for are a little larger than the Little Cotton Rabbits, I have made mine in baby soft double knit.


For once Julie Williams had done all of the hard work for me.  The dress came from Julie Williams 'Seasonal Dresses' patterns, it is called ' Hearts and Crosses' and  the jumper came from her 'Seasonal Sweaters' patterns, it is called 'Love Heart'.  These two pattern books are full of helpful tips and detailed descriptions of all the tricky stitches, ideal for the not very experienced knitter.


I added the lettering once the sweater was finished, it was a little fiddly because the 'canvass' is so small and the holes pull the stitches off centre.




Dionne

PS Whilst I really love to read your comments, I will understand if you do not feel you have anything to say about yet another dress and jumper combo, perhaps you could just say hi to let me know that you stopped by.
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5 comments:

  1. crafty-stamper17 July 2017 at 22:46

    Love all the beautiful sets -great Christmas trees and fabulous little I love Santa-very clever how you get so much detail in these little items
    carol x

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    1. Dee's Craft Room18 July 2017 at 01:45

      Thank you for you lovely comments Carol, I really appreciate them and I hope you are not getting bored of all of this knitting. I think I have seen you do far fiddlier work on your cards.

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  2. Mrs Beez19 July 2017 at 10:01

    This is adorable and has a Scandanavian feel about it. How did you do such small letters so perfectly? X

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    1. Dee's Craft Room19 July 2017 at 12:34

      Hi Lisette, what are you doing in Blackpool? Other than eating rock and dancing the night away at the Tower Ballroom of course.

      You are too sweet, I was actually very disappointed with my 'writing', I think it is very uneven and scruffy looking, but it was the best I could do. (I unpicked it all once and started again.)

      Enjoy yourself at the seaside.

      Dionne xxx

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  3. Mrs Beez19 July 2017 at 10:01

    This is adorable and has a Scandanavian feel about it. How did you do such small letters so perfectly? X

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Dionne

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