Day 158: Knitted hearts and some art fair evaluation

I haven't knitted anything for ages now so I thought of cleaning the cobwebs by knitting something easy and small, hence little hearts. I recently went to my first art fair as selling artist. Big step for me as I never dared to do that before and thanks to my 365 project I had some work to take. It all looked very nice but I was to stressed to remember to take a photo :).
I sold for £40, paid £25 for fees and spent the rest on lunch. But...I didn't make a loss, so happy with that. Small, inexpensive items are definitely a eay forward. Thinking of maybe trying a Christmas fair next. I should have enough stuff:)

Day 97: Simple drawstring bag

 No more plastic bags for my knitting! I got lost in plastic bag hell for a bit there, they are so convenient and everywhere that it is so easy to forget we used to have fabric bags. Since I have three different knitting projects at the go and lots of yarn knocking about I decided to tidy it up a bit and made some simple and quick drawstring bags. Here is how: http://www.purlbee.com/easy-drawstring-bag/2009/3/16/easy-drawstring-bag.html

Day 87: Start on a knitted scarf

It's bit mad over here at the moment but I managed to steal some time away and make a start on a scarf. This is a first item I am making has this kind of pattern in it. There are a lot of yon's but it seems ok. 

I also like this picture a lot. I found the shot by a fluke. Looking for some nice background I saw these pencils. My step-grandson is sharpening all my pencils for me, hence they are all out.  He calls it his 'work'. And if I touch his 'work', he is going to be very cross with me indeed :) I better go and put everything back. 

Day 62: Large-ish Knitted Heart

As I knitted the small heart I saw a larger one so gave it a go but this one didn't really turn out that well. Might be something to do with stitch tension as the yarn I used was a bit similar but not quite right. I might have another go at this heart just to lean how to adapt yarn to pattern. It is a useful skill and one I have not mastered yet, i tend to stick to patterns with yarns I know I can get but it is limiting. So next step in my knitting adventure...

For some really creative hearts visit my fellow 365er Elaine's blog and be amazed http://ellensdailyheart.blogspot.com/

Day 59: Softy Heart

A little knitted heart and another in making:)

Day Nine: Catapoodle

A cat knitted with some sort of shaggy wool that is like a poodle fur equals Catapoodle. Made from 50g Noro Silk yarn, which is really expensive but this particular skein comes from a charity shop. It sort of knitted a bit like a rug but the colours turned out nice. This cat is really easy to knit but as the face was a bit flat I did some needle sculpting to bring out features. It's funny how it turned into a male cat.

 For all of you who would like to make on, it only takes one evening, here is the link, beware of foul language though: http://geobabe.livejournal.com/227621.html