A-Z of name banners - part 2

It's been a hard decision choosing banners to put into this A-Z of names. Ideally, they'd all begin with the right letter, and so would the name (e.g Hearts & Henrietta which was one of todays posts). Sadly most of them don't conform to this, so I've usually picked one of each to show off.

Here are my recent ones:

Cole & Clouds = yay! Double 'C'

And then Connie with some awesome lions!

Daniel & Dinosaurs = Double 'D' - win again!

And another cool Connie, with 2 different dogs. 

Emilia & Elephants! = Double 'E' 

Emilia is such a beautiful name, and quite popular at the moment it seems - I've sewn 5 of these banners, all in different colours, in the last year. 

Faiz with 2 different animals. Because why not?

And Alfie and Foxes. It doesn't begin with F but does have an F nicely placed in the middle!

G is for Gael, and Giraffes. Sadly not in the same banner, but they still both look beautiful!

H for Hannes and Hearts - again not in the same banner, until I got the order last week for Henrietta with Hearts - which fitted in perfectly instead!!

More to follow, we're only on H! Watch this space! 

New Circus Mobile

Wow it's been 2 months since I posted anything! Apologies - I don't know where the time has gone!

So I'm always coming up with new ideas for mobiles, and quite often have an idea in my head for ages before I actually get round to making anything.

So I had the idea for a circus mobile in my head for ages but was a bit worried about making it as I am totally against anyone using animals for performances in any sort of way - but then I thought 'hey elephants aren't pink for a start, so none of my mobiles are totally realistic and my ideas of how to present the animals was so exciting that I wanted to try.

So here it is:

What do you think?

Felt Name Banners

I've had the idea for a while to make felt name banners, using some of the felt animals from my baby mobiles, but with a hand stitched felt name in the middle, so they are very personalised.

I started with the elephants, as these are the ones I make most for my mobiles, and then went on to try some of my other favourite mobile shapes.....

I obviously had to make an Amy one first, so it goes with my stall!

The Art of the Brick

My auntie and I, at the recommendation of my cousin and his girlfriend, went to the Lego exhibition in Brick Lane (appropriate) yesterday and it was AMAZING!!

I had high expectations before arriving on how impressive everything would be but I just had no idea quite how incredible all of the artworks would be.

Every room we walked in to was greeted by a who host of 'WOW's' which just helped to build up the excitement as we went round, and before we left we had to walk back through all of the pieces again because it was just too goo to leave!

Here are some of my favourite images and go and visit it!!

I was expecting 3D sculptures in Lego but I could not get over how incredible all of the 2D artworks were, and I was not expecting anything like this!!

I would love a Lego globe....maybe when my nephew is older we will have to have a play...

The staging of the exhibition was perfect!

'I bleed Lego'

So moving!

'Incomplete'

My new pet? So exciting that I happened to be wearing the right jumper!

Bob Dylan

http://artofthebrick.co.uk/

Knitted Dinosaur Hats

Going along with my current obsession for knitting, and my love for dinosaurs, I have made a pattern for some very exciting dinosaur hats!!

Here are some photos....

Ever Heard Of An Ankylosaurus?

Me neither. But he featured in my Knitted Dinosaurs book and looked pretty awesome.

Throughout my dinosaur and zoo animal making escapades, I have gradually been improving my knitting techniques and learning new skills, so they have been incredibly beneficial. I've learnt: Loopy Stitch, Picot Edging, and Bobbles, amongst others. The Ankylosaurus (meaning Fused Lizard) has bobbles all over his back, interspersed with a knitting and purling geometric pattern, so I thought he would be perfect for my next challenge.

For the bobbles, the pattern is as follows: 

Row 1. (k1, yf, k1, yf, k1) into next stitch

Row 2. P5

Row 3. Turn, K5

Row 4. Turn, P2tog, P1, P2tog

Row 5. Turn, Sl1, K2tog, Psso

 

And what do dinosaurs do in their spare time....play dinosaur dominoes of course!!