Itty bitty Gift Bags

I decided to knit some small and quirky gift bags for those little items which are small and fiddly but which will look great in a little bag of their own.

 The bag is knitted in oddments of double knitting used double stranded throughout

the whole of the project

The pretty cotton lining is a small piece taken from 

a fat quarter

Its approximately 11cms excluding handles

and 16 cms wide

Crochet mania..

Since Christmas I have mastered the basics of crochet and can now crochet enough squares to make a Granny Square Throw

It's such fun

to watch little squares 

grow

into enough squares to

 make 

a pretty Spring Throw

A Few Recent Knitty projects...

Chevron Strip Blankie

Itty Knitty Pink Princess

My Attempt at Knitting a Tartan blankie

A lovely warm Aran Scarf

Little White Baby Blankie

IttyBittyFairies...

My family of ittbittyknitty dollies are growing...

Dolly DayDream

Cobweb 

Book Sprite

The dolls are approximately 40 cms and are made from double knitting wool with added bits of speciality wool. They are not toys, and so aren't suitable for little children as the dolls contain small pieces of beads and wires and could potentially be harmful in little hands...

Another little dolly

This quirky little dolly is adapted from a book of knits by Fiona McDonald

Knitted Fairies to Cherish and Charm

I think she is lovely !!

Rag Dolly...

It's taken me a little while to knit this multicoloured and multi layered rag dolly.

She looks quite cute and easily made using small amounts of double knitting wool.

The petals in her coat look really pretty.

She is approximately 60 cms tall.

ittybittystripeyblankies...

I love knitting in stripes, and for ages I wanted to master the knack of knitting chevron stripes but every pattern I tried didn't really work out how I wanted it to - and there's only so many times you can pull out row after row without giving up entirely.

But I'm glad I persevered and found this lovely blankie pattern which works out just fine..and the chevrons look really pretty.

This is knitted in a lovely purple and pink mix and was just the right size for 

baby Isabella.

This colour combination looks bright and cheerful for Spring

I recommend making the pattern as easy as possible, so try using self patterned wool which knits up in a remarkably short time, and there are fewer fiddly bits to weave in afterwards.

These two blankies are knitted in Wizz Aran and really do pattern like magic !