Caiden has been enjoying making bows and arrows, he has been inspired by the character, Legolas Greenleaf from Lord of the Rings. I have been reading this book to him in the evenings and he loves the story… he has been working on his arrows for a few days, filing them smooth and has become quite a good shot, using old plastic bottles as targets… This morning he made himself a quiver on the sewing machine, Jenna is going to help him attach the strap.
Happy Creative Friday!
PS Richard would like me to knit him a ‘man shawl’ for winter, I love this idea! Any suggestions for a masculine shawl pattern?
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Hurray for Caiden, I think his creations are great:)
The less is more shawl could be manly done in the right colours – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/less-is-more-shawl
or most of Stephen West’s designs would work well for a man.
Very nice Less-is-More shawl, thanks:)
I made my son a Wingspan, which he wears as a scarf. It seemed to be one of the few designs without frills or lacy bits. I used a brown/black/cream sock yarn and it worked out well.
You can see it here.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/hennypenny/wingspan
Penny
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Thank you Penny, this is lovely!
what a clever idea : a manly shawl !!!!!
I think I’ll go on Pinterest to look out for some ideas!!!!
xxxxx Ale
Well, nothing crafty this week as we had a bit of a farm emergency – but all is well now & I love being inspired by what others share on Creative Friday!
That’s a fantastic set. My son has been making bows and arrows (I keep finding new ones) and has asked for a quiver too. I told him he could make his own but he would rather keep making the bows I guess – also inspired by Legolas…he’s on the second book right now.
I shared an event this week. I hope you don’t mind. I realize that you are half way around the world, but I noticed from past comments that you have a lot of readers over in my area.
Thanks for sharing again this week.
I think it is great that Caiden is making his own arrows and quiver. It looks like he is doing a great job.
Many of the prayer shawls I crochet are manly, including this one: http://www.allfreecrochetafghanpatterns.com/Throw-Patterns/Relaxed-Guy-Throw/ct/1
If you want to knit one, I would recommend this easy pattern : http://shawlministry.com/instructions.html
I hope one of these works for you.
Thanks for hosting Linda. Nice to see Caiden behind the machine. . .
I like the Leiden pattern in Nancy Marchant’s book on brioche knitting. Although I think a nice fine-gauge herringbone is also always nice for a man.
Look at any of Stephen West’s patterns. Lots of manly stuff– stripes shapes etc and Fun poses!
EVERYONE loves Legolas!!!
I always loved making bows and arrows too!
I love this! And tell Caiden it’s the best quiver I’ve seen.. really!
🙂 Debbie
I always enjoyed playing with bows and arrows too, the quiver looks great.
Stephen West has some fairly manly/unisex patterns for scarves and shawls
It’s great to see Caiden learning to sew. When I started a sewing club after the elementary school day where I was a counselor (before I retired), I had more boys than girls. (The machines were discarded from the high school but we got them working fine.) It seemed the boys were attracted by working a machine, where the girls were more interested in color and design. In any case, each made one pillowcase for themselves and one for a child in the homeless shelter. They were so proud! I was, too.
I always look forward to your blog in my inbox. Thank you for your kind and creative spirit of sharing!\.
Nancy
I think the most impressive thing about the arrows is that they fly with enough force to have an effect on a bottle. If I had made them, they’d not have flown at all, or they’d have gone wonky. I am mightily impressed.