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Creative Friday and Meet Harriet the Hippo, a new Pattern

By Linda on October 5, 2012 in Creative Friday, Knitting, Mamma4earth, Shop, Waldorf

Meet Harriet the Hippo, she is a sweet character and I just love her tremendously, she is sitting here right next to my computer as I am typing and she makes me smile each time I look at her face:) Here is the link to her pattern details on Ravelry, if you feel you would like to favorite the pattern, that would be so kind:)

I know I was saving her for the African Animals knitting book and she will still be in it but I really wanted to share her now so I have made her pattern available on my Mamma4earth shop.

She is knitted in Aran weight wool with 4mm needles, she is knitted in 2 parts, the body and the head, I did want her to be a single piece knit but then I couldn’t get that wonderful head shape that I wanted so much. Harriet is an easy knit, the body is knitted flat in stocking stitch and the head is knitted in the round. The pattern has increasing and decreasing and a little braided tail.

Harriet’s pattern can be bought from:
Mamma4earth on Etsy
Instant Downloads from:
Mamma4earth on Craftsy
Mamma4earth on Ravelry

I am so looking forward to visiting all of your Creative Friday links today, thank so much for participating here each week.

Welcome to Creative Friday

Thank you so much to everyone who shares the love and their beautiful links:) Please feel free to post your links to anything you have created and would like to share, it can be a recipe, sewing tutorial, knitting tutorial, felting, crochet, crafts, art, spinning, weaving, working with fibre, photography, poetry…etc…

I also love to hear from you, so if you have a moment, please leave a comment:) Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent with us! Just add the name of your blog to the widget and then add your blog link with the http:// at the beginning of your link address:) I have added a Creative Friday button on the sidebar of my blog, please feel free to add it to your blog for Creative Friday and link it to http://www.naturalsuburbia.com/ so others can find this space and share their creativity too:)

1. I have started a Creative Friday Flickr Group where you can post your beautiful photos that you link to each Creative Friday. To join the group, please go here.

2. If you would be so kind as to link back to Natural Suburbia in your blog post that would be lovely:)

Have a wonderful day,
xo
Linda

A Walk in the Garden

By Linda on October 4, 2012 in Family, Gardening, Knitting, Mamma4earth

Late this afternoon I went for a walk around our garden to see what I would find. The cool evening air was welcome after such a hot day, 35 degrees C. A friendly Crested Barbet was sitting on our Mulberry tree, I know he was eyeing all the fruit in the garden, he sat just long enough for me to take a few shots of him and then off he flew.

Our Just Joey roses are in bloom, their perfume is heavenly…

I am so excited about our Naartjie trees, this one in particular is covered with blooms, it looks like we will have plenty of fruit this year.

I love where we live, right near to a pan, early evening, hundreds of water birds fly back to this pan for the night…

The Brunfelsia is flowering, so pretty.

Our grape vine has come back to life and I am so looking forward to making wine again next year, it’s a wonderful family activity, I just need to buy the yeasts and then around January we will harvest the grapes and start the process.

This afternoon was lovely, Richard came home from work early, we managed to go out for a short while and have some tea, just the two of us, while my mom looked after the children and then we went grocery shopping. It was so nice to spend time together.

This last week, I found my mountain bike way in the back of the garage, I dusted it off and have started riding again, it feels so good to be out in the sun exercising. I ride with Jen in the afternoons around the pan, we have even ventured right out around the golf course, we have lovely chats and try to ride at least 11 or 12 km every second day. It was really difficult at first but now it’s getting a lot easier, yeah!

PS I have a new African animal pattern that I will be writing about tomorrow on Creative Friday.

The first person (one person) to correctly guess the animal type when leaving a comment in this post will get the pattern emailed to them for free:)

Have a lovely day.

Linda

Fairy Home Mushroom Knitting Pattern

By Linda on December 24, 2009 in Crafts, free, Knitting, Mamma4earth, patterns

Hi everyone, as promised here is the Fairy Home Mushroom Knitting Pattern:

It is so quick and easy to make if you start now you may be able to add them as stocking fillers for Christmas morning:)

Pattern:

I used handspun almost chunky yarn for this pattern…

Mushroom Cap:

Using a red yarn.

c/o 26 sts

rib for 2 rows (knit one stitch purl one stitch across both rows)

(*Knit 2 tog, knit 3 sts* across the row) and then at the end of the row knit 2 tog knit 4 sts.(21 stitches)

Rib 1 row

(*Knit 2 tog, knit 2 sts* across the row) and at the end of the row knit 2 tog knit 3 sts.(16 stitches)

Rib 1 row.

(*Knit 2 tog Knit 1 sts* across the row) knit 2 sts at the end on the row. (11 stitches)

Rib 1 row

(*Knit 1 Knit 2 tog* across the row), knit 2 on the end.(8 stitches)

Rib 1 row

Knit 2 tog, knit 1, knit 2 tog, knit 1, knit 2 together (5 stitches)

For the last 5 stitches take a tapestry needle and thread the stitches onto

the needle and pull together, you can also sew down the seam to finish off

the mushroom cap on the wrong side and then turn it onto the right side.

Mushroom Stem:

Using cream yarn.

Knit as an i-cord

c/o 8 stitches

knit 14 rows and the cast off

sew in ends on the top, leave bottom open for stuffing, close base with a

circular piece of felt when finished stuffing the stem.

Chimney:

Using cream yarn.

Knit as an I-cord

c/o 3 sts

knit 5 rows

cast off and close the top of the chimney, attach the chimney to the

mushroom cap.

Finishing off:

Attach the roof to the top of the stem by sewing it together.
Cut a little door out of felt and sew onto the base of the stem to form a
door.

If you would only use this pattern for personal use, and not commercial use, I would appreciate it 🙂

That’s it:) I would love to hear how your little mushroom homes knit up. I will be adding new variations over the next few weeks, so stop by…

Have a wonderful Festive Season,

Warmly
Linda

Please note, this pattern is for personal use only, and not for resale, items knitted from this pattern may not be sold for commercial purposes, thank you.

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