I haven't managed to get as much done as I'd have liked since my last post. I've been more into reading in my down time lately than crafting. That plus a few big projects I'm still working on have meant not as much to share. I do have some things finally though! First up is another pair of knitted socks. I did these out of the "I Can't Believe I'm Knitting Socks" booklet. The book taught me how to knit socks, and this is the second pair I've done from there. The pattern is Little Arrowhead Lace socks. they came out ok, but I really don't like how this book decreases to the toe in all of the patterns, so the book has gone to ARC. The socks came out nice though.
My favorite project from this post is a dalek amigurumi. I signed up to be an angel for a swapper on craftster who didn't ever receive a package from her partner. It was a Dr. Who swap so I got to make a Dalek! You can't see his death ray shooter in the picture, but I promise it's there. This was my first time doing popcorn stitch, and it was much more simple than I expected. I recommend finding a video online or a step by step photo tutorial to learn this stitch. I tried doing it from written instructions and just confused myself. The YouTube videos made it simple.
I also made a card set, and did an iron transfer onto a t-shirt for the swap. The transfer is a quote from the most recent Dr, and the card set is supposed to be left-over thank you cards from the wedding of Rose and the fake Dr regenerated from Dr Who's arm and Donna Noble. Getting to be all geeky when making this stuff was actually quite fun :o)
Last week I made Jerry a birthday card. I also stamped on the envelope so that's here too.
I'll hopefully be able to start posting some of the baby projects I've been working on in the next post. I plan to have them finished before the baby is due in February!
