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Basic Men’s Ribbed Beanie Pattern

by VioletLeBeaux | Apr 2, 2014 | Craft, Other-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial

James asked me to make him a new beanie a while ago because all of his current beanies look like this…

He seems to think no one notices when he wears them inside out… but I do.

So anyway this project was actually quite a quick one to do because it’s so basic. James doesn’t like fancy designs so even though I wanted to do some cool cabling he ended up with plain old ribbing.

Obviously this will vary with head size etc so doing a test swatch is important etc. For James’ head size I cast on 100 stitches. For this kind of ribbing, really you just want double the number you would need for straight stockinette.

Then knit 2, purl 2 until you’ve got around 15cm of ribbing. I used circular needles because it was easiest for this size.

This was the amount of ribbing I did, it ended up being around 20 rows.

At the end of the ribbing, switch to stockinette and k2tog every third stitch to decrease it into being more head shaped.

Knit straight up until you reach the top of the head and then begin decreasing every 5th stitch again. At this point I moved over onto double pointed needles . I pretty much just continued decreasing like that until the end to create a fairly steep curve shape.

Tie off the top and it’s officially a hat!

Here you can see the decreases a little better.

James seemed happy enough with it and it’s certainly an improvement over his old ones so I might have to churn out a couple more… next time with cabling though XD

Bonus: this is what James thinks hat modelling is. I have no words.

Bergamot Bunny Needle Felt Patch

by VioletLeBeaux | Mar 31, 2014 | Craft, Other-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial

After the amount of fun we had with the VLB needle felt patch I thought it would only be fair to do a Bergamot Bunny version too!

You’ll need needle felting supplies and some white felt as well for this one.

Cut the shapes below out of felt.

Felt the round head to the body.

And the ears to the head.

Next smoosh up some white wool to cover the felt.

Begin with the ears…

And then cover up the rest in white as well.

Now for the details! In pink make her fluffy tail.

As well as the blush on her cheeks, hearts in her ears and little hands.

In this version I gave her a pink mouth and nose and a light purple “V” in her foot. I also made a little pink bow separately and added it on.

Then some big beautiful black eyes…

And so they look more like eyes and less like disturbing portals to the underworld, add in some white sparks and eyelashes.

Yay done!

Then you just need to pop a pin on the back and wear your new friend out and about!

She makes a great pin or patch to use on a bag or anything else!

Miss Lottie’s First Trip To The Beach – Melbourne Snapshots!

by VioletLeBeaux | Mar 29, 2014 | Life, Miss Lottie Pomeranian

We’ve wanted to take Lottie to the beach since she was little but traveling with her on public transport is a pain in the butt so we waited until we could plan a proper day out with our friends.

As it turns out, Lottie does not like cars even a little bit. She cried most of the way there so we distracted her with treats and cuddles but she was having none of it!

The second we got there however, she took to the water like… a dog in water >_>

She wasn’t too sure about the ocean but once James got his feet wet she went nuts and started jumping in! She was playing catch with her toy too, I can’t believe how high she can jump!

For a while Lottie thought the sand was edible, she sniffed it a bit hard and ended up sneezing it out for the next 10 minutes. She doesn’t have awesome self preservation skills…

After such a big exciting day she fell asleep in the car on the way home, had some lunch and went straight back to sleep! We went out for some dinner and to take more photos. Doesn’t Celina look like a model here?

It was such a beautiful evening.

James insisted on being on the OTHER side of the fence which i did NOT enjoy!!! X[

I bumped into Chrissy who is a reader/subsriber on Youtube! It was so cool to meet her, she was at a convention that day and had a really awesome costume that she’d made herself!