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A knitted birthday vest

   If you’ve been following me on instagram,
you’ve probably noticed I’ve been knitting up a mini storm.
And happily…
I have finished Dino Boy’s ‘something to wear…‘ birthday present in good time *grin*
Dino Boy has been rocking 70s style hair, courtesy of admiration for his school mate….
{he has since had a hair cut, but can still rock the look *wink*}
So when I was deciding which vest to make him, Tikki’s Griffin came out as a clear front runner
And then I fell in love with the yarn, Noro… and the rest was, well history *wink*
Watching the colours emerge as I knitted was rather mesmerizing.
Even the kids would check in on progress regularly and talk about the colours they saw.
And he looks wonderful in it!
Happy days, Kelly

Birthday bunting

 

I have a bit of a thing for bunting…
I also have a thing for rainbows & birthdays
So when you pop all these lovely things together you get
beautiful rainbow birthday bunting!

 

 Making birthday bunting has been on my list for awhile
And finally, just before Winter I started creating my own
Using some beautiful wool felt… in rainbow colours
hand sewn with rainbow thread
{is there such a thing as too much rainbow?}
Then I got stuck.
My pennants were made, and needed to be joined together.
For some reason though, I have developed a bit of sewing machine fear
Luckily my friend Andj came to the rescue with some hand sewn bias binding for me…
and my mother-in-law sewed the bunting together
A special team effort then *smile*
I’m hoping this bunting will be a special part of our family birthdays
Something that the kids see that brings a little bit of ceremony to our celebrations

 

Happy days,
Kelly