Jumper Challenge - Part 2

Ok, so there wasn't a huge amount of jumper left after Part 1, but enough for a few small things. I still had both cuffs - these make great fingerless gloves, but for some reason I was set on having a go at a dress for my old Sasha doll, now loved to bits by my daughter.
Looking at the cuffs, I could just picture one of those polo neck jumper dresses from my childhood, do you know the ones I mean? Tight, pure acrylic ribbed top with a roll neck and a little pleated skirt - oh I remember them so well!
Perfect for Sasha from the Seventies.

The ribbed bit of one cuff makes the top part of the dress, with the start of the sleeve becoming the skirt. I cut the other cuff in half for the sleeves.  The beauty of this is there's very little sewing to do - just the seam up the sleeves and a hem around the bottom of the skirt - I used some flowery braid to cover the stitches. Then cut holes for the arms and sew them in. The end of the cuff is the roll neck bit,  and I think it rather suits her..

Seventies Sasha

I'd made hearts in Part 1 and wanted to try a few more small things that were a simple shape, like mice and birds.

Lavender bags, hanging decorations, pin cushions, a cat toy? PLENTY of possibilities!

And there was even enough left for the pygmy owl keyring.
Flowers from the embroidered braid made good owl eyes I think, and saved me having to cut tiny circles out of felt which is such a miserable, fiddly job..

Not too shabby for an old jumper

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Day 57 - Why a Woolly habit can be good for you!

I am enjoying making granny squares although I'm running behind - 8 weeks now, so should be up to 32.  I always carry a ball of wool and a hook in my bag just in case.  I've crocheted during my weekly wait at ballet, football training and piano.  A few of my first attempts were on the beach!  It got me thinking about where else I might try?   Maybe I should spice up my granny square challenge by introducing a 'strangest place' category.   I could call it off piste crochet?!

I am trying to squeeze in a bit of knitting too, because it's my oldest woolly habit and it's comforting.  It helps me relax when the kids are asleep and I'm on my own.  Knitting away the worries of the day.  Sometimes.

I recently had a go at making up a knitting pattern.  A first for me.  Not exactly sure why, but I decided to make a small bird.  The first one looked like a bright, wooly, potato with wings?  After a few attempts they started looking a little more birdlike....

Knitted bird - species unknown...

...... and I knitted a whole flock of them!

A flock of knits

I sent the birds to my London sister who sold nearly all of them at a local craft fair along with my stock of teddies (do find it hard to part with the teddies..)

Knitted teddies - leaving home!

I still get such a buzz when someone wants to buy something I've made, which is a lucky as I'm  probably earning about £1.50 an hour!  Hey, it's not about the money......