The Horde - World of Warcraft Pillow finished!!

In November CL (DD#1's friend) requested a Horde Pillow to go with his collection. Post here

Here is the finished item.

I'm Still Here!!

No I have not dropped off the face of the earth!

It has been insanely busy since Feb 2, 2009 when our life was turned upside down. Life should be back to normal at the beginning of April. Will try to post at least twice a month.

On the Knitting front: I have been knitting dishcloths, mindless but at least I am knitting. I have not had the concentration to knit anything else. Everything that was on the needles at the beginning of February is still on the needles. Must get back and finish them.

Wow! It is February Already!!

Where has the month of January gone? It just seemed the other day and it was the New Year. I have been busy & not blogging.

On the Needles:
Horde Pillow
Kitty Backpack
Sack Boy
Dishcloths
Afghan squares 8x8

Back to knitting!

Happy New Year!

Have a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous 2009!

Trigun's Black Cat

I made BW a Bonta Kun bag a few years ago. The bag has been well loved. Canadiangirl was at BW's for her birthday. She came home & said "Mum, the Bonta Kun bag is getting rather tattered as it has been well loved. Can you make another bag for her for her birthday next November" I said "What other anime does BW like as I think it would be good to make a different bag this time." Well she loves Trigun's black cat named "Kuroneko"

These are the pictures I found

These are how they cleaned up in Photoshop

I am not sure which ones I like. I will have to get Canadiangirl's opinion.

Edited: Canadiangirl's choice is the full cat & she wants me to put him on a backpack. I have seen a monkey backpack in one of the Stitch n Bitch books. Now to find the pattern!

Found the pattern Punk Rock Backpack in the book Stitch n Bitch by Debbie Stoller. Charted the cat pattern. Here is how it turned out!

UPDATE: June 13, 2009
This project has entered the frog pond. It was not working out how I wanted & it did not look right. BW will be getting something else for her birthday - a Kittyville Hat from Debbie Stoller's Stitch n Bitch book.

The Horde - World of Warcraft

CL has requested another pillow, this time for this 21st birthday in 2009!! I think I have created a "pillow monster" This will be his 4th pillow. Is there going to be any end to this!!

This is what the Horde looks like

This is how it cleaned up in Photoshop

Now I have to chart it on Knitter's graph paper

Update:

Found this Horde Chart on Ravelry. Will not have to chart it now.

Dolls Completed

Here are the completed dolls with a bag Canadiangirl purchased from the Dollarama. Not bad eh!! Now to see what mark she gets for this project.