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I can’t begin to tell you how much I appreciate your comments, well wishes, and commiserations on the last post. And indeed, on any other posts on this blog! Sorry I don’t always get to reply to all of you individually, but please know that each of your comments make my day, thank you so much!

I am glad to report that my crafting mojo is back, yay! First there’s this sock (not a pair yet!) It’s the Paraphernalia sock (ravelry link) for my dad. I actually started this when I was in Indonesia, but it was so hot and humid there, I never got past the cuff. Here I’ve got the left sock done.

And recently I got my hands on a copy of the Little & Friends booklet by Jäke Henzler. It has patterns for little knitted softies, and they are little, like about 7cm (2.5 inches) tall each. They’re like amigurumi, perhaps, except that unlike the crocheted amigurumi which are worked in the round, these ones are worked flat and then seamed. But even though there’s seaming, the softies are very small anyway so there’s not that much seaming. And they’re very cute! I’ve been making one after another, as they’re very quick to make.

There’s ‘Matthew’ the whale…

… and ‘Little’…

… and ‘Eee’ the ghostie…

… and ‘Katherine’ the bunny.

And now a group photo (with my hands for scale).

There are 10 patterns in the booklet, and they’re all very cute. I think I still have a few more in me 🙂

They only use a little bit of yarn each, so they’re great for using up my leftover yarns.

And a tip… Nowadays when making knitted softies I’m a bit wary of using polyfill, because the polyfill tend to ‘beard’ or peek out of the stitches, unless you knit it really tightly or felt it. So for these little guys, I filled them with leftover yarn. Again, as they’re very small, they don’t take much, so it’s not like they’ll use up precious yarn. So far so good. For bigger softies, though, I might still use polyfill, or even better, try wool stuffing.

Okay, that’s it for now. Till next time!