Knitting By The Sea

Shopping Bag Knitted from carrier Bags

I've been having a go at knitting a string bag, using this pattern, and I've made a bit of a mess of it. It won't matter, hec, once it's got shopping in it you won't be able to tell that I went wrong here and there. I realise now that I should have crocheted the bag, goodness knows crochet is all about fashioning holes together.I fancy having a go at knitting a bag using old carrier bags but, ironically, find that I don't have any carrier bags. How quickly we have adapted to taking re-usable bags shopping. There's a good "how to" article at Crafty Crafty for a crotchet version.

Knitted cakes and other novelties

There are many novelty patterns on Craftbits , including an iced chcocolate cake, liquorice allsorts and a slice if cherry pie. Bittersweet has a free pattern for a slice of chocolate birthday cake. Just one slice won't hurt!

  

 

Knitted eggs and knitted tea time treats

Jean greenhowe has some free patterns for some jolly knitted eggs, just the right size to pop a little chocolate egg into. There are also two lots of "Tea Time Treats patterns" on the same page, knitted sandwiches, cakes, biscuits and finger food.

There are a few more lovely patterns on the page as well. The Rainbow babies make ideal fund raisers.

Easter Chick Knitting Pattern

The shops are full of Easter eggs and, indeed, we have already eaten a few Cadbury's creme eggs. Time to break out Kristine Michelle Howard's Easter Chick knitting pattern again. It makes an ideal cover for a surprise chocolate egg.

Knitted Village

Nothing to see here has an article on a Knitted village that you can see in Lancaster. It's in the building that once was Hornsea Pottery. I worked on the leisure site there for a few years and have some happy memories of the place.

Knitted Easter Egg Baskets

Here's a nice way to give a creme egg, in a knitted basket using the pattern from Aussie Jean

Knitted Digestive System

Well I seem to use this blog for noting weird and wonderful knitted objects and this must be one of the weirdest I have come across at Strange But True. There is even a pattern, should you wish to create a knitted digestive tract all of your very own. It can be viewed in more detail, complete with labels at Strange But True

Knitted Zombies

I seem to be drawn to novelty knits. As a child I coveted the knitted prizes on the tombola and longed to knit a humpty dumpty or rag doll with 3 foot long legs so that I could have one of my own. I spent my pocket money on booklets of "Bazaar knits" filled with patterns for poodles to cover your toilet roll, tea cosies in the shape of Swiss chalets and not forgetting bed socks, hot water bottle covers and peg baskets. Once I found an entire book devoted to knitting your own farm. The fact that I was in my twenties at the time and had not yet had a child mattered not a jot. I had to buy the book, I might need to knit a farm one day. Hannah Simpson of Electric Biscuit has featured some Knitted Zombies on her site. They would make lovely Halloween Party gifts, should she ever publish the patterns.

Matching Tea Cosies

Someone here at  Annelies de Kort  was determined to have tea cosies that matched the tea pots.

Knitted Food

My Daughter laughs at my Hot Chocolate collection. It amuses her that I must try any new beverage product that comes out. Unless they come in little sachets, that usually means a collection of opened containers cluttering up the cupboard to greet her every time she opens it in search of, well anything really. It's hard to keep a teenager fed, especially when they are at that "I'll only eat healthy things but these crisps and trifle must be OK because they were expensive" stage.  This beverage is calorie free and is re-usable Clicking the image will reveal that it is entirely knitted or crocheted. More such marvels can be found on this page of knitted foods.

Darling daughter watched Supersize me on DVD not too long ago and has since declared that she will no longer eat fast food. Poor lamb is sometimes forced to consume a McDonald's chicken flat bread if her evil Mother refuses to cook and declares that she has too much "ironing"* to do anyway. There is possibly a similar amount of nutrition in this fast food item

*"ironing" - putting up of the ironing board to give the appearance of domestic activity; a smokescreen to parping about on the Internet, knitting, stitching and other activities that do not involve an iron.