Festive Mittens!

Got to grips with a nice soft, old red jumper...

And made three pairs of cheerful, winter mittens-on-elastic for my girls!

Hamster Time!

You can catch these Cuties in my Etsy shop! I enjoyed having them in Cat's Porch as part of Artwey Art trail  but now they want  to be off ... there are four Hamsters left now.

New Rat Design!

Sewing and sipping tea ...

making a rat from a blanket that was mistakenly felted!

hello new rat!

Cute Sock Elephant!

Face it!

Some times I treat myself to a face mask - but then I don't answer the door of course! This is a bit of a pre-birthday pamper!

and I began to sew a rather lovely goat doll, I love to make goats! That's a nice Harris tweed i was evil to and put in the washing machine to 'felt' !

Fab Cat Purse!

This Cat purse is finished and given as a gift, I made it from lovely pieces of felted knitting, when a friend's blanket got washed wrong. The acrylic squares went slack and stringy but the woollen ones felted beautifully!

Tinsel the Cat, all hand stitched!

Another Hammy-Ham-Ham!

a long time ago ...

In the olden days (according my one of my 5 year olds) i.e. the mid 1990s, I was given an awesome wool cardigan by a friend, and I tell you, living in a cold Edinburgh flat I never had the thing off! And here is it in 2004 at ferret-bath-time!



and again in the garden on a fresh spring day in 2008, just before Mary came to join our tribe. That's her, in that amazing belly! The girls and I seem to be making a massive mud-pie!



But the cardigan got a nibble from a moth at one point, and the sleeves wore at the ends, and I did a bit of stitching and wore it some more. Once when it was looking very tired and stretched across the shoulders, it was washed at 40' instead of 30', which tightened it up again beautifully.

This Christmas though I bought a new woollen cardigan with money from my Mum, and felted old cardi in the machine at 65' with craft projects in mind. Flat-Cat was born from the sleeves, and looks great sat on my sofa. The tummy and muzzle are made from pieces of linen curtain off-cuts from a neighbour!



Yes, Old Cardigan is BACK!

Hamsters, for life, not just for Christmas!

But they DO look rather cute peeping out from the Christmas tree branches!

5 fat hamsters sitting in a row!

ready to jump into stocking - christmas stockings, that is!

Hello, hello?

boys in tweed ....

these fun raggy rats were sent to abbydid :-)

face lift ...

i took the clock face from an old toy that was wearing out, and washed the face carefully. then i used an embroidery hoop to fix the face to some new fabirc, and give life to - douglas!



thats some vintage bias binding that i recived in a freecycling package, along with zips, poppers and even ric-rac... i also gave douglas some new eyes, as the rpinted ones looked a bit flat. he is already helping my girls with their numbers and the idea of 'time'...

i just wish i had more time ...

pretty kitty ....

who is this?

a kitty born due to another plushteam project - visit her in her etsy shop to find out why she is special ...

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31909266

(hint - october is breast cancer awareness month)...

pigs, down at farmer P's, Dorchester Road ...

i have just finished these two pigs and popped them into farmer P's shop. She has some paintings by other artists in the shop too ...

tweed hamsters ...only £5 !

tweed hamsters ...
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

yippppeee !

join the hamster dance and take home one of these fat little rodents, available at a special introductory price in the plushteam shop, now!

www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26447248

this is a pattern i have tweaked, bur originally came up with when my eldest was 2 years old, it involves a simple shape but some careful needle sculpting which i really enjoy ...

limited edition of five only ... part of 'mini plush monday', and only £5, handmade in the UK :-)

another blog post ....

last night i popped Glazed Pork, the tweed pig, and Haris the dog into my etsy shop ...

here is a post on the etsy plus team blog about GP, and about my entry for the current plush team challenge ... i'm quite pleased with the post so pop over and have a read ... http://www.plushteam.com/2009/05/iron-chef-challenge-mirrors.html

i have ben working on some tweed hamsters, who will be listed in the plush team etsy shop for a bargain price next monday as part of a plush raiser ... every monday in june http://www.plushteam.etsy.com ...

extreme weather ...

'urgh', says dog,


its almost too windy for photographs ....

almost ....

happy new bunny

at last - something small, and cute, and EASY - as easy as it can be, at home with 3 under 3 !

i have ben finding the fursuit a real challenge ...

new mice for bid4bears ...

didn't get to list last week, so here are 2 critters for this week,

i made them putting up my sore feet and sitting with my girls, and their various reading material ...

it was their second birthday yesterday, a day of letters and parcels, a visit from granny and grandad (steves parents), and an oporunity for my midwife http://www.dorsetwiltshireindependentmidwives.co.uk/debs.php

and my doula http://www.mumease.co.uk/ to meet :-) not because we were having a big party, but because i was due a check up :-)

sorry i didnt do those fancy links there, im too tired and fluffy brained ... in fact i nealry forgot a picture!