Another week has passed and Christmas is drawing near. I’m starting to get legitimately worried about my workload and the chances of achieving it!
This week however I’ve made incredible progress and finished 2 things!
First we have Fatty Lumpkin who I’ve taken to calling Shaddowfax after Gandalf’s horse in Lord of The Rings.
It’s a Heidi Bears pattern which are wonderful as usual. He’s made in Stylecraft special a 100% acrylic yarn. It’s affordable but not cheap and nasty. This time I used all of the beige ball (100g) and part of each colour. This design obviously takes up a lot because of the mane and tail.
Maggie loves him as well <3
The 4 other colours (Red, Yellow, Blue and Green) are the colours of the Lincolnshire flag. I used a 3.5mm hook for the DK yarn to ensure he came out a little bigger. I used the traditional African Flower design but used a magic circle in the centre.
Secondly I finished the Francie socks. These are going to be for my sister for Christmas. They also cross off a year of projects item too!
Number one most attractive trait in a man – willingness to pose wearing socks for your blog. He even clipped his toenails first! Okay, so I know that’s an odd thing but its a pre-requisite for him before he can wear his hand knit socks. Saves on the disappointment and the darning for me.
The yarn is Wendy Roam Fusion which should last and is machine washable – always a bonus. These were all in all a quick knit and I didn’t get second sock syndrome as I usually do when knitting socks separately.
This week I also made a special cake for a friend’s birthday. What can I say I’ve been watching far too much Great British Bake Off for my own good. In fact I’ve got so obsessed I’ve been watching the Australian version online too!
It’s incredibly unhealthy but it looks so cute! It’s a 2 layer chocolate mud cake. I sandwiched it together with a little buttercream frosting and used that to stick the Kit Kats to the side. The official version used Giant Kit Kats but as I couldn’t find those I had to use regular ones. It took nearly 3 multipacks!
The mud is Chocolate Ganache. In order to prevent spillage I scooped a little of the cake out of the top so the pigs are mainly in a hollow. The pigs are made with marzipan and the smallest bit of red food colouring.
Please excuse the messy kitchen!
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