Louie The Elephant By Peeko Crafts

Louie The Elephant By Peeko Crafts 

Meet Louie the Elephant! Louie’s favourite things are loves and lollipops. He’d make a great little buddy for someone who’s also a fan of loves and lollipops (and super cute elephants)

The initial idea for Louie was born out of my own love for adorable baby elephants (you can expect a lot of little amigurumi creatures appearing because of my obsession with just about all baby creatures!). Like Bing, Louie is made with Rico Creative Cotton Aran, which is a 100% Cotton yarn. You really can’t go wrong with cotton when it comes to making something for cuddles. :)

Louie’s over-sized ears and limbs really add to his cuteness (and squishability) and who could say no to those eyes?

Soon after I made the original Louie I had an order for a pink Louie, who I named Lola (just so Louie wouldn’t be having an identity crisis) I’m looking forward to creating some more colourful elephants soon – yet another reason I love Rico Creative Cotton, the range of colours is absolutely wonderful!

The finished Louie and Lola toys are available from the Etsy shop since last week and the pattern has just been released today! You can purchase it from Etsy, Ravelry and it will be available on LoveKnitting in a few days. Here’s a couple of photos from my wonderful pattern testers who’ve already made their own Louie the elephants!

Thanks to Aimee for sharing her lovely blog. 

www.peekocrafts.com 

Fuchsia and White Baby Blanket - Margaret Power

Fuchsia & White 

Baby Blanket  

Following up from my Daffodil inspired baby blanket, I decided to do a new design which is simple but yet is still very cute and made from a fantastic blend of yarn called Flutterby Chunky by James Brett. This yarn is so soft and warm it was lovely to work with. I Incorporated a fuchsia pink ribbon just to give it an extra bit of cuteness.  

I edged the outer part of the blanket in an acrylic yarn I had around the house, always great to have cheaper yarns especially for smaller stitching jobs like edging.

I don't know what it is about this time of year but lots of baby's are expected in the spring to summer months so I have a perfect gift ready to go should anyone give some good news.

The stitching is basic doubles which are a closer stitch giving this warm yarn a lovely thickness. Mostly, some of the blankets I make are for decorative purposes like an over blanket on a basket or pram. But this yarn is so cuddly its a perfect blanket to have as a main one. The yarn is dense and thick and the softness is really lovely. There is two stitch details in the blanket, the fold down top has a wider more loose stitch which gives a nice texture and adds interest to the design.  

As you may know from my last blanket I love to do a matching hat which I also did in this yarn. I added some crochet flowers to the front and a pom pom which is very in at the moment in crochet and knitting. I crocheted a tighter stitch in the center of the hat so as to act like an elastic to keep the hat on leaving the top and end in a looser stitch. 

For this blanket I used:

100g ball of Flutterby in white

fuchsia acrylic yarn (cheapy)

30cm Fuchsia pink ribbon  

I have lots of projects coming soon which I will be adding to the thewoolshop.ie blog so stay tuned for more lovely creations.

Regards,

Mag  

Genetic Disorder

Missy  from Texas, has told us that she has a serious genetic issue. She inherited the yarn stockpiling gene from her mother and passed it on to both her daughters!!!! Missy is very brave to come out and tell the world about her affliction.

There is no known cure indeed sufferers appear to relish their affliction. This is a serious issue and we need to answer the following questions.

Is this gene active in females and males?

How many people are affected?

Is the centre of disease control aware for this?

Is the gene automatically inherited from your parent?

Can the gene spontaneously afflict anybody?

Can sufferers control the impulse to buy yarn?

Are all the afflicted motivated to buy yarn by the same triggers?

Is the impulse to buy yarn triggered by colour, texture or some other attribute. For example “the yarn being in a sale discount bin”?

Where is all the yarn hidden?

Where will it end?

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