WIP Wednesday - What I am currently Yarncrafting

It's Wednesday!!! Half way through the week, hump day, etc etc etc.  Whatever way you want to look at it, it's good.  Mainly cos it's just another day frankly but it also lends itself rather well to a snappy blog post title of  'WIP Wednesday'!  This stands for Work In Progress Wednesday and what I will be aiming to do is to do a weekly blog post on Wednesdays on what is currently languishing in my yarncrafting bags.  There's a good chance that there will be very little of the actual 'progress' but it's a good way to hold me accountable for what is still on the hooks and needles and needs to be worked on so lets get started shall we??

I both knit and crochet although I am better knitting.  I am not sure if this is because I learnt to knit first and so it's my 'first language' so to speak but I enjoy both and currently have projects from each craft on the go.  I mainly like to create toys and socks and this is illustrated in this weeks projects beautifully.


My current works in progress in their bags:

So in the little brown bag with hearts on we have a pair of baby tube socks for son 3.  This bag is actually a dual bag with two sections in so you can work on socks two at a time:

It was made for me by mum (cairngormbags) and is very handy when you are wanting to avoid second sock syndrome.  I am knitting these socks on Hiya Hiya Sharps 2.5mm 100cm fixed circular needle (and believe me they are sharp as I punctured my leg with one of them yesterday!) with Regia sock yarn.  I can't remember the exact regia line and colorway as these are leftovers I had but they seem to be knitting up nicely :) 




















Next up in the large Primark bag is the crochet pattern 'Baby Helicopter' by Paola Navarro of Delicious Crochet Patterns.

I love this designers toy patterns as they always have so much character and the patterns are really well designed and easy to follow.  As you can see from this picture I have done the fuesalage and rear rotor.  I am crocheting this using a 2.5mm KnitPro Waves crochet hook and various dk yarns that I had in my stash in different blues.  I really like the KnitPro Waves hooks as the handles are soft touch and so easy to work with.  I am going to buy a little squeaker insert from eBay to put in the dummy/soother/pacifer of the helicopter to jazz it up a bit :)

And lastly, in the 'Books Are My Bag' bag we have Jonathan The Bee. 

This is a pattern designed by Stacey Trock of Fresh Stitches.  I love these crochet toy patterns and always really enjoy making them.  Jonathan will have crochet eyes rather than safety eyes in case Son 3 likes to chew and he is also being created using a 2.5mm KnitPro Waves crochet hook and various dk yarns from the stash in the appropriate bee colours :)  This is going to be a gift for Son 2 as his project at school this term is bees which I think is fab.  There homework for the next few weeks is to create a bee friendly garden in a cat litter tray type tray which is definately going to be a job for Grandma and Grandad as I can kill yukka plants with one look!!  After I've finished this version of Jonathan he's requested that I do a larger version which I'm quite happy to do as I'm enjoying this pattern so much.

So that's all that's in my project bags this week and hopefully doing this weekly update will encourage me to make some progress on them!!  Comment below and let me know what crafty projects you are currently working on and if you have a blog, don't forget to link it :)

Kelly x