WIP Archives - Abfabulies

Tip toes

I’ve always wanted toe socks, and now I finally have a pattern for them, woot! I’ve already knitted 5 toes, I’m amazed by myself. When I see my toes lined up like that, they seem to be very long. And in Dutch, that means you’re easily offended… Oh well, they’ll fit. And if not, I can turn them into kids...

Mr McThingey

Time for a new doodle-turned-to-fluff. This is what my husband drew up a while ago: I got started on it last weekend, and up till now, I have created a body and legs. Now I am wondering about what technique best to use for Mr McThingey’s face. Should I just embroider it on? Will it look nicer if I get...

Project on the outskirts

I’ve noticed that my sewing projects have gone a bit quiet. I could sum up a number of reasons for this, of course. That it takes up a lot more space than knitting, that my sewing machine is upstairs, where it is cold, that I can’t lay out any fabrics on the table downstairs or the cats start playing hide...

Caterpillar

I wasted no time and started working on the caterpillar right away. Now that it’s still freezing and while it’s still very windy out there. The pattern is fairly easy I must say, and I’m getting on very well. Here’s a little something to picture my version:

Radioactive symbol

I managed to create a radioactive symbol for the snail! It took me some time, trying to get going with the shell stitch. Until I finally realized that I was making it too complicated. All I needed were single stitches and half double stitches. It now looks like this: I know that there are still some bulges at the edges,...

Snail update

The snail has been getting on well. As I mentioned before, the body was quite easy to do, since it was just a tube. I was tempted for a while to turn it into a Mister Hankey, but in the end, I wisely decided against it. The shell was something I needed to put some more thought in. I didn’t...