I love my new Knifty Knitter set

Do you only know what knifty knitters are?????

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Now you know.

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I bought it for my Christmas.

On the left, this is the rug hook I ordered together with the knifty knitter.

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This is a photo of my very first try at using the knifty knitter. This is very easy to use and so easy to make even stitches...

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That was a lovely Christmas-Part one

Pfeeeeewwwwwww!
Getting ready for Christmas was hard but I made it!

We spent Christmas at Malko's parents'.

On Christmas Eve, we were only the four of us. Malko's mom, Marie-Paule, cooked us a delicious dinner and we had a very nice and cosy time.

While waiting for dinner time, both Marie-Paule and I were sitting at the table : me with my knitting and Marie-Paule with her sewing. I was knitting a hat for myself with my new knifty knitter while Marie-Paule was trying to finnish a pair of cats for her grand-children.

We both finnished in the morning of Christmas day, before everybody arrived for lunch.

Here is my hat (the very first hat I ever made) :

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I used Baltic wool from Bergere de France and doubled the strand. The hat is just the right size.

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And here are the cats Marie-Paule made :

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Talking about cats, Malko's parents adopted a new kitty : this is a female and they maned her Prune.

So now, Rififi (their other cat) has got a young girlfriend to play with.

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Prune is lovely and very playful. She loves hugs and cuddles.

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My Christmas Blog Give Away

I decided to organize a Christmas Blog Give Away for you to win the charm I will show below.
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Rules : you must follow them all :

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- Post a comment EITHER on this note on that blog OR on the equivalent note on my French blog

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- Write a note on your own blog (so you MUST have a blog) where you will add the give away poster/banner and a link to my blog

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- If you are already a follower of my blog OR registered to my newsletter (for my French blog) you will be given an extra chance (one more paper with you name engaged in the drawing). You can still join my blog until the 25th of december to benefit the second chance

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- Deadline to enter the blog give away is 31st of december 2009 midnight

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- Drawing will be the 1st or 2nd of january according to how well I will be after the party for New Year Eve...

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- The winner will recieve the handmade bear charm I show below.

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Good luck to all participants!

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The poster/banner :

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The charm to win :

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The bear is made with Makin's clay. I also used French knitted wool and seed beads.

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Thank you Sabine!

I know I am anughty as I could not resist opening the Christmas gift Sabine sent to me after I read the card going with it.
The card told about a sea star. My grey cells boilt for a few seconds and it appeared clearly to me it would be clever to open it so I could probably use it to put on top of my Christmas tree...

So I opened it and I discovered the most beautiful hand-knitted sea star (Sabine is a knitting star herself).
Sabine did an awesome work on this sea star, believe me!

See :

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this sea star is now at the place she deserve for this Christmas holiday : on top of my Christmas tree. I used a metallic thread to attach it and it was a little heavy for the branch but looks okay.

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I have the most beautiful Christmas tree now!

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The patchwork star under the sea star is handmade by myself : I made it for last Christmas.

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Bestiole V

Here is Bestiole V :

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I hope you like this one.
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Bestiole V is available in my online shop :
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Bestiole IV

Here is Bestiole IV :
Bestiole IV does not like to be shown in public, so please do not tell her she is on that blog!

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She is from the same mohair as my big bear Tuba and from Liberty of London Tana Lawn "Ros".

Vote for Nympheus!

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One, two, three, please vote for me !

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After his participation on the « Salon Créations et Savoir Faire », my mini bear Nymphéus (clic here to see photos of him) is now in an internet challenge and needs your votes.

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In the show challenge, he finnished number FIVE, after the ginger bread man. Not that bad.

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Catherine Martine is organizing the vote there on her blog.

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To have a closer look at all the challengers, check on these blog pages:

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Rules (sorry in French) for the past vote at the show here.

Photos of the winners at the show here.

Display of all creations at the show here.

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Nymphéus is number 14 for the internet vote.

You just have to send Catherine an e-mail to this adress : sebastien.martini@laposte.net

Give the number of you favourite creation, your name ( = nom in French), your surname (= prenom), email, blog adress if you have got one !!!

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Only one vote per person. You have up to the 31st of december to vote!!!!

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Nympheus is for sale. Contact me if you want to adopt him!

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Thanks!

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Mikado, a yummy bear

Here is Mikado, a sitting bear. Hopefully, he won't stay unnoticed on my blog.

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He is 14 cm tall sitting. He is made of two fabrics : one chocolate brown mohair and the other fabric is like mohair but with sheep pile, in a caramel colour.
He has safety eyes and neck joint.
I embroidered his nose and mouth with beige twisted cotton.
He wears a matching ribbon around his neck.
I stuffed him with polyester fibres.

He can be suitable for a nice caring child (better not a too young child, as he is unique).

He is available so if you want to buy him, let me know!