by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 31 (busy week)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays – 31. Thank you for visiting a a big thank you to everyone who linked up last week. I really enjoy seeing everyone’s yarn projects each weekend :) I’ve had a very busy week and I haven’t got much done. Just a little progress on the yoke cardigan. I’ve run […]

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by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 30 (yarn time)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays 30 and Thank you very much to everyone who stopped by last week! Recently, my friend Jules from Juna Creations asked me how long my Perfectly Plain Cardigan took to make. I thought about it for quite a while and in the end I said I started it months ago […]

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by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 29 (simple socks)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays 29 and Thank you very much to everyone who stopped by last week! This week I managed to finish a pair of simple blue socks – no bells, no whistles, no homage to  Dr Seuss – just stocking stitch with garter stitch toes and heels and a large (4×4) rib […]

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by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

A SUMMER STORY

If you have been thinking that Granny Square’s hair looks a bit like a bird’s nest, there’s a reason for that: One morning, Granny Square was out of sorts.  “As soon as you have finished your breakfast, I’d like you to go all round the caravan oiling the hinges, Knit,” she said. “Something has been […]

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by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

A BASIC JOINTED CLOTH DOLL TUTORIAL

  This post is adapted from the Tutorial which accompanies my Basic Jointed Cloth Doll Pattern. I’m posting it here because the techniques used are readily transferable to many patterns for dolls and softies (although some patterns will have some pieces that will have to be cut with a seam allowance and sewn in the traditional […]

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by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 27 (even less knitting!)

miniature knitting Happy Fathers day to any fathers who may pass by my blog and Welcome to Wool on Sundays 27! This week I have been making doll’s house (1:12 scale) versions of Knit, Purl and Granny Square’s knitwear. They are quick to knit up but I’ve been recording the patterns, which is more time […]

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by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

A Family Photo

Here is Knit (you may have met him at the weekend in this post) with Granny Square. Granny Square thought it looked such a lovely day that it would be nice to go outside for a family photo. Purl is sitting nicely… …but Knit is fooling around. He did come and sit still in the […]

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