Thursday, 23 May 2013

A Tale of Two Sidneys - my first FO after 2 years :)

Hi, everyone. I apologise for the lack of posting over the last couple of weeks. You see, I've been busy knitting my blanket and then I came across issue 66 of Let's Knit Magazine which had the coolest freebie! Sidney Owl toy kit :)  The kit came with yarn, felt and buttons and a booklet of toy patterns, Sidney Owl pattern included :) I looked at the pattern and thought it was so easy that I decided to give it a shot.


I learnt a couple new stitches, whilst making Sidney Owl, one of which was the k1b (knit one below) stitch which I was so confused by because the stitches looked nothing like the picture, I'd frogged Sidney Owl at least 3 times, but luckily I had a bit of help from someone from Ravelry.




So, finally, Sidney is complete after a couple of weeks. Actually, Sidney has been ready a little over a week, I just finished the last bits like sewing the face this week.






I enjoyed making Sidney Owl so much that I decided to make a Big Sidney Owl as well :) Big Sidney was made using Sirdar Hayfield Bonus Chunky This took me a week - knitting chunky and using 6.5mm straight needles is not easy. I should have used circular needles which I'm sure would have been a lot easier to manage but never mind. So Sidney Owl has a big sister also called Sidney lol ! I still have a fair bit of this yarn left over so if anyone has any ideas on what I can knit to use what i have left over, it would help :)





Both Sidneys will be off to their new home this week - Big Sidney will be going to my best friend's eldest child, and little Sidney will be going to her baby boy, who will be able to play with him when he's older.


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11 comments:

  1. Unknown24 May 2013 at 08:43

    very good I go n the raverly website as well , I usually end up knitting blankets as I am wick at sewing things together

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    1. AD24 May 2013 at 11:15

      LOL Ursula...want to sew mine then? Thanks! LOL.

      Thanks for your comment :)

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  2. Anonymous24 May 2013 at 12:15

    Very cute owls!

    Never heard of Let's Knit magazine. I'll have to check that out.

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  3. Unknown24 May 2013 at 20:47

    Lovely Sidney #1 & #2
    I am so pleased you got the hang of those stitches

    Looking forward to seeing your next project

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  4. Anonymous27 May 2013 at 10:07

    Love Sidney

    Now you need to teach me.

    Junie (Ravelry

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  5. Unknown20 October 2013 at 22:38

    I purchased the magazine but the owl pattern is missing could someone possibly send me the pattern.

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  6. Unknown20 October 2013 at 22:39

    I was wondering if someone could send me the pattern I was given the kit by a friend and it seems to be missing the instructions.

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    1. AD21 October 2013 at 13:13

      Hi Michelle thank you for reading and commenting on my blog. Apologies for the late response but I've just come back from holiday.

      Re the pattern for Sidney Owl, the pattern is actually on Lets Knit Magazine's website :) So take a look there.

      Thanks again for reading

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  7. susie johns28 May 2014 at 19:18

    Let's Knit magazine tells me that my design for Sidney the Owl is one of their most popular patterns ever. So many people have knitted him, I'm really pleased!

    Susie Johns
    www.susieatthecircus.typepad.com

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    1. AD29 May 2014 at 15:39

      Wow!! Susie you saw my blog that's so cool!

      This was really a great fun knit and i'm in the process of using my stash to make more for the many little ones there are in my family.

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