Hand Knitted Teddies (Herberts) and Colourful Dog

I always love to knit toys. They use up scraps of left over wool and you get a result in no time. Whenever I need to find a special gift, I have great fun making a new friend for that special person.

I named these Teddies Harbert's. This one I knitted for my son. I made the clothes myself without a pattern. The over sized buttons I found in my sewing box The scarf was to keep him warm because he was made near Christmas. He was knitted in two tone brown wool with dark brown felt on his paws. His eyes ,nose and mouth were sewn on with dark thread. All his clothes are removable for washing. He was a welcomed friend in Santa's sack. I was very pleased at how cute he turned out.

This was the second Herbert I knitted. This one was for my daughter. It  was the same teddy pattern but I had fun designing my own clothes. She has a cute striped jumper which I embroidered a purple flower on. She has a elasticated skirt with a white trim which I have sewn pink sequins on to add a little bit of sparkle. The red and orange scarf  is to keep her warm.  Then for a finishing touch I put a ribbon on her ear.

I thought these teddies were so cute so I knitted one for myself.  You're never too old. Mine is knitted in the larger size pattern. He has a stripped purple jumper  with black dungaree's. With wooden toggle buttons (found in my sewing box again).To finish off I gave his dungarees a white patch.

The Teddie pattern I took out of Prima Christmas Makes 2011. I found this is a great mag with lots of clever ideas. I have enjoyed reading all the festive makes and loved all the Christmas decorations.This magazine I have kept so I can refer back to it time after time. Awaiting for 2012  magazine to arrive.

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I always attach a tag to each present I make it reads ' Hand Made With Love, Please Take Care Of Me
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Here are all three Herbert's Cuddling......

The next  toy I knitted was a colourful sausage dog. I changed the colours to ones I had. This I found very quick and easy to knit.

 

 

His such a cute dog. I love that each foot is a different stripe colour. He has very floppy ears. red on the outside blue on the inside.

 

 



I found this pattern in Women's Weekly (Living Series) Best Of...Our Knitted Toys Magazine 2011/2012. It has 39 great patterns, some are crochet too. I go back to this all the time it has some beautiful toy patterns in it.

I could not bear to give him away (Just look at that face). So he now lives on top of my piano in our snug room. 



My day at Port Eliot Festival 2012

 I have lived in Cornwall for many years now and have visited Port Eliot House  a couple of times . It  was only last year  my daughter and I found Port Eliot Festival. We thought it looked great. So we applied for tickets for the Sunday.  As I have said we have many pets so it took a bit of planning. My husband and son were not interested in going so they looked after the animals while us girls had a day out.

 

The weather up to this point had been rain ,but we were very lucky the sun had decided to be out all weekend in fact it was too hot! We had great fun deciding what to wear, it was lovely to dress up for a change . My daughter had made us beautiful floral headbands out of rosebuds. So we were set. for a great girly day out......

 





There were stalls selling everything from crafts to leather handbags. My favourite were the Vintage clothing,you were spoilt for choice.

 

Then we discovered the flower tent  with their displays and the life size figures outside. They were all expertly put together, such lovely  colours and designs, the flowers smelt lovely.



 

 



 

 We had spent a lot of the time on our feet now so it was nice to take a break and sit down and enjoy the atmosphere.

 

All around the lawns various choirs, theatre groups and musicians entertained the crowds, you never knew what would happen next.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most amusing thing I found was the Pop Up 1 minute disco. A small van was driving around the grounds and would suddenly stop, open its back doors then blast out music.  Every time the van stopped a large crowd would run over and. dance for one minute . It was great fun and even more funny to watch. Small children were following the van like the Pied Piper.  It put a smile on every ones face.

 

 

We had been walking around for a few hours now and the sun was beaming down so we visited a couple of beer tents, but we only had lemonade Honest!   The grounds were really well laid out so it never felt crowded, you could always find a quite corner to relax in.It was lovely discovering various attractions around each corner.

 

 

We changed our rose headbands for some real floral headdresses. You could choose your own flowers

which were attached to a ring of ivy. Very pretty.

 



 

 

 

 

 

Wherever you walked you could hear music from the various tents, it was magical to stand for a while and listen to the musicians. 

 

 

We found the knitted tree, it had knitted balls etc hanging from its branches, very colourful.

 

 

This door took us two hours to find, then we heard music from the other side of the hedge.They were getting ready  for the evening.

 

 

We watched the karaoke Hip Hop. The acts were so good. Children performed in groups and the audience appreciated how brave they were. I could never go on stage.

 

 

 







 

The house had a display of dolls dressed by famous designers. We loved the paper dresses. 

 

 

 

The make up tent was very popular it was appointment only. They were all gone, so we watched instead.

 

 

                                 The house looked beautiful as the sun shone. 

 

 

 

 

We really enjoyed ourselves and have now decided we would like to go for the whole weekend. So we have now purchased a retro caravan, So see you all at the next Festival..