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I enjoy watching the balls of wool become limp shapes

that can then be crafted into....

these!

The usual stumpy style doll just wasn't right for my slender, elegant friend Mrs P 

so I had a go at just making it up as I went along. Success me thinks!

She was also given a book entitled 'wine makes Mummy clever'

They went rather well together.

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I get flummoxed by trying to think up titles for blog posts. This year I'm opting for numbers, I'm hoping it may even encourage me to blog more now the whole 'what do I call my post?' dilemma is dealt with.

I'm starting this year with some things I should have blogged about last year. A couple of exciting knitting projects that made it onto the tv. First came this little fellow who got used in some links on cbeebies.

 Then I got offered the chance to make a jumper with Hacker on the front for CBBC. Knitting a man sized jumper in the 3 weeks before Christmas was a slightly fraught experience but I'm really pleased I did it, and am very pleased with how it turned out. 

Just for my niece, proof to the world that she's worn the same jumper as Iain from CBBC! 

Here's hoping that 2012 brings some more fun commissions!