Giant ninja

Having made a few Little Lady Ninjas recently, I wondered what it would be like to scale the pattern up and make a larger one.

I went off to the shed and found the chunkiest yarn I had laying about, which happened to be a super chunky called Lumio.  (this is a fun yarn, it has a reflective thread running through it!)

Using a 10mm hook, I got to work.  This is the crown of the head, compared to a proper sized LLN.

After quite a bit of stuffing, she was finished.  A big chunky magnificent orange ninja!  Shown with a regular one to show scale.

She went off to visit her friends in Hobbycraft too  ;)  But not for long as there was a little girl waiting to meet her.

Hope (granddaughter) seems to love her new orange friend.

Have you ever scaled up a pattern?

Little Lady Ninjas

This new pattern popped into Hobbycraft, where I work, recently.  I hate it when new things come in as it costs me a fortune - in fact I don't think I ever make any money at the end of the month working there, I seem to plough it all back into the business! .. Anyway.....

Just look how cute it is.  It is by Sarah-Jane Hicks and produced by DMC Creative.  The cotton used is DMC Petra.

I was asked if I would create some of the little cuties for display - well, of course I would.

So, off I skipped home with the cotton and the pattern and got to work.

Before long I had three little heads with shiny black eyes staring back at me.

And soon enough the first Little Lady Ninja was born.  And just how cute is she?

Then along came another one to keep her company.

And a third soon followed to make up the trio.

Off they went back to Hobbycraft to adorn the display.  They seem quite happy just hanging there, looking about.

Having watched me make these little cuties over the few days that I was busy with them, Hubby then asked if I would make him one for his desk at work, but he wanted it to be black and white.  (well actually, he wanted silver "throwing stars" , but he was too impatient to wait for me to buy silver cotton, so he settled for black & white.

 I loved doing these, they were so much fun.