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  • How to make Mildred and the Girl Scout twins rag dolls!

    I followed the pattern from this youtube video: How to sew a doll by hand – YouTube by Root and Stitch. She also has videos of how to make rag dolls with a sewing machine. I chose to cut the legs off the pattern and sew them on separately. * Following the pattern I downloaded…

  • Make a Cute Rag Mouse

    Here’s how to make an adorable rag mouse like this one: Cut out the main head and body piece for your cloth mouse. I used a rectangle, folded in half. With right sides together, stitch around the edges, leaving one end open for stuffing. Choose a different fabric for your arms and legs. Cut strips…

  • Make your own Megan doll

    If you’d like your own Megan doll (from the Megan & Flos vegan science fiction comics), here’s how to make one 😀 First, find a pattern.  I used Jean Greenhowe’s “ten of the best” pattern which is from this book but there are plenty of others to choose from, including lots of free ones you can…

  • And then there was Denzel

    The Anderson family are not complete without Denzel so here he is 😀 I followed this free pattern of a Scottie dog by Sue Stratford and made him look as much like Denzel as I could.  I knitted him in white and stitched on the orange colour after he was sewn and stuffed.  He’s a bit…

  • Meet the Family

    Old Red is fully furnished and ready to be enjoyed by the Andersons – so where are they?  Where are the Andersons?  Oh look, here they are: Miranda knitted Aiden and Cara and Casey and Brietta, and it didn’t take her long. She got the pattern from loveknitting.com where it is free to download.  It’s…

  • The Andersons’ Knitted bus: The End

    You may have noticed that in the end the bus isn’t furnished exactly as shown in the story.  That is due to the fact that it has the proportions of a camper van because of the pattern I used.  This Old Red is therefore not long enough to fit in all the furniture I’d planned to…

  • The Andersons’ knitted bus Part Six: Woodburning Stove

    ********* Click here for Part 7 ************** vegan, vegetarian, recycling, homemade, crafts, drawing, sticking, making toys, homemade toys

  • The Andersons’ knitted bus part five: The floor and the wheels again

    If you look back at Part 3 of the bus-making process you will see how I started work on the wheels and the floor.  This is how I finished them: It turned out after all that the toothbrushes weren’t quite long enough to use as a single axle between two wheels so I used four…

  • The Andersons’ Knitted Bus, Part 4: a bed for Mr and Mrs

    First you need a large, empty matchbox. Find some decorative paper that looks like it would make good-looking bedding … … and wrap up the matchbox like a birthday present.  Then find another matchbox. Measure it and mark the middle. Take out the drawer and cut the insides and outsides in half. Now you have…

  • The Andersons’ bus part three: some wheels, half a floor and a repetitive strain injury

    It’s perhaps not as cool as a sports injury but, when you’re too excited to pace yourself, a repetitive strain injury is just as inconvenient.  I have been knitting for several hours a day for about two weeks with no ill effects but after making the bus’s wheels I had such bad shoulder pain that…

  • Andersons’ Knitted Bus – Part 2

    For Part 1 click here 🙂 Ok, on Wednesday I got as far as sandwiching the stiff card between the inside and outside of the two long sides of the bus, so on Thursday I did the same with the front and back ends: As with the long sides of the bus yesterday, I drew…

  • Knit the Andersons’ bus!

    Click for Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 and Denzel the dog 🙂 I found this fantastic pattern online and decided to have a go at adapting it to make The English Family Andersons’ bus 😀 The beauty of this pattern is that the bus can be played with inside and…

  • Make your own Reflecto Girl doll

    Here’s how: First, find a pattern.  I used this one but there are plenty of others to choose from, including lots of free ones you can download.  So, I won’t give you pattern details, you can just download whichever pattern you fancy and then make her look like Reflecto Girl.  If you don’t know how to…

  • Keeping warm with odds and ends

    You may remember I have already knitted a hoodie like this out of leftover  and unravelled yarn but I gave that to Miranda so I needed another one.  And this one only took me 2 months to make, which is a record for me! Whilst this one is not made of unravelled yarn, I didn’t…

  • Knit your own Father Christmas

    A bonus of Miranda working at Raystede animal sanctuary‘s charity shop is that she comes across lots of useful things like old knitting patterns and left over yarn that people have donated, which she can then buy and make use of.  And now you can make use of this one too 🙂 And I know you…

  • A Good Book and some Upcycling

    When we began our home schooling adventure all those years ago we were very lucky to find this wonderful book.  Unqualified Education is full of inspiring ideas and information, advice and encouragement.  It is an absolute joy and still a great resource after the children have grown up. We decided to home school when my eldest…

  • Remember I wanted a new hat?

    Remember I wanted to make a new hat With the yarn from old hats I’d unravelled? Remember I said Random Rose made a hat, A beret with ridges she cabled? **** Well I followed the pattern that Rose kindly shared, Though the yarn had lost elasticity. The needles I used were not quite the right size, But I wasn’t going to…

  • I want a new hat!

    I want a new hat, It’s as simple as that! But I’ve got no money to buy one. I know what I’ll do, I’ve got old hats – two, I’ll unravel to make a new one. Rose shared a pattern, A cool beret pattern, Which I’ll use to make my new hat. The purple from my…

  • Recycle an old shirt or two

    Here’s an idea I got from this book:   Click on the pic find it on Amazon At least, I think I got it from this one but I gave it away a while ago so I’m not 100% sure.  Anyway, if you’ve got a couple of old shirts – preferably big men’s ones – lying…

  • Crafty Vegan

    Veganism should be happy and it should be everywhere. You can say it loud and proud without ever having to open your mouth! Show the world your happy veganism by writing it on your stuff! No pattern needed for these make-it-up-as-you-go bags and pencil cases made from upcycled old jeans and shirts.  Just put your…

  • Say it with knitting!

    Whether it be on your clothes, a cushion cover or a patchwork blanket – you can say it with knitting! First of all decide what you want to write.  Then make a plan. You’ll need some squared paper which you can buy or make yourself.  Each square on the paper will represent one stitch on…

  • Re-knitting UPDATE

    The hoodie is done! See Re-Knitting in Things to make and do

  • Feeling Crafty?

    At Red Ted Art they’ll show you how to make lots of cute snowmen out of toilet rolls and old socks and then you can play skittles with them! And you don’t need to use plastic goggly eyes or felt – you can draw on the eyes and buttons or stick on some actual buttons that you’ve…

  • Re-Knitting

    Knitting is a very enjoyable hobby as well as being a very useful skill.  To be able to make your own clothes, toys and accessories is a brilliant way of being self-reliant and can also be eco-friendly. As a vegan shopper you won’t want to buy wool or alpaca or silk, but as an eco-minded…