Reading and knitting.....

Reading and knitting are two of my favorite things to do. If I could I would rather be knitting instead of house chores, but that is living in a dreamland rather than reality.

Anyway, I love our local library. We are very frequent visitors and know the librarians by their name. During the summer the children section of the library offers summer reading program. Children are encouraged to read and for every book they read or every hour they read they receive a raffle ticket. Local families and businesses donate prizes and children can place their raffle tickets to containers next to the prices on display. Each week the winners are randomly picked and the recipients receive their price.

Every year I donate some of my knitted toys. This year I gave two Miranda's the owl in pink and blue as well as Owlie tablet and phone cover. The other day we visited the library and the container next to my Miranda was filled with raffle tickets. It is a great feeling to see how many avid readers are in the library, and even more how many of the readers want to own my knitted Miranda.

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Knitting Pattern for Owlie Tablet and Phone Cover

Owlie Tablet and Phone Cover
 

The Knitting Pattern for Owlie Tablet and Phone Cover is available now.

You can download the PDF file with the pattern by clicking on the button or on Ravelry, where it is available also for free in my store Stana's critters etc.

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I have purchased two skeins of yarn to knit up my owl for the contest and in this picture you can see that I was able to knit two Miranda the owl as well as the Owlie Tablet and Phone cover, and I still have some yarn left.

And the photo I took for the Owl inspired contest for the Toy Group on Ravelry is this one:

Tea Time



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Owlie Tablet and Phone Cover

Owlie Tablet and Phone Cover

One of the groups on Ravelry that I belong to has a contest. We have to create a knitted or crochet owl toy and take an interesting or funny picture of our finished project. This is not the picture I took for the contest, but the theme inspired me to create this cute Owlie tablet and phone cover.

After the pattern is test knitted I will make it available for everyone. The dilemma I have at the moment is should it be a free or paid for knitting pattern? I am inclining to make it free, but then I think about the time it took to knit the samples, write the pattern, and all other expenses involved in producing a good knitting pattern. It is very difficult decision. I value my time and work, yet I know that sometimes it is hard to justify the charge, when free patterns are just a few clicks away.

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Knitting Pattern for Minion Phone Cover

Minion Phone Cover

This is it, my last knitting pattern for 2013. Don't worry, there will be more knitting patterns in the New Year, some are already being test knitted at the moment.

The Minion Phone Cover is 3.5” (9cm) wide and 6 ½” (16cm) long.

To download PDF file with the knitting pattern for Minion Phone Cover click here:


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Still Minions

Minion Hat

Evil Minion Hat

Minion Phone Cover

When my knitted minions photo was included on the Despicable Me FB page last week, I had to return to the adorable minions.
I was asked to knit minion phone cover. And because I had the yellow and blue yarn out, I knitted hat, and then I knitted the evil minion hat. 
The knitting patterns for all three things are being test knitted at the moment, and will be available next month.
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