Look how tiny Earth is next to Jupiter - we could fit loads of our planet into the storm of the Great Red Spot!

And the winner is....Wendy!
Send me an email Wendy with your address and the whole solar system will be in the post to you!

Planets of the solar system....in felt! And its a giveaway!!

(Click on the photo to embiggenate.)
Hooray! The new kit is almost complete!
And yes, it is a solar system. (Well guessed Hope! Send me on your email and I will send you a voucher for my Etsy shop.)

It is a wet-felting kit that provides all the materials and pages and pages of instructions on how to make a felt model of the planets of our solar system. It is a scale model, so the planets' sizes are all relative to each other (which presented a whole set of obstacles designing it - I had no idea just how big Jupiter was before doing this...)

It does not include the sun, as the sun would need to be 49" or 1.25m in diameter to fit in and that would have been way too much felting.

It also includes lots of interesting information about what makes the planets the colour they appear to us, along with some ideas for what to do when you have finished with it, and relative distances between the planets, etc.

I have *really* enjoyed making this kit! Its been mind blowing, learning about the planets, what they are made of, the fact that they have water on them, that it snows on Mars! I can't wait to get it out to people!

So....I am looking for one fabulous person to test it for me.
If you would like to receive a free Planets of the Solar System kit in the post, just leave a comment below or mail me, but only if:

*you have never done wet-felting before* and...

*you can complete the kit, fill in a detailed feedback form and return the form to me within 10 days of getting the kit in the post.*

I will pick one person's name out of the hat on Friday 8th July and post it here. Then I will send the winner out a kit to test.

CCTV, knit style




Sick of public surveillance? Try out the new knitcam.
Completely obsolete and will not capture any images.

Knit yourself one to go in the corner of your room, or by your front door.

This pattern is for a knitted Security Camera, and includes detailed instructions and templates for making a rigid cardboard frame so the camera can be mounted on a wall.


Tools Needed: 4 dpns size 3.75mm/#5, stiff cardboard and glue or tape, 4 stitch markers, ruler
Material needed: Around 50g each grey, white and black DK weight yarn
Pattern Difficulty: Intermediate.
Includes long-tail and cable cast on, i-cord, knitting in the round and flat, intarsia while making knit and purl stitches. The pattern also has instructions for making a cardboard frame to sit the camera on so that it can be mounted on a wall. This involves cutting out a cardboard template and gluing or taping it together and fitting the knitting over it.
Pattern Style: Written instructions in knitting abbreviations, all abbreviations given

Available in a PDF from Ravelry for Euro 3.50.
Click here for the Ravelry page on the pattern!
The link below will take you directly to Paypal to pay and Ravelry will send you the PDF to download.
Or you can get it from my Etsy shop here.