Wee Willie Winkie

And a great day this is.  I have just finished another little baby cap and this one is so cute.  It reminded me so much of one of my favorite rhymes  from my childhood.

"Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown,
Tapping at the window and crying through the lock,
Are all the children in their beds, it's past eight o'clock?" 

 I had been so stuck as to knit design and seeing all the the ways that I could work things.  Kinda like seeing the forest for the trees.  I am now currently working on putting this in pattern form for all those who love the joy of knitting.  I am sure there will be a pattern give away here on my little blog.  (translated that means to be sure and sign up and start following something big is about to happen) 

 In working with this simple little design with soft sage and natural colored organic cotton I noticed that it was a little plane.  So I created this sweet little star that I doubled and knitted twice to create a front and back.  It worked well in that regards but also added some a slight bit of weight to the top creating that sweet little drop of the point. 

 Now it has that splash of color that every Wee on needs. 

This cap was designed to use as a night time cap but it can be worn at any time of day. 

 Thanks for joining me again today.  
Hat is available for purchase now at my Etsy Store. 
Frogs Attic 

Squash Beanie Baby Hat

Well, these are my newest finished creation.  This is my design from start to finish.  I have created this little cap in an infant size using Cotten yarn with chenille toper.  I designed my own leaves and gave them a bit if a twist in the leaf using a cable stitch.  The chenille had just enough structure to bend and shape into little leaves.  I call this little creation a Baby Beanie Squash cap. 

As an after note I have just gotten this little beauty picked up on Tumblr  and it was featured in their craft section. 

Flower on top of baby cap

Flower on top of baby cap a photo by Jeweledfrogcreations on Flickr.

Ok I have now finished my little cap. I love the color of read that I used for the flower. I created this flower larger then usual for the little cap. I wanted it to look like a giant flower landed on top of the baby. Like the flower was the hat itself. This is going to be great for spring I just can hardly wait for that in itself. Well I am going to work on another flower for the next cap. My inspiration for this was the "Flower Fairies" (if you have not heard of this there is a fantastic book available on amazon.com called "The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies"  I loved this book and have always just loved the drawings and colors of these little sweeties. It is fantastic to be able to put some of the ideas that have bloomed in my head into my knitting. So on to design the next little beanie hat with another little flower. I believe the next one that I do will be offered as a finished product and as a pattern. Until next time. Please leave a comment I would love to know what you think. You can also view my little creation at my etsy store Frogs Attic

Knitting up a little baby cap. It is now being blocked and I will add a flower for a whimsical touch

Taken by Jeweledfrogcreations http://www.flickr.com/photos/24516771@N04/5532371126

This was the start to my little cap.  This pic really shows the shimmer of this yarn and you can almost feel the texture with your eyes.

Just a bit of News

I have been published in the latest Somerset Digital Studio Mag.  I was so excited to receive my copy this morning.  I have been an admirer of this magazine for a while now always making a bee-line to the back of the book store to see the newest issue (only printed twice a year) culling over the pages and getting inspiration for the artist that where chosen.  I would turn to my daughter and say one day I will be in here.  One day I will open the pages and here I will be.  I  went home last year and took what I felt was an image to submit.  It had the look and feel of what the editors would choose and I submitted one image.  The rest well you can see.  

Look familiar?  It should I first blogged about this image back in May of 2010.  I was pleased with this image.  I had used an old vintage image that was offered on the Graphic Fairy and combined it with an image that I had from my photography. You can view this and more of my photography collection at Jeweledfrogs Flicker.  The process as I described in the short blurb, was a simple one and took me all of about 5 minutes.  Just positioning the image and creating the correct color and layering technique.  I wanted it to look like a memory or a clip of film caught in between frames.  The finial touch was the poem (one I composed myself)  showing up behind the two images.  This image of the woman meant  a lot to me due to the little dog.  It reminded me so much of my little terrier. 

I want to convey to you readers the importance of standing in your own truth.  Believing in your selves as creators and artist.  This image never did receive much interest when I posted it on my blog  but I knew that it had the quality that the editors at Somerset Digital Studio where looking for.  I watched the magazine and looked at the talent and made notes and then came home and applied what I had seen.  I want to encourage you all to submit your work to your favorite publication. Be vigilant and observe the trends, improve you skills and push yourselves.  You never know.  Thank you Digital Studio for all you have done for one artist.  

To get your copy of my design you can head over to the Frogs Attic on Etsy
or visit me here at Jeweled Frogs Zazzle Store  for anything from posters to ipad covers.

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