I’ve set myself a challenge, to see just how many projects I can get out of the cotton rainbow pack, at one ball of each colour.   It’s so easy, when you go to a shop where everything is readily available, to buy a ball in every colour you need (finances permitting, of course!) make the project and pop the leftovers in a bag for ‘Ron’ (as in later-R-on).  When I started dyeing my own colours my attitude changed, I was going to use every scrap of Bluefaced Leicester 4 ply I had so painstakingly coloured myself, so it’s still in use, as in the needlefelted pincushion from this post, and the Sophie Digard inspired scarf from this post.

I’m not personally a fan of a vast majority of the amigurumi figures which are very popular, a lot of them are just too cartoonlike for my taste, but there’s no denying they are a perfect project for small amounts of left overs, and a perfect size for little hands to hold.  I’ve found this book very useful…

Nikki Trench’s patterns are well written, and the How-to section of the book very useful for beginners, and had just the pattern for what was in the back of my mind…

I’ve had LOTS of fun in my spare moments over last week…

Want to see?

I’ve adjusted the pattern a little, I’ve made the ears bigger than the pattern, and used beads for the features as I haven’t made them for a small child…

I have no idea what I’m going to do with my little rainbow of mice, but I love them!

By now, some of you will have received your Planet Penny Cotton Club packs, and I’m getting lots of excited feed back which is great.  I can’t wait to see your creations!  As I write I just have one pack left, but another order is in the pipeline so I’m happy for you to leave me a message if you are interested.  Then I’ll let everyone know when it arrives so they can have the first chance to buy a pack before I put it on line.

I will have to adjust the price slightly.  I thought when I started this a hidden cost might creep up and bite me in the bottom, and it did! It won’t be a huge amount, but I obviously have to cover all the admin charges.  I’m currently doing a test run to see whether posting to  the US and Europe is feasible too as I’ve had lots of enquiries.  I’ll let you know as I go along, but in the meantime the contacts tab is there for you if you have any queries, and the comments box too too.

I’m linking up to Handmade Monday again this week, hosted by the talented Wendy on 1st Unique Gifts.  Do visit and find out what everyone else has been up to over the last few days…

I’ll be back soon …xx