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This is my latest book which will be out at the end of March. It’s been a rush but a huge amount of fun. It includes all the main wedding characters – Kate and Will of course but also Harry, the Queen – and even a corgi. I’m really looking forward to seeing final copies and if you sign up for my blog feed I’ll let you know when copies are out.
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This was my first book, published last Christmas, which includes a beautifully retold nativity story and includes knitting patterns for all the main nativity characters including the donkey and of course baby Jesus (complete with diaper under his swaddling cloths). It also features a fold-out stable scene. I’m very, very proud of it. The people at Ivy Press did a wonderful job.
i am making the santa claus from twas the knits before christmas – on page 55 in the instructions for the back of the body it says “work as for front
as far as *. but i can’t seem to find an * marking any of the text for the
instructions for the front of the body – can someone help me with this – i
am trying to get it done before xmas of course!
Hi Joanne
Thanks for the email. Now, the two body pieces are knitted exactly the same (the pattern begins at the end of page 54). It is the two head pieces that are different. It is the front and back of the head pieces that are different and this is the pattern completely on page 55. The asterix on the front head pattern is at the end of the 9th line down on the pattern. Does that make sense? Let me know.
Best wishes
Fiona
my cheeks are as pink as Santa’s – a little while after i sent the question, i sat
down with the book and realized my mistake – but thanks for such a quick response – by the way, the book is wonderful, I just bought another copy for
a friend – and if i hadn’t been confused, I wouldn’t have discovered your
knitting blog …thanks, joanne
Thanks for the compliment, Joanne. Really glad you like it.
HI Joanne,
I knitting out of your Knitivity book. Do you have any hints for a beginner knitter on the Ox? I have made several pieces and they have turned out great, but some how I just can’t figure out the ox.
I LOVE the donkey and sheep!
Hi there and thanks for the post and comments. Now it’s a while since I devised this pattern but I’m sure I can help if you let me know if there’s an exact bit that’s giving you a problem. Is that the case or is it all just a bit confusing? Let me know and I will do what I can.
Are you making a pattern for thr Golden Jubilee . As with your Royal wedding Pattern, we made the royals and auctioned them and raised over £500 for our Village Defibrilator. I do hope you will be doing a pattern, as i helps to make our day special
Hi Val – Yes! I am doing a new jubilee dress, cape, shoes and bag for the Queen which will be appearing on the Deramores website. It’s a big (and very good) knitting website with a huge choice of yarn. It’s not up there yet but photography is being done today so it shouldn’t be too long hopefully. If you’re on Facebook, you can link up with them and I think you’ll probably get notification when the pattern is there. Really chuffed to hear about the defibrillator – it’s nice to think that a pattern I wrote is helping causes like that.
Hello, I am so excited for the jubilee additions to the knit the royal wedding. When will they be on the deramores website? I haven’t been able to see them there yet, maybe I have missed them?
Hi Emma. Sorry for late reply. Just found out the pattern will be on the Deramores site on 11 April. Took a while to do the photos, check the pattern etc. Hope you like it. Best wishes Fiona
I have two problems. Let me preface this with I have 5 kids and I am easily distracted.
When I look at the picture of your ox, it looks like it is stitched in the stocking stitch all the way through, except in two spots where you stitch to the garter stitch. Somehow when I do the switch from the stocking stitch to the garter stitch, I never get changed back. My ox is half stocking stitched and half garter stitched. I have knit it 3 times and I can’t figure out my mistake.
The other problem I have is sewing it up. You have the two spots where you have reduced by 5 stitches and I can’t figure out where to sew. This problem may go away if I could figure out where my first mistake is made. I also may just be confused.
Holly
Hi there Holly
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you – I’ve been laid low with a nasty cold. Hopefully a bit more clear-headed this morning.
Right now… I’ve attached a copy of the text about the garter stitch at the neck of the ox and again round the nose which shows where it is in the pattern and I really hope that helps. (Am I right in thinking you are in the US in which case your book may be a little different in format to my UK version) but the text should be the same.
The two bits where you cast off 5 sts form the bit of the ox just below the neck. Hopefully this will be clear when you’ve sorted the first bit – and so sorry you’ve had to knit it three times already. But congratulations on doing any knitting at all round five children!
Best wishes
Fiona
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Hi, I have so thoroughly enjoyed knitting your adorable Knitivity in its entirety, but I’m finding myself a little stumped on my last figure…the donkey. I finished the first body section and can’t figure out where to “pick up and K 12 sts along one side of the front end of the body, then cast on 34 sts.” So, if I’m holding the completed body section right side toward me, it’s in the shape of an hour glass. Do I pick up at the top of the hourglass, or do I turn it on its side, or…? I’m at a loss and so eager to complete the “heirloom” set, which my kids are already fighting over!
Thank you!
Hi Anne
Thanks for the post. Now, at the end of page 40 you should end up with a piece of knitting that looks a little like an hour glass, as you say. Start picking up at the bottom of one side of the hourglass and pick up the 12 stitches between here and the ‘waist’ of the hour glass (where the two markers are marking the front and back of the top of the finished donkey). Then cast on your 34 sts. It will look a bit weird at this stage but by the time you’ve come to the end of it, I think you’ll see how it comes together. Let me know if this doesn’t make sense and I will post some sketches.
Best wishes, Fiona
Thank you so much – that makes perfect sense!