Domo/monster innocent hats

Hi,

 

As many of you will know I have begun making hats for the innocent smoothies for this years big knit :)

 

Domo is a big part of my life and his latest bit of inspiration rubbed off on some of my hats :P

 

Here they are:

 

 

I made a brown one and a pink one- the traditional colours, but I may start making some random coloured little monsters too!

 

To make a monster/Domo hat it is pretty similar to the basic pattern but you just have to include a red intarsia square and some little teeth and eyes;

 

Pattern-

 

Using 4mm needles and the main colour DK you have chosen for your Domo/monster hat cast on 28sts

 

Knit two rows of k1, p1 ribbing

 

row 3- k 11 sts in brown, swap to red and k 5 sts, then swap back to brown and k the last 12 sts (using intarsia method of bringing different coloured yarns across back of work)

 

row 4- p 11 in brown,  p 5 in red, p12 in brown

 

Repeat rows 3 and 4 two more times :)

 

row 9- k across whole of row in brown

 

row 10- P across whole of row in brown

 

Repeat rows 9 and 10 2 more times

 

row 14- K2tog across (14sts)

 

row 15- P2tog across (7sts)

 

To finish thread yarn end through remaining stitches on needle, draw up and sew down back of hat- darn in and cut all loose ends also. Then using black yarn give your little monster two eyes and stitch/stick on some small strips of white felt which have been cut with pinking shears along one edge.

 

All done

 

Hahaha, I hope you like the hats-  I will have more to show you soon, I am sure of it :0)

 

See you soon,

 

Byeeee xXxXxX

It's my Brothers birthday! (+Happy easter)

Hey guys,

It is my brothers birthday on the 1st of April (tomorrow!) but as we came on holiday to the isle of wight on Friday my brother got his special cake early! here it is:

It is a domo in the centre of the universe cake! :P

Hehhe it is very yummy and we still have lots left to enjoy so that is good!

My brothers birthday may end up being a bit Domo themed though (but that can't be a bad thing! :0) as for a gift I made him this domo case to fit his new kindle fire HD he got for his birthday (again early because we were going away). I hopes he likes it, it was fun to make though trying to get a good fit was difficult- secretly running into my brothers room and putting it on his kindle to check :P

AND HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! I hope you are all having a fantastic day, enjoying lots of chocolate eggs :P

 Here as promised I bring you a picture of the secret Easter prize I made for the giveaway:

 

It is an easter egg pin cushion- I gave a try some of the embroidery stitches on my sewing machine to try and make it super cute =:o3

 

I have had a great easter :) Today we went to some little towns to do a bit of shopping and then in the evening my dad did an easter egg hunt for me and my brother so that was super fun! Look at all the yummy stuff I found:

 

Hehehe, I can't wait to eat it all :P My mum bought me the little knitted chick in the middle. I saw it in this craft shop when we were out and thought it was cute so she generously got me one (:<>)

I'm going to call him Darren (Because he looks like a Darren to me:P)

 

I'm off to bed now, ready for all the fun of my brothers birthday tomorrow. I think we are going mini golf and pizza express, yum!

 

See you all soon,

 

Bye my lovely readers xxx

 

 

 

My Birthday :D

Helloooo,

As I mentioned today is my Birthday! :) I have had an amazingly fantastic day and feel thoroughly loved from all the good wishes from all my friends and family.

As usual my Dad blew me away with the amazing cake he made me! It was Domo themed as he knows how much I love the little guy :0) My dad was a little bit dissapointed as Domo fell off the top off the cake (he was standing up) 40mins before my dad was going to pick me up from 6th form but I think he did a brilliant repair job :) (And even if the cake had completely collapsed I still would have loved it because of all the effort and love that went in to it!) He added funny little signs like 'ouch' hehehe cos domo fell over that made me laugh because domo is mischevious :P Here it is:

 

Everything is edible and it's all delicious! I had a huuugggggeee slice when I got in and I'll another bit having some for breakfast tommorrow :0P

 

I had so many lovely gifts to open too :-) One of my (brilliant) friends was so generous she brought me ten gifts all wrapped up individually and some pretty flowers! They were all so fitting to me too :D And my parents and brother got me some fantastic presents too, my brother got me a special kung-fu domo and domo DVD and my parents got me a weaving loom, some more monster high dolls, a beautiful apple print bag, costume books (as that is what I really want to study at uni next year), an iron which I asked for for ironing fabric and stuff (our one is reallly old :P) and more! Here is a group shot of my prezzies:

 

 

THANK YOU SOO MUCH TO EVERYONE!

 

I feel very lucky to have such nice people to share my birthday with, that includes all of you lovely readers too :)

 

Tommorrow I am off to London with my three best friends for my party. As I like sewing and cute stuff I decided I wanted to take them all to Build a bear (lol, not what your average 18 year old does :P) and then we are having a meal somewhere and doing a bit of shopping :) I am super excited so I better go get my sleep for the busy day ahead!

 

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend :D,

 

See you all soon,

 

Bye XXX

I'm not obsessed with Domo... well maybe just a little bit...

Hello everybody (and a big warm welcome to my brand new followers!!! :)

I loved the Domo my brother got me when I got my tooth taken out soo much that I have been desperate to expand my collection. I went on eBay and saw a pink Domo, which I couldn't resist and yesterday she arrived :D

  

  

Domo is very happy to have a companion :)

    

And 'who is that in the middle?' I hear you ask. It is tiny domo, a brooch I made because Domo and pink Domo are a bit too big to carry round with me but tiny Domo can easily cling to my jumper!
  

   

Hehehhehe, and because I have Domo on the brain I thought 'now I need a domo hat!' (to go with the Domo bag I also recently bought :-)... so I got out my crochet hook and got to work, I am really happy with how it turned out, I really want to wear it even though it now getting sunny!:
   

   

Luckily I had just the right colour and texture yarn, and I also have it in pink so I can make myself a pink one too!

    

Hehehe :) Now, In other non- Domo related news my cute and quirky swap parcel arrived :oD This months theme was Valentines. Look at all of the amazing things I got from my very generous swap partner Holly:
   

      

I especially love the handmade hearts and cute mini calculator! <3

Thank you Holly!!!

    

I'm off to to bed now, to snuggle down with my Domo friends of course :)

  

See you all soon,

 

I hope you are all having a nice week :-)

 

Bye xXxXx

Im back! (+ valentines day update)

Hola,

I am back from holiday now, I would have kept you all updated but there was no internet where I was so I have had to save my pictures till now :) Hehehehe, I will try not to bore you all :0)

First up HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!!!!!! I was a bit sad I couldn't wish you all a happy, lovey, dovey day on the 14th so I had to do it now! My family loved their bookmarks so I was very happy :) I was also super happy because my dad gave me this lovely chocolate lolly from 'Chocolate island' (one of my fave shops on the IOW) as a valentines gift...

It was sooo delicious, I had to wrestle it off Domo, Etty M and Candy first though! Hehehe :oP

For dinner my dad also made heart shaped pizzas and garlic breads for dinner too, here are the garlic breads but the pizzas got eaten before I could take a picture:

They were super yummy too!

I really hope everyone had a lovely day :-)

In other news, I now bring you a picture of the infamous choc dipped Ice cream, I think I wrote about these in my last IOW holiday post but didn't remember to take a picture, but this time I did and this time I had a super duper double one.... mmmmm....

It was very big, but not quite as big as the one outside the ice cream shop.....

hahaha :D

I will leave you all with the picture I took of view of the sea I saw as I strolled along eating my ice cream :)

Keep an eye out tomorrow as I will be opening my special giveaway of the little parcel goodies I picked up whilst on holiday :D

See you all soon,

Bye! xxxxx

My tooth is gone!

Hi guys,

Today was the day I got my wisdom tooth taken out! I was a bit scared when I was sitting in the dentists waiting (wearing Norman my wisdom tooth badge, of course :0) but the dentist and dentist nurse were very nice. The numbing injection was the bit that hurt the most (well it hurts a bit now too) but during that I had to try and find outer mongolia on the map on the ceiling, hehehee!

Why I got home (with a numb mouth and dribbling everywere!) my very generous family gave me the gifts they very generously got me for being brave :) Here is the beautiful doll my mum got me:

She is sooo lovely <3 I cant wait to make some clothes for her, I have just got to finish the mermaid costume I am making for my Tangkou doll (pictures coming soon :D)

I haven't decided on a name for her yet... maybe Tianna? :)

Here is the jumper my dad got me, I am always cold so my dad got it for me to keep me nice and snuggly! hehhehe and because the label says 'brave soul' on it lol :o)

And my super duper, lovely jubbly, fandabby dosy brother got me these two brilliant gifts!

A Domokun plush and VEGGIE MARSHMALLOWS made by Sweet Vegan! I have been looking for veggie marshmallows

F-O-R-E-V-E-R!!!! and never found them and Domo is hysterical, I LOVE him! :D (my brother showed me the Domo show on you tube, well worth a look, it is very funny :o)

Hehehehe, I am hugging my lovely Domo now <3 (and eating my marshmallows :0P)

My nan and auntie also got me some bath stuff so I can relax and rewind if my mouth is hurting,

Thank you to my fantastic family, I love you all so much <3

See all you lovely readers again soon too :)

Bye xxx