Pink

A couple of weeks ago, I received a commission through Etsy to make a set of pink socks and a matching cardigan. I sent them to my buyer a few days ago and received the following story:

"They are for my sister - she had a little sylvanian rabbit that she always carried in her handbag since being tiny. She was very badly mugged in L... a few weeks ago and was badly beaten up - they stole her bag and so she lost her little rabbit. I decided to replace it but to also get it some clothes and you will have really really made her day- they are absolutely gorgeous and I'm so grateful to you."

That letter gave me a very warm feeling.

I used size 1.25mm needles for the socks (from my Boots and Socks designs) and 1.5mm needles for the cardigan; the thread was a soft crochet cotton. The cardigan is to be found in my Rustic pattern leaflet, but I added a couple of rows of moss stitch, a plain knit row and a reverse stocking stitch row at the hem to create a little more interest.
The needles are very thin, and would not be found in your average wool shop. I stock them on my website www.woollywoodlanders.co.uk and sell them in pairs. They are manufactured by a well-known German manufacturer.

If you would like a special outfit knitting, from any of my published designs, please enquire. I once had a commission from the USA to make one of everything for her daughter - that took a lot of knitting and I often think of the little girl playing with my outfits.

I'm on another Blog

One of my Ravelry customers, Three Bags Full, from Vancouver, purchased a couple of my patterns and just a few days later I was delighted when Francesca emailed me to say she had featured my patterns on her blog.

 Here is a picture of her little koala family wearing a jacket and trousers from my Playing in the Woods and Rustic collections.

She says,"Miniature knitting for Calico Critters - too cute!  We used Jamieson & Smith 2-Ply Shetland, 1.5mm Karbonz DPN's and Lorna Jenkin's Playing in the Woods pattern. Lorna has a delightful selection of miniature clothing in her Woolly Woodlanders collection. The knitting techniques in these miniatures are brilliant, including short-row shaping in the trousers."
Thank you, Francesca.

Three Bags Full is a yarn shop in Main Street, Vancouver, Canada and her shop also runs classes for beginners and experienced knitters and crocheters. Do visit her website http://threebagsfull.ca/blog/knitting-miniatures/

My most successful shop is on Ebay, and I sell both paper patterns and knitting kits in my Ebay shop hazelwoodlander. A close second is my store on the international craft and indie site of Etsy. Go to Etsy.com and see the huge range of quality handwork and vintage items. The skill of some of the makers and their sense of design is incredible. My Etsy shop is called WoollyWoodlanders and it sells mostly PDFs of my patterns. I also have some lovely personal buyers who commission me to knit them a selection of outfits. 

 

In South America there is a little girl whose Sylvanian Families are wearing dresses, trousers, jackets and boots which I created for her.