We want to go to there!

Lauren over on Stitch London has done a full over-view, with much talk of cake and debauchery.

Fancy giving your progeny a passion for crafting? Have a look at these craft kits for inspiration.

Step-by-step Sewing

This Mini flower and butterfly cushion sewing kit (£6.96 from Baker Ross) on the right will teach your child the basics of sewing, allowing them to create their own flower or butterfly cushion.

The needle is plastic and the shapes are pre-cut, so the set is safe for little hands too.

Crafty creations

This Crafty Apron set on the left (£11.99 from minimakers.com) comes with various bells and whistles to allow your child to create an apron suitable for baking or safely storing scissors, knitting needles and various other crafty supplies. It’s suitable for 7 years and up.

Clever crochet

Perhaps they would prefer a craft where they can make their own Amigurumi?

This Crochet Art kit on the right (Amazon for £9.77) has enough wool and supplies to create a coaster, handbag, place mat or belt, and eventually their own cuddly toy.

The kit is simple enough for a child of 8 years plus to pick up, and there are plenty of tutorial books available too.

Nuts about Knitting

Think they’d prefer to try knitting? They could try out this Knitting for Kids – Starter Gift box on the left.

The set comes with a 99-minute DVD, animated story to help with the learning, three different coloured balls of wool, knitting needles and a tutorial from seven-year-old knitter Ryan Anderson. The gift set is available from Amazon for £12.98.

Potty about Pirates

All a little too girly? I spotted this ‘Create Your Own Pirate Kit’ on the right on littlecraftybugs.com for only £1.99.

The kit comes with everything you’ll need to create a hat, flag, eye patch, moustache, sword and treasure chest.

Space Invaders stole a large part of my childhood with its addictive playing properties.  Therefore, it’s only right that I pay tribute to this simple game by wearing the famous icons with pride.

A simple t-shirt just won’t do. A true tribute to this mighty game can only be made through the medium of one particular item of clothing.

Socks.

Knitty has an excellent free pattern to create your own Space Invader socks, complete with game points.

Want to pass the retro gaming theme onto your mini dork?

This cosy little hat will keep your baby’s head warm, and will invite plenty of compliments.

To create the Space Invaders baby hat on the right, head to Instructables, who have a free step-by-step template available to create your very own version for your son or daughter, or even an adult. Simply extend the pattern available to suit the head size.

Have you found any great patterns recently that you think we’d love? Let us know!

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First things first, “Knitted Character” is quite clearly crocheted and if you’re a crafty type (like me) that probably bothers you every single week (a handy reminder that crafty types nearly always need to get out more).

Thankfully, the people who actually made the original Knitted Character toy are equally pedantic, and take the trouble to point out the crafting faux pas on their website. Cloth-Ears sell the Knitted Character (and a bunch of his friends) for £10.99.

However, there’s a bit of a waiting list – unsurprisingly – and if you’re really desperate for your own yarn bunny, some eBay sellers have cobbled together an approximation of the Knitted Character that almost passes for the real thing (if you squint).

If you fancy making one yourself, a pattern like this Amigurumi Crochet Bunny Pattern is a good place to start as is this Easter Bunny Pattern.

Then, all you need to do is add the nose bit (which you can copy from this amigurumi piggy pattern), make the ears a bit thinner, and add in some pink stripes.

If anyone finds an actual pattern for the Knitted Character out there, please let me know!

You know that TV advert for the breakfast cereal Shreddies, where a group of  grannies knit every single individual Shreddie? Clearly some eagle-eyed marketing mogul noticed the potential and snapped them up for a new fashion venture.

Grannies, Inc is a company that offers customers the opportunity to choose a beanie design and get it customised to their needs by a team of nimble fingered grannies.

The company is actually the brainchild of Katie Mowat, who heads up a team of six grannies and one small and adorable dog.

Katie admits to having a massive passion for beanies, with over 100 different products in her collection.

The beanies range in colour and styles, with prices starting at around £20.

Each beanie comes in three sizes, with the option of choosing the colour of each stripe. You can even add special details, like ear flaps and pom poms to the design.

Fancy a hand knitted personalised piece of head furniture?

Any self-respecting Twilight fangirl will want to get herself a pair of the mittens Bella can be seen sporting in the movie.

This knitting pattern, created be self-confessed Twilight obsessive, Subliminal Rabbit, is totally free. Plus, the mittens are pretty special even if you’re not fussed about what Bella and her grumpy bloke are emoing on about.

You can get the free knitting pattern from Subliminal Rabbit’s website. What a nice lady!

Also on Ravelry.

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