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Baby it's cold outside - handmade draught excluders - part 2!

It's still rather cold outside and we've had snow here this week so I thought I would update you on my home crafting to attractively insulate my home! I wrote about my plans for this here . There has finally been enough light for photographing my hand knitted draft excluders! I ended up knitting two, one for the front door and one for the back door. I used this free pattern as a basis for my draught excluders and knitted the green one first. I didn't make it stripey (as in the pattern) so it was just a plain stocking stitch all the way along - a little boring but very therapeutic! I used this clover pom pom maker to make the little pom poms at the end. I had persevered with the old method of making cardboard circles but these clover pom pom makers are so much quicker! I used toy stuffing to stuff them with. I had tried to stuff them with old tights but they looked really lumpy so I want back to the drawing board!  The navy draught excluder started off wi...

Baby it's cold outside - handmade draught excluder - part 1!

Beautiful draft excluder kit I have been admiring this gorgeous draught excluder from Pearl and Earl . I love everything about it - the colours, the pom poms, the font - everything. Unfortunately it is only available in a needlepoint kit which is not in my crafting skillset! So I thought I would try to make a knitted draught excluder with this idea in mind. Free draught excluder pattern I had a look online and settled on this free draught excluder pattern . The pattern is really straightforward. I decided to experiment with it, I'm currently knitting one with uneven stripes. I may also do a plain one (I need two!). I love the pom poms on each end in the design. Such a sweet touch. I just have to hope my cat doesn't think that they are something to play with! Showpony I looked at lots of ways to add the lettering I wanted. I thought about iron on letters and sew on letters. In the end I went with these quicker and easier but still aesthetically ...