Knitting
I started knitting in the summer of 2014. I found it immediately both fun and relaxing, and you get the satisfaction of making a physical object yourself.
So far I've only attempted small projects such as toys. This is mostly because of the time needed. They make fantastic presents for birthdays and christmas.
For the patterns I've created myself I will try to write them up and put them here. For other things I'll just upload some pictures and try to link to the pattern I used.
| Penguin This was the first thing I knitted at all, so I was rather surprised it was such a success. This penguin has become my constant desktop companion. Some people have accused it of being the Linux penguin but I tell you it is not.  | Dog I made this for a work-friend who was mad about dogs, they adored them all and I thought it would be nice to give them this as a parting gift.  | Cloyster This was the first project where I'd made it up myself rather than using someone else's pattern. I asked my friend what his favourite Pokemon was and he picked Cloyster. Not the easiest one to knit but it came out surprisingly well.  |
| Cat At the same time I was also working with someone who was definitely a cat person, there were many dog vs cat arguments so this seemed like a perfect dual gift.  | Smurfette This was a gift to somone for their birthday since they had a large drawing of Smurfette on their wall. I think they were impressed.  |