Did you notice I was gone? I won't make excuses for the absence - I've been a lazy blogger. I
have been crafting, though.
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| Ethan's Star pattern, from Quiltmaker magazine |
First up, I made this quilt for my friend
Dawn who's expecting twins any day now. Jenny, standing behind Dawn, is holding the matching burp cloths that I didn't get a picture of. They're cloth diapers with fabric that matches the quilts sewn down the center.
Wait, did I say quilts, plural? Well, of course. Two babies, two quilts. My friend Michelle made this one.
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| We found out later that she was going to have monkeys in the babies' room |
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| I think it's upside down, but whatever.... |
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Next, I made this little
shrug to go with a dress I bought, but I didn't get a picture the one time I wore them together. So I took it to the
farm and had Andrea take a picture for me.
At the beginning of December, there was a Christmas party with the knitters. My friend Pretty Knitty Jewelry is a better blogger than I am, so you can check out her blog post about the party
here. She and I are the ones with matching socks in the big sock picture. She couldn't show you the stocking stuffers in her post, but I can.
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| Lots of wonderful goodies! |
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| Ooooo, shiny! |
I made these as my stocking stuffers. They're etched glass ornaments stuffed with wool roving mixed with a little
angelina fiber for sparkle. I used six different snowflake stencils for the etching and made several different colors. I tried to match the color to the recipient and these were the ones I had left over.
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| A crappy picture in general, but you can see the snowflake. |
I whipped up about a dozen of these little pocket pack tissue holders for the doctors and staff at the vet's office. They all had different dog and cat fabrics, all from my stash.
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| These two are mine. |
There has been knitting, of course. After I finished the Christmas socks, I cast on these:
When I finished these...
...I started these for my Mom. Not much to show, yet, I know. But they should go pretty fast. I hope.
Earlier today,
I went to the farm again and cast on these as a new knit-along with my friends, Julie and Ann. I had to rip mine out because I didn't knitting the first couple of rounds tight enough. I plan to start over as soon as I post this.
While we were together, we took a picture of our last knit-along. Look familiar? That yarn is pretty popular this year, I guess.
Well, that about wraps up my year. I'm off to cast on those socks and drink a toast to the new year. Here's to a happy and healthy 2012.
Blue and Emma say....
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| Happy New Year! |
