Thursday, December 29, 2011

Owl hats are fun!


 I finished my Owl hat from Ravelry (the Who? hat) and loved knitting this one.  I added eyes to every other owl and I had 10 owls in total.  I used a stash skein of Lion Brand and the end result is fine, but I recommend knitting in a yarn with more wool!
 While I was sewing on owl eyes, kitties were sleeping.... 

And Maggie stole my Christmas zombie!

Monday, December 26, 2011

Quick knit gifts are wonderful

I love free patterns and I love quick knit patterns that are free :)  I finished up a 3-hour cowl for my sister-in-law and will pop it into the mail tomorrow. I hope she likes it, fingers crossed.  I used Lion Brand Homespun I had in the stash, but could not find the colorway name/number. It knit up nice and soft and squishy.

 And just as awesome as free patterns are zombie cups :) My niece and nephew gave me this for Christmas and I LOVE it so much!  Already had coffee in it this morning and now my favorite cup of all time.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Fiber love

I finally took pictures of the Bohemia Fibers roving of the month October fiber that I spun and 2 plied.
I love her fibers, she does a beautiful job on her products and I highly recommend you give her a try if you are in the market for yarn or roving.

 This is the American Beauty Apple in Romney, spun on my Cherub wheel (her name is Jolene).

 I received 4 ounces and was able to get 137 yards , which will become a hat.

 And this lovely piece of business is the November colorway that needs to be spun up today!

  I also purchased a "brown bag" from her and was delighted to get a killer batt!



  Look at the fun in this batt...I need more time to spin.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Sunday, December 04, 2011

Craft bazaar...

 Lots of fabric lanards, holiday pins and project bags...


 A bowl full of fingerless mitts and beanies too...


Followed with a bowl of felted mittens and tissue covers...
I attended a Christmas craft fundraiser bazaar this weekend and have been busily crafting for this over the past month.  It wasn't a crafty crowd :(  The hot tables were the "corporate" tables; brand name purses and brand name candles were the big hits of this event.  Win some and lose some.  At least my table fee went to charity.

New plan - post my bags on Etsy and mitts, mittens and lanyards will be gifted.