happy holidays!
i plan on baking up a storm and spending lots of time with my family and friends this week so i am considering this my Happy Holidays! post. i will also be celebrating my one year knitting anniversary. last year for christmas i received the stitch n bitch book and after that there was no stopping me. i enjoy knitting so much but i also enjoy the wonderful knitting community on the web. especially all the blogs out there that share their projects and ideas! it is amazing and i look forward to another year of inspired knitting! for those of you who read my blog regularly, thank you! it means so much!
i do have a few things to share before i sign off to wrap the last of my gifts. first, is a project that is probably the most heartfelt gift i made this year. a beautiful felted sheep for my mom. she collects sheep, and although she saw it in progress, she has yet to see the finished product. this is my first attempt at anything like this. it was challenging at first learning to read the pattern and to make it through rows that included a ton of wrap and turns. my mom rarely pops by the blog so for your viewing pleasure i provide you with this
it definately did not shrink as much as i thought it would, but felted like a dream! i bought the 'special' cream yarn (i can't remember the brand) that actually felts (remember the white felting nightmare?). i left it in the washing machine for quite awhile to get it as small as possible. i finally took it out when i could feel how thick it had become. prior to felting, the sheep was not as pretty, too much garter stitch.
i am such a fan of kinder eggs i thought i would also post my surprise! it was very cute! i am hoping to have another egg in my stocking, i love the silly little toys!
ok friends, i need to get back to wrapping. i finally settled on my theme for wrapping this year and am enjoying the simplicity of it because they don't take nearly as long to 'decorate' as ones i did in years past! :)
i wish those of you who celebrate, a Very, Merry Christmas and much Peace and Joy in the New Year.
i do have a few things to share before i sign off to wrap the last of my gifts. first, is a project that is probably the most heartfelt gift i made this year. a beautiful felted sheep for my mom. she collects sheep, and although she saw it in progress, she has yet to see the finished product. this is my first attempt at anything like this. it was challenging at first learning to read the pattern and to make it through rows that included a ton of wrap and turns. my mom rarely pops by the blog so for your viewing pleasure i provide you with this
it definately did not shrink as much as i thought it would, but felted like a dream! i bought the 'special' cream yarn (i can't remember the brand) that actually felts (remember the white felting nightmare?). i left it in the washing machine for quite awhile to get it as small as possible. i finally took it out when i could feel how thick it had become. prior to felting, the sheep was not as pretty, too much garter stitch.
i am such a fan of kinder eggs i thought i would also post my surprise! it was very cute! i am hoping to have another egg in my stocking, i love the silly little toys!
ok friends, i need to get back to wrapping. i finally settled on my theme for wrapping this year and am enjoying the simplicity of it because they don't take nearly as long to 'decorate' as ones i did in years past! :)
i wish those of you who celebrate, a Very, Merry Christmas and much Peace and Joy in the New Year.
6 Comments:
Your felted sheep turned out excellent! Your mom is just going to love it!
Those presents look great too! You are just so creative. Have a very happy holiday and a wonderful new year!
Amy, I love the felted sheep! It is sooo cute. I really enjoy your blog. Merry Christmas.
Linda
http://twosticksandsomeyarn.blogspot.com/
where did you get the pattern for the sheep? he/she looks awesome. so cute.
and your wrapping theme is very pretty. every year i think of doing some sort of theme, only to give up and wrap gifts at the last minute with any old paper i can get my hand's on.
anyway -- have a merry christmas -- my mini says hi to your mini
maryse @http://morici.typepad.com/bag_n_trash
thanks for the compliments. the sheep pattern is a fiber trends pattern.
http://www.fibertrends.com/viewer/V7_toys.html
i kept meaning to ask if your mini had a name? mine is holly golightly :)
Your little lamb is precious! I love it! :)
Have a Merry Christmas!
What a darling lamb! Liked all your other pictures too.
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