I was bored with my knitting this weekend and decided to knit a Stegosaurus from this pattern. It was an easy knit...now I just have to sew it all together. (Always my least favorite part of knitting a stuffie.)
His beady eyes are so cute - I can't wait to get him all finished.
The item I was looking for a cool pattern a while back for was - you guessed it - lunch bags.
I never did find exactly what I was looking for, so designed a pattern I am calling Brown Bag Lunch for my friend's christmas presents this year.
(Sorry Maryland pals, I ruined the surprise. But it is SO HARD to keep my crafting to myself. Now that the majority of gifts have been given, I HAVE to spill the beans.)
These are lined with an insulating fabric to keep in the cool, and have a wipe-able inner layer so they are easy to keep clean. They fit a medium sized plastic food container, or a sandwich laid flat on the bottom.
After only a few little construction glitches, and some trial and error on what the perfect lining should be, I think I have this pattern down. I will be posting it as a tutorial for your crafting pleasure while on my holiday break from work.
My house looks like it was graffiti-ed by a bunch of crafters.
But really it was just me, taking a personal day, and finishing up some little gifties.
There are scraps of fabric and interfacing and thread and even some velcro plus lots of wrappings all over the floor.
All will be revealed tomorrow.
With a tutorial to come in January.
Friendly Christmas Monsters made from a felted gap sweater...If you have an old felted sweater lying around, you should make a stuffie...it was really fun! No pattern necessary, just improvise. These are going to be christmas gifts for a couple of friends:
The dogs were REALLY hoping the monsters were for them - and kept trying to steal them while I was handsewing their parts on. Silly dogs! Monsters are for kids!
(As you can see from the picture, monsters also make GREAT giant pincusions!)
Because she reminded me to take out my camera!
Yesterday I took a really cool dye class in New Bedford. We used natural dyes and shibori dye-ing techniques on silk scarves. The class was taught by Rhonda Fazio. You can email rhonda at: artisandyes@comcast.net if you want to be on her mailing list for future classes. I think everyone in this class would recommend it. I sure did have a good time, and we all made some beautiful things! Click on any of the pictures to get to the whole set of pics from the class!
Lots more happened this weekend. But I'm going to save some of the tales for later this week.
:)
Sucks.
Because I cant show you what I made last night.
But I assure you, they are darn cute.
Really.
I also wound up my newly spun yarn, and started the first few rows of a mitten. Its pretty thick, I think the mittens will be quite warm. Since there are 8 oz of this yarn, and it wound into quite a huge cake, I am sure there will be enough left for a matching hat too. Cute.
I also tried out this recipe for stuffed mushrooms. Delicious, and there are about a thousand of them left. Please note that if you make them and have filling leftover...if you put it in a ramekin and bake it along with the mushrooms, you can have a nice little dish of dip for dinner. I won't tell you how I know.
Last night I made some baby socks. They are super cute. I hope they fit. Matching todder socks for her sister are already in the works.
Earlier this week, I spun up some thick and thin fat singles:
This is handdyed merino pencil roving I bought at Rhinebeck a couple of months ago. I think I am going to make some mittens and a hat when I finish spinning up the last little bit.
I'm making a sock. I decided the colors are sort of Christmas-y.
