A few finished projects...

Lola's stripey hat is done! Let's hope she will keep this one on her head...

And two Snowfolk are ready to go to The Paper Sparrow for the Christmas shoppers!
Now on to the teddy bear assembly!

Keeping Busy!

I have been away from my blog and email lately, and it feels good to get back to it and to all my good blogging friends...I've been so busy getting ready for the Christmas shopping season. My daughter Kate at The Paper Sparrow has asked for more dolls, more jewelry, more prints, more...everything! And i am very happy to be asked! So here is what has been going on around here...

From this tangled mess, comes.....

some new jewelry, with more on the way. Here we have a blue lace agate necklace, some chunky garnet pieces, and as always the popular pearl pieces, some bracelets and gobs of earrings....

...more teddy bears knitted up, and waiting to be stuffed and sewn together. Some will be for small children, embellished with embroidered features and a few will be thread and button jointed with safety and button eyes....

And in this pile you can see a little baby sweater almost finished in a soft blue and pearly white yarn, a new patterned hat for Lola, a super small dog sweater in the works(my first one) and a loomed snowman doll almost ready to be stuffed and shaped.

And as if that wasn't enough, my new knitting class started at The Paper Sparrow. This time we are learning to knit mittens....

My teacher Linda is starting me out with two different methods of making mittens to see which one i like best...The traditional double pointed needle way, and the "Magic Loop" way on circular needles. I like both methods but i think so far the Magic Loop is my favorite. I know that with more practice, both methods will get easier, but right now knitting with four needles feels like i am wrestling with a porcupine in my hands! (Keep your fingers crossed for me that i can get this lesson right)

So as i type this, this is what my kitchen table looks like at this very moment. What a mess! But with time and a little bit more focus, i should be able to wrap a few of these projects up and get them to the shop before Troy Night Out and the Victorian Stroll. What have you been up to?

Knitting like Crazy!

Well, i finished my second doll, using the Mother Bear pattern, but made a few changes on my own. This little critter knit up much faster, now that i know what i am doing, and i did my own thing with the face pattern too.

Meet Miss Kitty
She is shorter and more plump than Teddy

and she even has a tail!

And here is a hat and scarf seti just finished. The hat was knit on the loom, and the scarf was crocheted. I'm tagging every thing up, and bringing them down to the Paper Sparrow for the Holiday shopping season! I just can't believe it is almost Thanksgiving and before you know it, Christmas will be here. I'd better get going!

I hope some little boy or girl will like my dolls enough to take one home...
(proceeds from the sale of these dolls goes to the Mother Bear Knitting Project)

Meet Daisy May

This is Daisy May. She is a Spring lamb and the newest doll i have made with the Knifty Knitter looms. I need to do some work on developing the ear shape a little better, but my granddaughter didn't notice that flaw. She liked her just the way she is!