Little Toys

This is a whole slew of toys that I have knitted and crocheted over the last few months.  

 The first two are prizes that I sent to new great nieces of mine.  They are from Little Cotton Rabbits, a favorite site that I buy patterns from.

A granddaughter wanted a purple angel.  So I made it for her.

Here she is.

Another little cotton rabbit fox.

This is a Jean Greenhowe pattern.  It's called a topsy-turvey doll.  This is for my oldest granddaughter.  My grandchildren love going through my books and telling me what they want me to knit.

See the topsy turvy.

Now some prizes for my teaching daughters.

Some grandchildren claimed these before I could give them to the teachers.

My newest grandson wanted a lion.  It's amazing how a week old baby can have opinions.

I won't give this away yet.  I want to use the lion and this pig for basic patterns for more animals that I crochet.

The links to these patterns can be found on my Ravelry site.

Wesley's Quilt

Looking back I realized I hadn't posted this quilt that I made for Wesley, who is now 7 months old. They do grow quickly.  This quilt was a fast put together as it is just simple squares.

Here is Wesley and you can see his name at the bottom of the quilt.

More New Knits to End the Year

Meet Asher.  He is 3 1/2 years old and a real twinkler.  This is a nice boyish hoody that I knitted for him.  I used different washable wools.

It was a very easy knit with nice colors

This is Gideon.  He'll be 2 this coming month.

This sweater had a little bit of a challenge with the bottom band.  

The pattern is from OGE which has many cute baby patterns.

This is June who is also 3 1/2.  She has a very cute sweater with some texture to it.  It makes for not boring knitting.

It has a nice cable weave in it on the shoulders.

This is Melanie who is 2. She is totally girl who likes to wear dresses.

And this is Gideon's Mom.  I knitted her a vest.  It looks pretty nice for an adult sweater.

All of these can be seen for more detail on my Ravelry site

Clara's Quilt

I was going through old quilting magazines and tearing out the quilts that I like and then throwing the magazines away. We get so many ideas these days through pinterest, that I don't feel like I need to keep old magazines that I never look at.

I came across one that I liked and ripped it out.  A couple of my granddaughters were over and the younger one liked the quilt a lot, so I made it for her.  Here it is.

I think it may be called Ohio Rose, but I don't remember for sure.

I bought the white fabric and used scraps for everything else.

For the backside, I had a piece of fabric that I hated to cut up because the print is so nice.  This was a perfect opportunity to use it and it goes so nicely with the quilt.

Knitting and More Knitting

I have been knitting constantly, mostly for my grandchildren.  As you know, winter is almost here and they do need to keep warm.  So here are some pictures.  Everything is on my Ravelry site.

These are only some of my works.  I'll put more on next week.

This is Melanie.  She loves to smile for the camera. I actually made this dress to send to a great niece of mine.  but Mel fit it, so here's the pics. I used a washable wool, which is the only kind of wool I use on children's knits.  It makes it easy for mom.

I really like the ruffles.

This is a sweater I knit for Elisha.

This is a pattern that is a Debbie Bliss.  I have knit it several times and really like it.

And a hat to go with it.

Look at those eyes.

Eloise asked me to knit this one for her.  We picked out 2 different fingering yarns and put them together.  It turned out really nice and looks good on her.

This sweater is an old favorite of mine.  A customer that we've had for years asked me to knit this one again for her.  I have 2 different children posing with it.  I wanted to see how it looked on a 2 1/2 years old and a 3 1/2 year old.  It fits nicely on both, so it should wear for a long time.

Chickadees

For the past 2 years we  have had chickadees build their nest and have their babies on our porch.  The first year it was in a fuschia that was in a hanging basket.  The nest year it was in a pot right next to our door.  So  I saw this little chickadee hanging and decided to copy it.

The applique on this hanging is all fused.  That makes it go  quickly and I don't really have to think of the skinniness of the branches.

I think they are such cute little birds.

Here is a photo of the eggs in their nest last May.