Massive Post Christmas Craft Dump

The holidays are OVER! Rejoice! Sadly I've let the crafting photos pile up...so I figure it's about time I just post them all and get it over with.


Before the holiday I had a commission to make some knitted dolls for a friend's daughter. Two mermaids, two girls, a dog, and a cat. I was particularly happy with the mermaids!


I got a bit carried away with the knitting and decided to try my hand at designing a pattern for knitted ponies. Still a work in progress...but they didn't turn out bad by any means.


Next I came up with some knitted cars with wooden wheels. They do actually roll, which I was very happy about...I made 3 for Bear for Christmas and 2 more for her friend.



Not a great photo, but I knitted a cabled tam for my aunt. Bear is modeling it here.



Two Black Apple Dolls for Bear and E.



One for my niece.





A purse, sweats, and necklace set for my niece, Ash.




An art-roll and a memory game for my nephews.



And finally, I recovered a foam chair for Bear. :)

A Surprisingly Quick Project

I managed to start AND finish this tote in 2 days.

I've had the pattern for months and Tuesday afternoon my aunt (who actually bought the pattern so that I could make this bag) and I went to Quilting Adventures and she picked out a charm pack of 5" squares in various purple/green/teal/blue batiks. Bon adores purple. As you can imagine she was quite taken with it.

And while I did manage to finish it amazingly fast for me (it's a miracle that it was finished at all with the way I tend to work...)...it damn near killed me to do it! The first day was fun...the second day...not so much. Although it wasn't entirely the bag's doing, but that's another long story.

ANYWAY, I used some of the leftovers to make a little babywearer pouch to attach to my sling/wrap so I won't have to drag a purse with me. I'll post pics of that later, though.


By the way my daughter also enjoyed this tote.