Two Christmas Sweaters

Here are the two sweaters that I finished a day late for our Late Christmas Celebration. I'd have had them done on time, BUT the pattern called for a 12" zipper for all sizes and I needed a 14" zipper for the smaller sweater and a 16" one for the larger one. Either it's a misprint, or the sweaters turned out larger for me. But they turned out the right sizes for the girls, so I'm not complaining.

At the Shaeffer Meadows Fiber Fest.

Annette's wooden buttons on display

Poster showing Annette's alpaca babies

Annette's sweater with antler buttons and Barb's troll

This is the Keeping Fairy by Char-Lee of Raymond, WA. I was absoluteyly SMITTEN with this doll on Friday, but I am trying to tame my impulsive Inner Child, so I forced myself to wait until Sunday to buy her. I reasoned that if I was not MEANT to have her, she would not be there when I arrived to work. BUT SHE WAS THERE!! And so she is mine. Who can say why a person falls in love with a doll any more than you can explain why a certain person falls in love with another person?!

Here are the Keeping Fairy's hands, holding a key for me. In her pocket is a grocery list and some buttons on a string. She doesn't know it, but she's going on a trip tomorrow with me!

This a little pumpkin guy I bought for a friend, also made by Char-Lee. My friend likes pumpkin head dolls and this one was about as cute a one as I've ever seen!

Some of my own stuff at the Fiber Fest

One side of our booth. I deserve no credit for this lovely booth. Annette and Marcy did all the work!!

Another look at his great booth

One of Jerri Schrader's lovely painted chairs. Jerri's business is called Sleeping Bear Studios, and she's in Ocean Shores, WA. I'd like her to paint my daucshunds on chairs.

Four Knitted Clothespin Santas

I am getting faster at making these, now being able to make two in an evening instead of one. It's hard to put a price on them, though. These four are going to the On Track Art Festival in Hoquiam tomorrow. We'll see if there are any "early bird" Christmas shoppers out there.

Knitted Clothespin Santa

He's cute, huh? Took me an entire evening to knit from a purchased pattern. I am going to reformat the pattern so it is row by row, rather in narrative style the way it arrived. I had a terrible time telling where I was. But I like him. Not sure what to charge for them though. Any ideas would be welcomed.

Back of Reindeer Sweater Finished

As you can see, I have perservered and finished the back of the reindeer sweater. I have also bought some yarn to make a second larger one. Not sure my grandgirls will like them or not, but Grandma likes them a LOT!!

Annette's Alpaca Hat with Felted Flowers

Annette gave me this hat (knit in alpaca yarn she spun herself) to embelish with needle felting so long ago, she probably thought I'd lost it! But I finally got my felting supplies out and put these flowers on her hat tonight. I know I have more colors of roving somewhere, but I still have to round up those. I am pretty new at this felting thing, and so my flowers are a bit more "lumpy" than I'd like, but I will improve, I know, if I do more of it and get more practice.

Nevertheless, I like the look of these flowers on this soft hat.

Kim's Socks, Knit on a Sock Loom

I'd never even SEEN a sock loom, although I knew from her FaceBook posts, that Kim was knitting socks on some sort of loom. Here are her socks, her fourth pair. And here is the loom:

This loom was purchased at JoAnns, and it's full price is $29--use your half-price coupon and pay half that.  It is adjustable, so you can knit any size sock, from infants' to socks for men. It works just like any other spool-type knitter, and there is a book available with several sock patterns.