Sorry for being quiet here for so long - I've been well, but busy-busy! I promise to try and do better again in the new year. For now, I want to get you caught up on what I've been up to, crafting wise - and that was quite a bit! Especially towards Christmas, I had a ton of smaller finishes, as I planned with way too many handmade gifts this year. But I am happy to report that everything was done in (the nick of) time and everyone was happy! So what better way to get back into it than with Jo's Gifted Gorgeousness, one of my favourite SALs ever. A couple of the cross stitched gifts will be saved for the January FFG, today we'll mostly talk yarn crafts.
First of all, socks. I finished three pairs - one for Felix wasn't really a Christmas gift, but I haven't shown them yet, and they are way too pretty to keepkeep from you! So we have the Zigzagular socks made from the wonderful Wooly Hugs Paint yarn for these perfect stripes, we got Candle Flames in a Mille Colori for my mum, and simple rip socks in Online Bamboo Sock for my brother in law.
My sister in law (brother in law's wife, not Felix' sister) got a Rips n' Cables hat that I made from some leftover Drops Nepal - so comfy and warm, I want one myself!
There also was an array of new cute critters...two of them from crochet kits that had been gifted to me and lingering in my stash for way too long, so double whammy for gifted gorgeousness!
We got a little sheep for our hairdresser, a Corasol (Pokémon) ghost for my best friend, and a little dog for grandma's physiotherapist.
One of my favourites was this little dino vest I made for a little girl that is very dear to me...I wish I could show you pictures of her wearing it, it was *adorable*!
The leftovers also made a little vest for grandma's handpuppet tortoise:
Speaking of grandma and her tortoise, she asked for a new shawl for Christmas, something not too large so she could wear it around the house, so I made this 'Fortuna' dragontail shawl, and then I made another one so she and Sammy the tortoise could go twin look:
And last but not least, I stitched up another Lily of the Valley, mirrored from the first one, from Kooler Design's Flower of the Month sampler, for the mini-birthsamplers I'm doing for Felix' grandma's great-grandchildren (anyone else confused by this family yet?). The finished version of course has her name and birthdate, so I'll show you the unfinished version of this one:
So there we are! I have 5 (yes, 5!) more finishes for the January FFG and also another post-Christmas knitting finish, but we're getting there. Hopefully, we'll see a lot more of each other in 2025 - until then, I wish you the very best of times, a happy new year and great stitching!
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