Blue Angry Bird

I just finished making this blue angry bird for my nephew.  This will be the 5th Angry Birds character that I have made him so far.  I'm hoping to make him the whole series.  Here is the free ravelry downloadable pattern.  The red is felt and the eyes are black paint.  I put the wrong size safety eyes on him, so I used black puffy paint to make them bigger.

Ikat Weavings

I finished both ikat weavings last month!

The warp was dyed 6 times with kool aid and food coloring in October, and then woven using brown sock yarn in November.  For the warp I used Lion Brand's Fisherman's wool.  They are 9" x 30".  

Here they are next to the painting that inspired them.  I need to mount them properly.

Here is the scrap from the 2nd weaving.  I'm still deciding what to do with it.

Wreaths, owl dishcloth, and penguin ornaments

I made these 12 mini wreaths in 2 days.  I'm going to be glueing pin backs on them this week.  Some will be gifts and others will be donated to my church's holiday fair.  Here is the pattern that I made up for them (using a plastic ring for the center).  

• sc in the ring all the way around
• sl st into first st, then chain 3
• 2 dc in every st.
• sl st in first dc
• You can either end it here, which I do for worsted weight yarns, or you can make 1 more round (which I do with lace weight yarns).
• ch 3, 2 dc in next st, 1 dc in the next 2 to 3 sts (its up to you) repeat around, and join with a sl st in the 1st dc.

I knitted this owl illusion dishcloth last week.  It's my first illusion knit.  I have to make more of these, because everyone's reaction to it is fantastic.  Here is the free pattern for it.

Tonight I worked on these 46 egg carton penguin ornaments.  I still need to add the ribbon hangers.  Some will be gifts, but most of them will be donated to my church's holiday fair.  Their theme this year is penguins, so these are perfect for it.

Log Cabin Dishcloth

I read 2 different knitted log cabin patterns, and then went by instinct and what I read to make this Chevron Log Cabin dishcloth.  I used different shades of blue, and crochet a border around it.

Birds and a Caterpillar

I finished knitting this 3 bluebirds dishcloth last night.  It was from a German pattern.  I don't speak German, but it was very easy to follow.  Someone gave me a translation of the abbreviations, which helped a lot.  

R= Knit L= Purl and all odd numbered rows are knit, small Nupps (from the pattern): kfb (make 2 stitches out of one), turn, purl these 2, turn, k2tog, go on with your row.

I also got to test this very cute caterpillar amigurumi pattern recently.  The last few days have been a struggle to finish it, not because of the pattern but because of life.  It is a Christmas present for my youngest son, so for the last few days I could only work on it after he went to bed.  Now it is safely hidden until I can wrap it up.  He is just so cute!  I used the colors of The Very Hungry Caterpillar when making it.  It is a very easy pattern, and I recommend any of TBoutiqueCritters's patterns. Mine ended up being 19.5 inches long x about 5 inches wide.  I hope my son likes it.

Heart Dishcloth

I started knitting this heart with wings dishcloth on July 1st, but put it down after only a few rows.  I picked back up the other day and finished it last night.  Here is the free pattern for it.

Hat and Dragonfly

I just finished crocheting this Galway Slouchy crochet beret today.  It will be sent to Hats Off for Cancer's Mad Hatter Drive.   

I also just finished pattern testing this dragonfly pattern for TBoutiqueCritters.  He is so cute.I learned a new way to make wings that I now want to use for making Monster High doll costumes.