Again, the disclaimer, if you are a member of my family, please stop reading this blog till Christmas gifts are exchanged!
First a warm wool hat for my husband's cousin who lives in upstate New York. It was my first Beanie #212 watch cap knitted flat and seamed together.
I then thought that my BIL who works out on a boat for a couple weeks at a time could also use some warm wool on his head and I used the same pattern but knitted in the round and added some cables. I love how this hat turned out!
Remember my favorite scarf pattern for women? Well, I made two more of them A solid rosy color for MIL and a pretty pink and brown colorway for DH's aunt.
When I saw the wool handle cover at Moment to Moment, I knew I had to make my mom one to use with her cast iron skillet. I ended up following the instructions to knit one from A Hand Made Life and felted some flowers on it. I want a couple of these too. Maybe if I get all the other projects finished, I'll find some in my stocking...
Except for a pair of socks that I started for my b-day and am not allowed to work on till all my Christmas gifts are complete, that is everything that I had cast on my needles finished. I need to go get some more yarn so that I can cast on some slippers for W, and three more beanie # 212's for my hubby, father and FIL. I also need to get busy on a few cat toys for the pets in our lives but those are super quick kits.
This week I felted down another sweater, unsure of what I was planning to do with it. Later that evening, I remembered that I had wanted to make little tissue holder pouches for my mom and MIL from felt. I decided to use this felted sweater instead. I also needle felted designs on them and stitched up the sides with a blanket stitch. I loosely based the idea on these. The needle felting was a great way to add a little "red hat" to the gifts for MIL.
Over the summer, after receiving a batch of pictures of my son, my mom stated that she wanted to "wear a picture of W around her neck". That became the inspiration for a Christmas gift of course! I made one for my mom and one for MIL. I found these little charm frames at Michaels several months ago for 75% off and printed out tiny little pictures of W to put in them. I need to put the charms on jump rings and then make them into necklaces, but the hard part of the project (selecting the picture, shrinking it and putting it in the little frame charms) is done.
Speaking of photo gifts, I also found pictures of FIL, DH and W all taken when they were between the ages of 18 months and 2 years old. I've edited them to make them look fairly similar and will be framing them together as gifts for my hubby and FIL. I was moved to tears when I put the three pictures together into a collage to see how they sit together. I think the family resemblances between these three little boys is amazing! I hope they like this gift as much as I do.
In our house we also allow a few purchased handmade items. I mostly have used this get a few things for W's stocking so far.
At our Waldorf School Fest of Fall, I purchased these beautiful shooting stars from my table-mate L of Blue Iris Handcrafts.
On Etsy I purchased this cute little tub turtle for W from MamaMadeThem. I also have purchased him one of her bathtub boats for him as we are trying to transition him away from plastic bath toys.
The other thing I bought for him on Etsy is this set of creative wood play clips from Creative Wood Toys. I am sure that W and A are both going to enjoy these since they have been asking me to make them playsilk tents for the past week. My plan is to dye a big playsilk to go with these clips as one of W's gifts.
Also at the Waldorf School Fest of Fall, I purchased this beautiful bar of lavender soap from Sweet Cheeks. Her things are beautiful and I'm thinking there are a couple stocking-stuffers I need to order from her for the hubby! This soap is going to go to my mom who has always loved all things lavender.
I have a couple more projects in the works here including more photo coasters, and some felted soaps which hopefully will be done for my next handmade holiday post.
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