Love for my girlies

A couple of items I knit for my daughters for Christmas...

Fetching for Jordan in Malabrigo dyed by me. I CO only 35 stitches and magic looped on size 7 needles. These were a big surprise for her. She had been asking for a pair for months and I kept saying I didn't know how to knit them. LOL.

A bunny for Scarlett. This was knit with some yarn I got in a dyed yarn swap from Katie. I think a heavy worsted/aran and it came from the UK. Scarlett kept stealing the ball of yarn when I was knitting this, so I think she was pretty happy to get it. Well as happy as a 6 month-old can be. LOL.

Getting to know you: Holiday Version

1. Eggnog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Cocoa
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? he sits them in front of the fireplace
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? white this year
4. Do you hang mistletoe? yup
5. When do you put your decorations up? the weekend closest to my birthday (12/4)
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? STUFFING!
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? When we celebrated Hannukah and my parents would give us a present every day for 8 days.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I always knew he wasn't real. *sniff*
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? we have in the past, and I know at least one gift we are opening this year.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? With our special ornaments. We get a new one each year. We have a small living tree, so no room for the balls.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? love it!
12. Can you ice skate? YES!!!
13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a child? no.
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? being happy and healthy
15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? cookies
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? getting our tree
17. What tops your tree? nothing this year
18. Do you prefer giving or Receiving? giving
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? feliz navidad. LOL
20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? today yuck. LOL.

Happy Birthday Damien!

Yarn for the bazaar

Hungry anyone?

This hat is knit with 100% Peruvian wool, hand-dyed with kool-aid. The sushi set was knit with 100% cotton yarn, with the exception of the Nori which was done in wool. So yummy!

I can sew too

Imagine that! LOL. What craft do I not do? The top 8 dipes are Scarlett's and the bottom 3 I made for Bella in trade with Jessica.

The oh-so-fun process of dyeing roving

The dyeing process...

Drying:

In the dye bath:

A whole lotta balls

Some of the wool balls I felted this week, and a cute face thrown in for good measure!

The sweetest model

Sweet Scarlett Pearl in her Picky Pants knit with Loro Baranquerro colorway from Malabrigo merino. Knitted hat courtesy of Erin, another Sewing Mama. Shirt dyed by me, and diaper sewn by me.
More pics

Longies & wool balls

Ah geez - I am so blog-clueless. I can't figure out how to get these pics in the right order! These longies are knit from lovely Uruguay merino in Vino de Borra, with Marron Oscuro trim.

Some roving I dyed to make felted balls with.
Another pair of longies for Scarlett. These are also knit with merino from Uruguay. Autumn Forest colorway.

These are the Summer Sunset colorway I dyed a while back.

And finally some felted wool balls. These are up for sale in our shoppe. www.NurturingThreads.com