Tweety birds for Alia’s birthday
The perfect pet is a stuffed pet! This was one of Alia’s favorite birthday presents – I found the wire cage at Michaels, and sewed the birds from this pattern. I used felt and stuffed them as tightly...
View ArticleStriped stockinette snake
A free pattern from Purl Bee, and a chance to use the incredibly soft Cascade Eco Duo yarn. As recommended by the pattern, I used colors Chickory and Zebra. I knit on US 7s, and only knit 45″ before...
View ArticleWool felt bunny
A surprise project for Alia’s 8th birthday (since she remains dedicated to all things bunny) . . . this was one of the easiest stuffed animal sewing projects I’ve completed in a while, because it’s...
View ArticleA wool sheep, knitted with sheep’s wool
This project is seriously adorable – I can’t believe what those designers at Purl Bee come up with! The pattern and the overall concept is ingenious, not something I would have ever been able to...
View ArticleUnder the sea
I spent this week knitting an octopus – now how many people can say that?! The pattern was free from the ever-amazing Purl Bee, and I used Blue Sky Alpaca Sport Weight Melange yarn in color...
View ArticleBitsy bunnies
It’s not as if I don’t already have enough knit stuffed animals, and bunnies in particular, but these were just too cute to pass up – I think it was the combination of the Quince & Co Owl yarn and...
View ArticleThe Purl Soho Pup
What a great sewing kit – another genius project by Purl Soho! I love how the entire kit came all ready to go, and in a clever cylinder package, no less The project involved basic sewing steps: I...
View ArticleWinslow
How cute is this?! I swear, Brooklyn Tweed patterns never fail to amaze me. This is Winslow, one of the patterns from the new BK Kids lookbook. I used Brooklyn Tweed’s Shelter yarn – 5 skeins of...
View ArticleWool patchwork cats
I love finding new and creative uses for materials I love, like Mary Flanagan felted wool. Fortunately for me, Purl Bee excels in coming up with projects just like this one . . . their free pattern...
View ArticleChristmas kitty cat
My middle daughter has been asking for a kitten for Christmas . . . you’d think that the three cats we have already would be enough! But I guess there’s nothing like a new kitten – so I decided to...
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