Jenny, aka Kounting Sheep, kindly tested my Cute is Always in Season cross-stitch for me last month, and she just posted pics of her finished project on her blog. I love that she used such fun colors in hers!
Since I am new at designing cross-stitch patterns, Jenny was super-helpful in advising me about how best to design the chart so that it’s easy for people to use. Thank you for the test, Jenny!
Marti, a tester for the Tiny Things Collection 1 patterns, went on a Tiny Elephant-making spree!
Maybe you noticed that one of these elephants is not like the others. It’s a small sheep made from this fun pattern by Flutterby Patch. (I also love the sleeping cat looming in the background.)
Thank you for the test, Marti!
Groundhog Day is right around the corner, people! I love these pics taken by Eskimimi of her Punk Phil made from my Godfrey pattern. Soon it will be officially time to start daydreaming about spring.
Eskimimi didn’t have any black yarn on hand, so she made her groundhog’s hat out of felt instead. Looks like that worked great!
After finding Eskimimi’s groundhog on Ravlery, I discovered that she is a talented designer herself. Check out her (really beautiful) blog!
How awesomely cute are these Tiny Corn and Tiny Toothpaste made by Oiyi?!
Oiyi tested the patterns for me, and she used worsted-weight yarn instead of the fingering-weight that I recommend in the pattern. So they turned out just slightly heftier—so fun! Check out her blog to see her Tiny Elephant and Tiny Violin.
Thank you to all the testers of these patterns: Oiyi, Marti, Rikke, and Dorien!
It’s snowing again in NY today! Not a bad way to finish out the year.
It seems fitting now to show a few more adorable Mochimochi Snowmen that knitters whipped up this holiday season.
Threadsongs made a whole snowman convention before breaking up the group to send out to as Christmas gifts. I love how some of them really look like they’re conferring about something.
tricotadeira’s pair of snowmen ornaments couldn’t be more festive for December.
And it looks like Dknits arranged her colorful snowmen on the mantle with care. (Who needs stockings when you have these guys?)
Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone!
For lack of a better introduction (holiday travel has sapped my writing powers today), here is a very heart-warming holiday project I heard about through Ravelry!
miffygirl knitted up a bunch of Hearts with two friends, tied them up with candy canes and holiday notes…
…then left them in random public places in their city for others to find!
You can read more about their holiday “random act” (which included other knits left around town) and see more photos on miffygirl’s blog.
I love this idea of spreading Christmas cheer to strangers. My husband’s family has a similar tradition, and I have good memories of the two of us leaving small toys with holiday messages attached around our city in Japan one December. We weren’t sure what the people who found them would think, but it certainly got us into the spirit of Christmas!
Here’s a last-minute holiday decoration/gift idea: Knit up some Hearts from my free pattern and add loops to make them into ornaments!
I’ve noticed on Ravelry that many people have been making heart ornaments this year. I especially love the project photos posted by blacksunl1ght:
And by iheartfiber:
Each heart takes less than an hour to knit, seam and hang! I would love to see a small tree decorated with pink and red hearts for some cross-holiday cheer.
Also don’t forget that the Mochimochi Snowmen pattern (also a great ornament knit) is available for free with any purchase at the Mochimochi Shop through December 26th!
Paula posted this hilarious pic of her Mochimochi Snowmen on Ravelry the other day.
Snowmen Bowling! Sounds like a fun new holiday tradition to me.
Paula’s photo makes me wonder what other uses Snowmen can be put to… maybe we’ll see some more by Christmas?