It's possible that I did more knitting in December than any other month last year! I was definitely motivated to knit several Christmas ornament gifts as the deadline for wrapping up gifts approached. (Happens every year doesn't it?!) Then, in the last week of the year I got started on gifts for Christmas 2016. It's possible (maybe!) that I won't be in such a rush next Christmas. :)
Here's a few photos of my December knitting projects...
I made this mini sweater Christmas ornament for a sweet girl who is like a niece to me. I stitched on a felt heart with DMC embroidery floss and added an old button to the center of the heart. (By the way...my pattern includes directions for how to make a mini wire hanger!)
I liked the aqua sweater with a heart so much that I made one in red! I used Lamb's Pride Brown Sheep worsted weight yarn to knit these ornaments.
For a boy who played football last fall, I modified my mini sweater ornament pattern to make a "jersey" style ornament with his team colors and his #11 jersey number. I hear that he loved seeing his jersey number on his custom ornament. (I'm working on writing up the pattern for this short sleeve sweater ornament with options for felt applique numbers and letters....more info soon!)
These are just a few of the small knitted gifts I made for Christmas gifts! To see all the photos check out
my Instagram page.
After all the Christmas festivities were done I had time to do more knitting. I pulled out that red yarn again and knit a few little red houses.
I used my knitting pattern -
The Little House - which can be found
on Ravelry,
Craftsy and
Etsy.
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| Little Red House..."under construction". |
After sewing up the seams on the base structure of the house, I knit the roof in white...to represent a snowy roof. Did you notice the cute holiday sweater napkin in the photo below? My sweet sister-in-law gave a package of those to me last year. Pretty much a perfect little gift for a knitter!
Then I stitched a felt door to the front with DMC embroidery floss. A french knot makes the perfect door knob. I added tiny windows to each side of the house. After the felt applique pieces were complete, I stuffed the house with a little bit of polyfil and stitched on the roof piece. I will thread a piece of yarn to the top of my tiny red house to use it as a Christmas ornament on our tree next year. And, I have a few more of these little red houses in progress to give as gifts next Christmas!
I also ended 2015 having discovered Instagram...finally! I love it! I'm so inspired by the many talented knitters, makers, photographers and artists I have discovered on Instagram. If you would like to see more behind the scenes photos of my knitting,
follow me on Instagram @FiftyFourTenStudio.
I'm really looking forward to designing more knitting patterns in 2016! Happy knitting and best wishes for the new year. :)
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