Boy were these fun to make! I hope some of my crafty friends will share what they made this Christmas.
A knitted hat to Vlad from Mommy
A gnome home with mushroom rattle for my niece, Mae. The gnomes are knit, but the rest is crocheted.
A big, beautiful Christmas doily made by my Mom. Gorgeous!
A dollhouse for Ollie Bean. My mom made it for me when I was little. Then I painted it for Jas. Now Matt fixed it for Ollie in the same colors as our house! He made a little furniture for it too. There is more we want to add, then more pics will follow! Can you believe my Mom made this from scratch? She is a d. i. y. beast!
Old school bomb with fuse for the bros, knitted.
Crocheted pincushion
My favorite gift wrapping this Christmas, done with upcycled packing paper from a delivery.
Had to make Ollie a gnome home too!
Matt took a wooden, thrifted salad bowl and carved it into a yarn bowl. I love it! Now my yarn doesn't roll across the room while I knit.
Some ankle socks, knitted for myself! Claus is vacationing inside for the winter, so I had to put him to work hauling my socks.
Gift bags made from old t-shirts
A time bomb with removable sticks of dynamite. Matt recorded a sound button in the clock! You must check out the video of it here
A stocking made out of t-shirts. The inside is red. Of course this was for the tractor loving Brandon.
Here are some t-shirts that Matt made by creating a stencil from freezer paper and painting the shirt. I think he outdid himself!
Link for Wolfie
Megaman for Vlad
A thumbdog for his Mama
And for his Dad, Dennis Kucinich!
I didn't take a pic of the grenade stuffie I made, but I did take a video. (click here) Matt recorded another sound button and it has already seen a lot of action!
Last, but not least, the boys did their first embroidery as a gift to their talented Grandma Kathy. Subscribers, Click for video
I hope you fit a little handmade into your Christmas! I would love to hear what some of you made too!
P. S. Must give props...
The gnomes were from this pattern:
http://plainandjoyfulliving.blogspot.com/2009/02/fun-knitting-gnome.html
Gnome home was based on this pattern:
http://yarrrn.blogspot.com/2008/02/gnome-home.html
The grenade:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mills-bomb-grenade
The old school bomb :
http://shoshanaknits.blogspot.com/2012/06/happy-bomb-knitting-pattern.html
The mushroom rattle was based on :
http://tomacreations.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/amigurumi-super-mario-mushroom/
The pincushion:
http://www.hookedonneedles.com/2009/08/crocheted-pin-cushion-pattern-english.html
The time bomb was my own on-the-fly pattern.
I always use Ann Budd's sock book. Swear by it!
http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-Knitting-Socks/dp/1596680296/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357700431&sr=1-3&keywords=ann+budd
Man, I hadn't really thought about how much got made for Christmas this year. Great to see it all in one place!
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