girl shark

the last shark-hat i made was clearly for a boy... this one had to be dolled up with a double bow and 'killer' eyelashes, and made of soft alpaca wool. 

(ps my model's only 5, but the hat was for a 10 yr old girl, so it looks a little big in the picture)

baby galoshes

this is currently my favorite baby bootie...

seriously folks, they're adorable!

i think next time i might make them a little taller before i add the handles

Christmas Owls

we LOVED these hats (hopefully my adorable nieces do too!) even my baby was playing with them--and he doesn't like hats!



these cute little owls have mittens to match, cause it's always fun to accessorize! note too, i did add eyelashes to the bigger owl, and i also added the matching purple string to the sleepy baby mittens after the picture was taken

 

close-up of the larger hat, I LOVE this orange chenille yarn, this particular color was left over from a previous hat, but i look forward to getting more of the super-soft yarn for future projects!

 

and a close-up of the sleepy baby owl, it was looking a little plain, so R (my 3-yr-old) said i should add a bow:


 

great idea R!



christmas begins with mittens

so i've had tons of things i've been wanting to post, but i've been putting them off til after Christmas so as not to ruin any surprises... clearly these would have been the favorite of anything i could have made... or maybe not, but either way, my favorite brother got some nice manly wollen mittens for Christmas... welcome to Chicago little brother! i hope they're warm enough, i know the wind is a biter there, so they may not be quite enough, but i thought they would be a better fit than anything you can find on the shelves (my brother has skinny man hands). and there will be a bunch more Christmas gifts up on this blog soon, ideas for the winter season or even for next year!

fireman hats (and another owl)

it's been hard to get anything posted on this website lately, because almost everything i've been working on has been for christmas, and i wouldn't want to risk people figuring out what their gifts are ;). these cute little firehats are for my girls' best friends, two brothers who love firemen/trucks/etc... naturally these little firefighters have plenty of gear, but i thought a little winter-weather appropriate hat might be nice :). we gave them to the boys yesterday, and their mom informed me that they love them, so it's good enough for me! Merry Christmas J & D!

also another of the cute little sleepy owl hats for a sweet little toddler. i loved the turquoise-purple combo--one of my personal favorite owl-hats to date!

newsboy hat

this little beauty is for a friend, made from alpaca yarn, it's super-soft, and just a bit slouchy. It looks huge on my 5-yr old, but I promise, I made it to fit my friend :). We loved working in the little flower... just a bit girly, but not too much.

I'll have lots more new posts and ideas up after Christmas--amazing how limited I am in what I can post till then!

monster slippers

these super-cute monster eye slippers were made for a friend's nephews for christmas, bug brother gets blue--he's 2, and baby brother gets the green (hopefully the bootie-design will help him keep them on!)

pattern adapted from here