Yarn Bowls for Craftster Swaps

Olive Green Yarn Bowl: 6" wide x 3" tall

Flower Cutouts Yarn Bowl: 4.5" wide x 3" tall

Black Sheep Yarn Bowl: 5.5" wide x 3.25" tall

Speckles & Stencils Yarn Bowl: 5" wide x 3" tall

Turquoise Yarn Bowl #1: 4" wide x 3" tall

Turquoise Yarn Bowl #2: 5" wide x 3" tall

Santa Man

I made this little guy at the pottery studio. He now lives in Georgia with this crafty lady.

The base is a hollow ball, thrown on the wheel. I sculpted his arms, legs, and head and added them later. He's painted with underglaze and porcelain slip and then some clear glaze to make him shiny.

My influences for this guy include Tim Burton's Santa from the Nightmare Before Christmas, and Neil Gaiman's movie, Coraline, especially in the button eyes.

Birds on Wood

Kid's Paintings and Motorcycle

Monster of the Deep

Acrylic on panel. Made for a swap.

Tawny Frogmouth

More Swap Goodies

Here's a few things I made for a recent swap. My partner is really into gaming (like Dungeons and Dragons), she loves Indian imagery and she's learning how to knit. So I made her a dice bag, reusable shopping bag, some bookmarks and a knitting needle roll.

Recent Crafts

Here's what I've been up to lately:

More Swap Love

Here's what I sent to my partner for the stocking swap.




I made these slippers by slightly modifying the Twinkletoes pattern from knitty.com


Biscuits for her pups.


Hand carved stamp.


Apple Cozy





Mini Stocking Ornament


Drawing of her hubby's vintage VW.


And, of course, the stocking. I sort of made up the pattern from a hodgepodge of sock patterns, stocking patterns and color patterns.

Swap Love

Yesterday I got my package from the Craftster stocking swap. I was partnered with a wonderful sewer from Pennsylvania. She made me some really fantastic things. Check it out:

Mini Stockings

I made these little cuties for an ornament swap on craftster.



Details:
Pattern: Free Mini Christmas Stocking Pattern from Little Cotton Rabbits
Yarn: random scraps from my stash
Needles: US size 3 DPNs
Modifications: I used these instructions to create a pointy elf, style toe on them.



I love making these ornaments because I can use up some of those left over bits of yarn in my stash. Each finished stocking is about 5 inches from cuff to toe.