I created this Ducky for a friend of mine who is having a baby this winter. If you've ever looked for gender neutral baby gifts, you know it's hard! Duck and frog themed items are always a safe bet though.

I didn't follow a pattern, though I was inspired by a bluebird that I knit earlier this year (also no pattern). It's pretty easy to wing it (pun intended) if you know how to knit a sphere.

I wrote a bit more about my duck, bluebird and some other knitting projects on my blog if you're interested:
http://ebretzel.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/isnt-that-ducky/

Looking for public places to hang out and knit. Does anyone have any good suggestions? General Twin Cities area.

My cousins, sisters and I got together to create this winter wonderland. It took about 6 hours from concept to creation. We started with a giant piece of cardboard and ended up with a scene of Santa's workshop surrounded by an igloo, hockey pond, ski hill and santa himself in his sleigh. We had a ton of fun making it and a huge mess in the process.




Here you can see the unwrapped presents going into the machine and coming out the other side all pretty.


Our hockey players on the pond:


One of the skiiers was "injured" so we had to make him a rescue team and gurney:


A closeup of the sugar cube igloo, penguins and polar bear:


Gingerbread Santa and reindeer:


And a close-up of the presents in his sleigh:


And last but not least our goofy gumdrop snowman:


In case you are wondering, the googly eyes are candy sprinkles! Thank you for looking.

This is sort of dumb, but I made mittens and one thumb is a bit shorter than the other. At the time, I thought it wouldn't bother me but now I would like to fix it. My dilemma is that I do not have any more of the yarn left. I only need a tiny bit more, so my only thought is to shorten the cuffs a bit and use that yarn to extend the thumb.

I am wondering if it is possible to unravel the bottoms and re-cast off in reverse... does that make sense? I don't even know how to search for that. Thought I would ask before I go ahead and mess them up completely.

THANK YOU!

So I knit myself a pair of mittens which I really love, except that they are not very warm. (I used cotton which I realize was a bad choice) I think they are roomy enough for a fleece liner, but I've never made liners before. I suppose it's just a matter of sewing a mitten shape out of fleece but I am worried about how to make it so the seams are comfortable and that it doesn't bunch weird, especially in the thumb. Does anyone have any tips?

So I decided to try my hand at making some "creatures" and I came up with these little guys. They were named Li'l Duffsters by my friend because I made them out of leftover felt from our duff beer costume a couple of years ago (see below where I am being elbowed in the face by my husband). Meet Eugene, Mathilde and Waldorf (in that order)!

I have amassed a huge collection of pens and markers that are dried up, is there anything cool I can make out of them? The coolest thing I have found is this bic chandelier, but my pens are not all the same shape, color and size, and also our house does not exactly have the ceiling for a chadelier!

http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/01/10/bic-ballpoint-pen-chandelier/

Suggestions??

As my obsession with knitting cute plush animals progresses, I find myself gathering patterns of all sorts and irritating my husband with piles of yarn stuffed into every available space in the house. I made this delightful critter for a good friend who has made her home in New Zealand. I found the pattern here: http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/crazy-kiwis/

Here are a few photos of him surveying the melting Minnesota snow before he gets shipped off to his native land.

I found this pattern at http://electricbiscuitonline.blogspot.com/2005/06/clone-mr-dangly.html

Mr. Dangly was too cute not to knit! Here he is, in purple:

I have been on a beer cozie craze lately so when I saw this challenge I knew I had to enter. These may not be ironic, but I think they're fun.

The Cheat and Marzipan ( I know Marzipan looks scary )


Strongbad and Homestar