Hats, Hats, Hats

Here's a few of the hats I've made this month for commission. I've had to model a couple of them because the customer was not around for me to snap a shot. 

I really like this design and plan on continuing to improve it. It has it all, really, it is a scarf, a hood, and a sleepy hat. Complete with tassels and pom pom! There is so much going on! I tried to incorporate my customer's favorite colors: red, purple, and yellow. 

My boyfriend's brother requested a Dodgers slouchy hat. This was my first attempt at knitting letters and I think I've got a few things figured out for whenever I have a go at it next. 

This is just a plain, ole, regular ole, beanie. I LOVE the yarn I used for this, Caron's Simply Soft is just what it says, a basic yarn for a variety of projects but also extremely soft. 

Celestial Treasury

 I really like the idea of making a new list every week. Be it a treasury on etsy, a list of books I like, other blogs I read or as my boyfriend suggested, top ten favorite hat styles. So for now let Tuesday be new list day! This should be an easy day because I love lists, there are half-crossed-out to-do lists all over my house.

So, this week's list is a treasury I created on etsy of all things Celestial, click to see all the items and their makers!

This is a real Luna moth which might be a little morbid, but a whole lot beautiful.

There are some Team Bluegrass items as well

Etsy Treasury

My friend Jessie Yost from jess2bead created a treasury designed to help Stay warm and look bright! and very cute. She included a sleepy elf hat so I felt like I should share it with all of you. Enjoy the colorful cozies!

Lemon tree and p.s. from last post

This is my early Christmas present, a Dwarf Meyer Lemon. It has little baby lemons growing and a few flowers and buds! So adorable and exciting!

p.s. I won't have to deal with winter winds because I can totally ninja wrap this cowl into awesomeness.

New Knit

So I made some kind of cowl/hood thing out of some leftover baby blanket yarn I had, I wish I could have made it longer but I ran out of yarn. I just used the basic garter stitch and it was relaxing to not have to purl at all, to not count stitches, to just knit knit knit. 

Mustache.

I need to weave in the ends. 

Shrug thing.

I decided on the name Mitzy.

Family Photo!!!

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Sky Blue and Cream Sleepy Hat with Tassel

Kid's Christmas Sleepy Hat with Pom Pom

More hats to come within the next few days so stay tuned!

Old Washington

 Today I went to Old Washington, past Maysville, for their winter craft fair. Ginger and I shared a booth and here's our set up.

I couldn't get a good set-up in such little space. Tomorrow should be easier to set up.

This is Ginger's part of the booth. It is well organized and she has beautiful stuff.

I made little bags filled with rice and you can just throw them in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute and they stay warm for an hour. The tiny matching ones are hand warmers, like hot hands you throw them in your pockets but these are reusable.

Keychains on some twigs.

One awesome thing that came out of this fair is that I was given a kitten that has already had it's shots and has been spayed. She looks like my roommate's cat, Baalthazaar but tiny and sweeter.

Baalthazaar is creepin'.

I'm trying to think of good names. Here's a possible list Jac and I have come up with.

Muffin

Bug

Mitzy

Basil

Mouse

Moose

Lila

Lilith

Kitty

Ally

There were more. Do you have any cute names? Or want to vote on one of these?

So many things!

I am fairly busy preparing for craft fairs and Christmas so this post isn't going to be detailed at all. Not that I really write elaborate essays or anything. 

I went home for Thanksgiving and dressed my cat Toby in my dog's sweater. I think it is a tight squeeze. I have also taken hold of the kitchen table and covered it with my craft things, and the living room too. But I can't just sit at the kitchen table when Sam and Dean are fighting Supernatural beings in the TV!!!

I feel bad for not posting for a while so this will have to do for now. 

Reece

I've been thinking about doing some comic strips of Reece, Jac and me. Reece is such a character.

Some kinda family portrait

angel wings

Art Walk in Paris, KY

In September I was lucky enough to be invited back to the bi-annual art walk in Paris, KY by Miranda from Edward Jones. It was a great experience and I sold quite a few drawings and paintings. 

I am going to add a few of the images I have from that show to the gallery page so go check'em out.

Getting my knit on

My friend Beth Anne just showed me the basics of knitting last time she was here. Now I have been putting those skills to use. I made myself a little white, sparkly beanie with a pom pom. I made a chunky, ribbed Christmas scarf I intend to sell. And now I am working on another hat. Let me tell you knitting in the round is semi-easy at first when you are using a circular needle but once you begin the decreasing process and there are needles and yarn everywhere it becomes a yarn battle. 

This chunktastic scarf would definitely fend against wintery winds.

Hometown yarn with 17 gauge needles

Now I know pom poms were invented to cover up funky mistakes.

I somehow managed to make all of the stitches all backwardsy and I don't know how. But whatever it is on my head and I can't see it. 

Switch stitch'd

 So to prepare myself for Christmas I am beginning to craft Christmas style. *Note large Christmas scarf above. So I made this little guy. He is a snowman pin. With a teeny tiny Christmas scarf of his own. I am not used to crocheting with itty bitty hooks so it took me longer to make that scarf than probably the rest of the little guy. I'd say it was two episodes of Supernatural. Of course it is hard to take your eyes off the screen when Dean is adorably fighting demons to save his brother and the world. Oh, yeah, the snowman... back to that now. He isn't knit like the stuff above but he does have a matching scarf so he can be in this post.

A little snowman pin. 

Any thoughts on how I screwed up the stitches on the scarf? Any suggestions for further Christmasy crafts? What are you making for the Christmas times?