Happy Birthday December

On my husband's side of the family (his Mother's side) there are an abnormal amount of December birthdays (plus my papa's). So along with all of my holiday knitting and crocheting, I am blessed to be able to gift many others during the month of December with handmade items.

Tonight I gave an apple cozy, mug cozy, and a darling earflap hat! The hat is a combo of a few patterns plus some big changes made by me in order to fit exactly what I am thinking. I will post the pattern someday.

So let me close with a couple of photos of Andrew in his hat and and big happy birthday to:

Dad

Rudy

Judy

Ben

Becky

Nancy

& Andrew

Hello Blogging!

I am super excited about this new experience ... bear with me as I learn the world of blogging! I hope to post pics and patterns and even a few pieces that might be available to purchase on here. I am switching from having a traditional website and opting for a more bloggy situation. It seems more appropriate for what I am working towards.

I will start by sharing a few of my holiday creations!

While shopping with my mother-in-law, we found a similar product at a popular home decor store. Immediately my small flower loom flashed to mind and I knew I could duplicate these mini pieces of winter wear to adorn a not so simple anymore bottle of wine.

This was my own pattern...I will post it one day.

Found this pattern on Pinterest and made at least a million of them to give as Christmas gifts and Stocking Stuffers. I made the one pictured a little larger than the original pattern...Her pattern is here!

This is a variation of a pattern I found here

 (also allow me to say, this blog has DARLING free patterns).

I had to play with the stitch counts a bit to fit this specific mug -

I loved it so much I could hardly give it away.

I have another pattern that I created using this one as the basis...

...it uses only Double Crochets so it works up crazy quick!