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<\/a><\/p>\nOne of the most popular gifts for our sheep group is tree ornaments. \u00a0Most of us now have a ‘sheep’ themed Christmas tree somewhere in our houses. \u00a0Our mantles, front doors, and dining room centerpieces are usually based on sheep. \u00a0After 37 years of getting 10 presents each year we have a LOT of sheep!<\/p>\n
This year, as Thanksgiving approached, I was getting fairly nervous that I still did not have my sheep presents OR any \u00a0appropriate sheep wrapping paper and ribbon. \u00a0What’s a sheep lover to do??? \u00a0In a panic I may have come up with lamest gift ever–but at least I was not running around all the shopping venues in my area, or trolling \u00a0the internet. \u00a0I was home having a bit of fun with one of the gifts I got years ago from “Flockette” Karyn! \u00a0I made a desk calendar of “Lambie” doing various weaving and handwork projects for 2016.<\/p>\n
Here are a few images of Lambie doing projects. \u00a0In February she is working on some bobbin lace hearts.<\/p>\n Lambie at the loom working on a boundweave project<\/p>\n Lambie learns to dye from some expert mushroom dyed gnomes (dyed and knitted by mycologist Susan Hopkins)<\/p>\n And Bob made Lambie some reading glasses so she could do close work like embroidery.<\/p>\n Do you think I’ve gone a bit overboard??<\/p>\n And in other holiday fun that did not<\/em> involve sheep–but did involve kitties which I also love– I made a several of these little knitted bags. \u00a0My oldest childhood friend Lea Ann (oldest as in in how long we’ve known each other, NOT how old we are!) gave me a kit for this precious little knitted bag. \u00a0You can get these kits at Creative Fibers<\/a> in Windsor, CT. \u00a0The shop owner designed the pattern and calls it “Button Jar’s Chump Change.” \u00a0You can also just get the purse frame \u00a0from this shop and use your own yarns and fabrics to make these little gems. \u00a0The only other thing you might need is Nicky Epstein’s book\u00a0Knitted Flowers<\/em>.<\/p>\n This is the first bag I finished for a gift exchange in my bobbin lace group.<\/p>\n These are the other two. \u00a0The red bag is from the kit my friend gave me, and the purple one is for my sister. \u00a0It’s a great little bag for knitting tools (I put a collection of stitch markers in my sister’s bag) or it could be a little project bag for small things like tatting.<\/p>\n LeaAnn included a little kitty pin to embellish my bag. \u00a0The kitty is encrusted in ‘diamonds’ and is playing with a ball of yarn. \u00a0Initially I attempted to embellish my bag with knitted balls of yarn unraveling across the bag, but I wasn’t happy with that. \u00a0Now he is playing with his ball of yarn in a flowering vine.<\/p>\n Front.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n