Happy Valentine’s Day Lovelies! Have you had an action packed week? It’s been a quiet week here — I’ve been hunkered down, not doing much really. Cleaning a little here and there — really not sure where the week went. I did make two of the Little Cotton Rabbits mini bears for my little human grandbabies. Here’s a shot of the finished bear heads — no bodies yet.
I love making Julie‘s little animals SO much, although, I’m really slow at it. And I struggle a lot with choosing yarns. Julie is a genius though — her patterns are SO thorough and well thought out. I wanted to put little hearts around the bottom of the dresses, but they’re knit top down, which puts the “v” in the stitch upside down for making little hearts. So, I tried to knit the pattern backwards, bottom up, turning increases into decreases. It was ok, but it just didn’t look right, so I ripped it out and followed her pattern. As it should be. I could have done bigger hearts out of several rows of stitches or done some duplicate stitch magic, but I was running out of time, so I ended up just doing little x’s and o’s. And doh, I did the x’s on one dress and the o’s on the other one. I should have mixed them up! Grammy is slipping in her old age LOL.
These little mini bears are the perfect size for the little boxes I like to make for the girls once in awhile. FinallyAnotherGirl is only 17 mos. old, so it’s still a little hard to find things for her box — I’ll be glad when she’s old enough to not choke on small things and able to eat candy LOL. FinallyAGirl is 3 1/2 now, and she’s into all things crafty. Plus, she can eat candy, so her box is a lot easier to fill.
I hope you have a good day and a wonderful weekend. I must run and get ready for my afternoon at the endodontist — ’cause nothing says Love like a root canal!!! ;-D
XOXO,
Anna
So cute Anna! Happy Valentine’s Day to you and yours xoxo PS sorry about the root canal ;(
sorry about the root canal – I have had one and it wasn’t as bad as I had been led to believe it would be. How’s the foot!
I hope the root canal went smoothly! My gosh, those boxes are lovely. I want you to be my Grammy too!
Oh no. First the foot, now a tooth! Hope you’re feeling better soon. The bears are adorable and I love your Grammy boxes. I’m going to steal that idea.
Cute little bears! I’m Knitting one of Julie’s little rabbits at the moment and hoping I’ll get it finished before the baby makes an appearance
What lovely little bears! You’re so clever.
Goodness, those are adorable. Hoping all is well. Hugs,
Adorable indeed.
Amalia
xo