I had a little last minute merry making to do, and these tiny Christmas sweaters were the perfect quick little stocking stuffer treats. I duplicate-stitched on some last name initials, and they were a hit with both mine and Joey’s families.
Pattern: Cheers by Cheryl Niamath
Yarn: Cascade 220
Filed under: Antics, knitting, Quilts, The Beekeeper's Quilt, Yarn | Tags: beekeeper, cushy
You’ve probably heard of the Beekeeper’s Quilt by now, so forgive me if I’m telling you something you already know. The Beekeeper’s Quilt is one of those patterns that has spread like wildfire across the knitting world these past few months. It’s a long-term, stash-busting project that is immensely customizable to your own tastes. Hundreds of soft, fuzzy, cushy hexipuffs sewn together into a cozy, floppy quilt? Yes, please!
This project has an added bonus of being charming even while laying around the house in its in-progress state, which is a good thing because this is going to be a very long-term project for me. I started exactly three months ago and I’m only up to 27 puffs, which is yielding about one square foot of quilty goodness.
Its so much fun pulling all the hexipuffs out of their bowl and laying them out to get just a glimpse of what the finished quilt might look like. It also gives you a chance to consider adding additional colors to the mix, which I’ll be doing very soon.
Being back in Texas, I am around lots of crafty ladies that I haven’t seen in a while. I thought it would be fun to share with you some of the craftiness of others around me.
First up is my mother in law. She recently started making wreaths and centerpieces that are just stunning. I was the lucky recipient of this wreath. She let me pick out the baubles and then she whipped this up in an afternoon:
Next up is my sister in law, who started knitting not too long after I did and has also found her place in the crochet world. One of her specialties is customized amigurumi, and I once challenged her to make a basset hound (Henry, specifically) and she knocked my socks off with this:
And then there’s my Nana, who inspired the beginning all of my crafty endeavors. After reading my blog post where I talked about her teaching me to embroider when I was young, she was inspired to pick up her embroidery needle again. She very sweetly gifted me a set of pillowcases that I will treasure always:
My mom was also inspired by that same blog post– she found the piece of embroidery that was my first foray into all things crafty. The piece of embroidery that I wasn’t sure still existed. I’m sure glad she saved this for me.
I love having inspiration everywhere, and inspiring others in turn.
