New Friends: The Knit Edition

I feel like I've been missing an appendage. Clearly it wasn't an appendage I kept up with very well, or I'd never have lost it to begin with, but I missed it nonetheless. I got my shiny new camera in the mail today and immediately finished sewing eyes on all the knit toys so I could take their glamour shots. With no further ado:


She needs a name, probably something creative like "Dotty," but other than that she's finished and ready to roost on top of Addison's stocking come Christmas morning. Ironically, Addie watched me knit the entire thing back in September, but I'm confident she'll love it even if it's not a surprise. Addie loves stuffed animals like nobody's business.


I've mentioned before that Grayson has a thing for the three pigs story. He'd happily listen to it twice a day, week in and out, if I'd oblige. Since I won't, I knitted him this set instead, and I'm going to combine it with "The Real Story of the Three Pigs" book for Christmas. And look at that pot! So cute. I love details like this.
Chris and I have already played with it and think having the wolf hang off the chimney is probably more realistic. If it were, in fact, realistic to have a pig build a house of bricks and then entice a wolf to climb the building and hop down a chimney.
And look! They're puppets!
But these might be my favorites. Caiden and I read "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" a while back, and now these three rodents will be tucked in with the sequel for Caiden. I told Chris if Caiden doesn't love them enough, I'm confiscating them. I love them.


And for no particular reason other than this is a picture of her first ponytail ever (She's certainly not a knit toy.), I'm including this photo. Oh, I love that girl! She's sweet enough to eat.

You can see why I was determined to learn how to knit when I discovered Susan Anderson's first book, "Itty Bitty Hats." Her designs are so fun, so whimsical, and so rewarding to knit! These three are all from her newest book, "Itty Bitty Nursery." Next on my list to work on is an entire tea set, complete with sugar cubes and a golden tea spoon. You can imagine who that'll go to. Knitted bliss.

Next stop: Sewing projects. See you then!