The Buzz at WEBS – December 7, 2012
This week, the staff at WEBS is buzzing about fantastic holiday gift ideas!
I have been making these sheep for years, mostly for friends and fundraising events. Each one seems to have its own distinct personality. I’m particularly fond of the one I like to call “little black dress”. The sheep are made with sewn felt, stuffed with wool roving and have needle felted coats. They are fun to dress up with knitted accessories. The stacking trees are crocheted and then felted. The yarn is an Araucania closeout from a couple of years ago but they would be great in any heavy worsted weight yarn, particularly one with a little bit of a halo after felting like Valley Yarns Berkshire. I keep them up all year round. > Amy S.
I absolutely love the Madelinetosh Vintage. It’s super soft, the colors are great, and it’s machine washable, which is great for bigger projects like sweaters and blankets. I made my mom a sweater from it in Fathom, and she loves how it’s lightweight and warm all at the same time. I adapted the pattern Melia by Ysolda Teague. > Jackie V.
Susan Bates yarn bobs – I’m using the smaller ones with some fingering weight yarn, and it fits quite a bit of yarn. The large ones can fit a lot of a thicker yarn too. It’s so much easier than working from the ball of yarn and having to change colors every few rows. I don’t have to worry about my different colors tangling and getting in the way when I’m not working with them while doing colorwork. They hold the yarn so it doesn’t unwind, but it’s very easy to unwind a length when you need to. > Kristin L.
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December 7th, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Can you share the pattern for the sheep and the trees?
December 9th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
hi jackie v. – can you share your adaption hoodie jacket. it’s lovely and the yarn looks great. like the color
December 20th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Hi there! I followed the basic layout of Ysolda’s Melia pattern, but I did seed stitch for all the edgings instead of the cable she put in the pattern.