E & F – JjD

Making

Published on December 7, 2015December 2, 2022 by Jen6 Comments

jenjoycedesign©mess

This little pile of wool is what is left of a weekend of fun woolly frolicking! I have made two felted wool Kinder Bags, for Nora-Who-Is-Four, and her little brother Wee Finn who is already running about wildly. I can just see the little guy now, toddling about collectin’ stuff in his wee blue bag. How adorable that should be.

jenjoycedesign©kinder bags

Truth is, these are just the beginning of the second wave of hand-made gifts I’ve made, as the first wave is already gone with the post to far-off lands, as I was in such a rush and didn’t get a chance to photograph. That’s me, just here, a delirious maker-of-things … casting on , then off, then on…. forever in a frenzy of gift-making. Will it end? So far there’s no sign of it!

How are you all doing with your hand-made gifts?

Kitty

Published on November 16, 2013December 2, 2022 by Jen5 Comments

This *possibly may be* the only gift I plan on knitting for the holidays this year. I started with a Louisa Harding pattern, a very simple pattern indeed, thinking for a first-time toy knitting, I couldn’t go wrong. Ah, but I couldn’t help myself from changing it all around… so this is a very modified version. I used up some left over pima cotton boucle yarn from her baby blanket I made almost 3 years ago, and stuffed it with a bit of wool fleece I had in my loft closet…not bad for a first toy , eh? Kitty is purring and ready to go to Nora for Christmas!

I was up against a decision just before Nora’s kitty was finished: 1. Spend from now until xmas knitting gifts, or 2. Design fun new things! Though in recent years not my first choice, but gifts can always be bought , so I am choosing to work on new ideas through the holidays instead. ::sigh of relief:: ((however, this doesn’t prevent me from giving away my prototypes…lol)

Coming up: Another something to add to the ” Vineyard Rows” ensemble, as well as another thing from a ways back… in blue !

an itty bitty glimpse

Published on March 3, 2013December 2, 2022 by Jen13 Comments

Remember these ?

jenjoycedesign©Mini-Mitts

Are those the mitts . . .

For the wee hands . . .

that I knit for Nora ?

Nora who might not even be yet Two ?

. . . and they fit !!!

Nora’s Christmas Chulo

Published on December 12, 2012December 2, 2022 by Jen10 Comments

One hat, knit for one twenty-month old Nora, for Christmas.

Knit totally improvised, over a couple of days, mostly during one Christmas party, and one long hike walking the hills.

Now finished, and will send off in the mail. I love it, and I think she will too. Made from one-hundred percent Peruvian alpaca yarn, who couldn’t?

Well anyway, this is the first of as many gifts as I can possibly knit up until Christmas, which will be all posted in succession. Starting another immediately… something stripey & pepperminty.

Details on Ravelry here .

Loveliness.

Published on November 22, 2011December 2, 2022 by Jen2 Comments

Nora & Her Mom

This photo is likely months old already, but I was sent it only just now, telling of how the baby blanket I knit last April for Little Nora is getting good use. I’m so flattered!