More Fall Crafting

I've been busy making more crafty stuff since the Halloween swap.  I've also been out of town for work for two weeks, so that's my excuse for a late update :)

I've made a couple of scarves - the first is made from wool that was hand painted for me by a friend almost 2 years ago.  I used the One Skein Scarf pattern from the Happy Hooker book. The second scarf was made using left over Caron Simply Soft from the Silky Soft Scarf free pattern on Ravelry.  I think I'm going to give both away as Christmas Gifts.

I also crocheted some fingerless mitts from the same leftover Caron.  These already went to Ruth at work :o)

One of my favorite recent projects is a felted cloche, that was also crochet. I used Lambs Pride worsted weight in black and white, instead of the suggested Plymouth yarn.  I've felted Plymouth before (on accident) so should have used that brand.  The Lambs Pride felts, but not as small as I wanted.  Especially the white bit.  I've heard from others that lighter colors, especially white, don't felt as well in general though.  Even though it's a little big for me I still really like it.  As long as I fold up the brim it looks pretty cute.  This was made using another free pattern on Ravelry, the Beacon Street Cloche.

 Finally I did another swap on Craftster.  It was the Once You Pop Winter Edition swap.  In the Once You Pop swap, you clean out a Pringles can, decorate it, and fill it with crafty goodies.  They're a lot of fun and you don't have to craft a ton to fill the can.  In the picture you can see my can at the back.  I knit my partner a lacy scarflette (short scarf)   using a feather pattern from a stitch dictionary and the remains of a pound of love Lion brand yarn.  The hook case and stitch marker holder I used left over acrylic in pink & cream using the  Wave-Stitch Coin Purse pattern from Crochet That Fits.  I also made her ornaments, two from shrinky dink that I stamped on and then colored in, and two from polymer clay.  I really like the little snowman, and may make myself one.  He doesn't have any arms, cause I liked him better without them.

Now I'm looking forward to having almost two weeks off over Christmas to get more crafting done.  I'm hoping to get the center panel of an embroidered quilt top finished, finish the Christmas table runner for my MIL, finish the sweater I'm knitting, and make significant progress on hand quilting my pretty quilt top I posted awhile ago.  Of course I'll also be spending time with friends, Jerry's family, and my family so probably won't get all of that done!