By Hand, With Heart ... and DAUGHTERS?

Check out what 17yod, Kotch, designed for String Bean's "Molly" doll -- hoodie, mailbag, mittens and cap! String Bean today made a matching scarf to complete the ensemble! Guess I should bring 'em into the business, huh?

Another stuffed toy ....

... my kids can fight over! This one was so much fun to make -- he's a bit on an elf (with a look of Burl Ives a bit, don't you think so?). I love the way his "jelly belly" looks; the tri-colored tam looks great with the tweedy-look of the jacket!

Made in Lion Brand's Cotton-Ease, this knit up like a dream using a size4 needle (switching to an 8 when I doubled the yarn for the tweed look).....

More Road Trip knitting

So, we just got back from another road trip -- this time camping in Mesa Verde and the YMCA of the Rockies at Snow Mountain Ranch ... both EXCELLENT family camping sites and well-worth another 10-day trip!

Needless to say, with minimal driving and maximum camping fun, I didn't get a whole lot of knitting done. I did manage to knit a pair of lace-stitch socks in KnitPicks Essential (washable wool) to wear with ankle-height boots -- knitting from the Front Range to Mesa Verde -- and a stuffed doll with clothes knitted with Lion Brand's "Cotton Ease" (EXCELLENT for kids' toys!) -- that I knit from Mesa Verde to Snow Mountain (Winter Park, CO).In the picture, his dark-green button eyes look more like "shades" and the cap looks like a rakish beret -- but hey, whatever works!