Knitting Dragonflies

I saw this little stocking ornament on the front of a Joann's ad and fell in love with it. After finding the pattern online I decided to knit it. Stocking ornament pattern here . I had a hard time finding some red and green yarn, everyone had sold out, I finally located some. Whew…. This pattern would be good for a beginning knitter also. the pattern is knitted flat, and the tree is done in duplicate stitch. I added the little bell on the top. Yarn used: White is Yarn Bee Boucle Traditions Brushed, The green yarn has a little tinsel like thread running  through it, I thought it would be perfect for the tree, Green Yarn is I Love This Yarn in Jelly Bean Sparkle, the Red is Lion Brand Jiffy which is a slightly fuzzy yarn color is True Red. I located all of these yarns at my local Hobby Lobby store. I had not used any of these before and am really pleased with the results. First photo is sock cuff and body, after dividing the foot into 3rds, and knitting for several rows on the

I saw this wee Nativity Set on a great blog RunningJackKnits, it is amazing. All of the patterns for the characters are on her blog , knit a wee Nativity set, Mary, Joseph, a donkey, dove and of course baby Jesus in a manger. Even if you are not going to knit it, go take a look at the patterns, the dove is thirty stitches. Here is another Nativity scene to knit, this one with the full set of characters! Love it! Wow! Very nice knitted Nativity scene pattern, entire  here , from women’s weekly. Includes the 3 wise men and their gifts. Love the little sheep also, I would have to make several of those! Get crazy, if it looks like too much, try one character a year! This set of Holy character will go down in history of your family!! The Crèche of the Poor The paper crèche has a special place in the Nativity tradition. It was, at one time, the crèche of the poor. When, in 1782, Joseph II, Austrian emperor, placed a ban on crèches, the nativity set moved from churches, palaces an

My husbands birthday is coming up and he loves German Chocolate Cake, I usually make the recipe from the German Chocolate Baking Chocolate bar, but decided this year to be adventurous. The below recipe is pretty much the same with a few changes. The cake turned out the best that I’ve made in over 30 years, so I will be making this recipe again.I don’t have any idea how many calories/fat is in this, and don’t want to know. Really in the mood to turn the oven on this morning, forgot we turned off the furnace several days ago during a warmer period, and woke up to 27 degree weather and couldn’t figure out why we were all cold. *grin* Original recipe makes 1 - 3 layer 9 inch cake Cake 1/2 cup water 4 (1 oz.) squares German Sweet chocolate 1 cup butter, softened to room temp 2 cups brown sugar 4 egg yolks 1 t vanilla extract 1 cup buttermilk 2 1/2 cups of cake flour or regular flour with 1 T cornstarch added for ea. cup 1/3 t baking soda 7 egg whites (use the whites from the frosting

If you don’t have one, well or someone you know may need one. Dad, Mom, kids, and even the dog. Knit or crochet I’ll include my favorite links to the patterns, (free). Fast to get off of your needles and onto their heads. I have to wear one at work if I’m working Christmas, which I am this year. It is fun and festive! This free pattern includes sizes for everyone in your family, a knitted pattern with the fur like edging I think this is a total winner! Free Knitted Santa hat pattern for the whole family from Lion Brand Yarns here. Knitted Santa Mitten pattern here for above photo ,  If you crochet this one is my pick: available in adult through child, It is made from chenille yarn and fun fur for the trim, also available are the mitten and scarf patterns.  Free crochet Santa hat pattern link for the whole family here. Also from Lion Brand Yarns. Mitten pattern here ; and Santa scarf here If you missed my favorite knit and crochet ornaments I’ll include those links, for fast and

Love the above selection, from Lion Brand Yarn, Crochet stocking, hat and mitten ornament pattern, FREE I love this crochet snowman ornament fro RoxyCraft ! From  Priscilla Hewitt a cute little crochet chenille bear ornament! Free Knitting Stocking and Mitten Ornaments! Thanks Lion Brand. What kind of Christmas patterns are you looking for? Let me know!

  This little ornament just makes me go Awwwww so cute! From Lion brand patterns, a crochet ginerbread man. I love these little crochet light blub garlands, or you can make them individually and this would be a great stashbuster. Thanks to SugarNCream patterns I really like this crochet 3D light blub ornament!! Thank you Cute Crochet Chat for giving us the free pattern!!   Want to make a pair of these to hang on the tree or a package, easy!! go here for easy crochet ornament mittens. Get Merry and Get your hooks and yarn out!!

I have been in awe of all of the cute free little knitted ornament patterns I’ve found online, see previous posts. Free knitted Christmas ornament patterns: here , here , and here . Along with a link list of Free Knitted and Crochet Stocking patterns . Not to ignore the crochet lovers among us! I’ve got some sweet little crochet patterns. Thank you EnfysMe for the “must have” tree pattern. So sweet I can’t pass it up! I’m off today to get some yarn, and little beads, or I’ve seen lots of mini ornaments to put on this! And thanks to  CrochetUncut, the crochet lovers are not left out of the mini sweater ornament craze. She also shows how to make the adorable little hanger. Thanks to Suzie’s Yarn Stuff, a pattern for a crochet ice skate ornament with paperclips From Planet M Files a super cute pine cone ornament pattern! I want to try this out of some sparkly yarn. Look around her blog, she has lots of other fab crochet patterns. More soon…..get your yarn stash out and your n