Pumpkitty Pie

I was searching for pie patterns to add to my Thanksgiving box when I ran into this cute little free pattern you can find here.

This was a great opportunity to work on using up the sport weight cotton I had left over from making the Halloween hot pads. I've since picked up some brown because I want to make some Thanksgiving hot pads adapting the pattern from the Halloween ones so I used some of that for the pie section.

We never had cats growing up but we had more than one incident with wild animals ending up in food left outside to cool off during holiday cooking. This pattern made me laugh as I was thinking of some of those incidents when I saw the kitty in the pie.

This calls for a 2.5 hook, I used my b hook and I was pleased with the outcome.

Crochet Pilgrim Bears

Back in November of 2010, I made a set of these Pilgrim Bears using an adapted out of print Annie's Attic pattern, 8B040. It was hard to send them off to their new homes, but I did, always believing I'd get back to making myself another pair. Well this year I got to thinking about how fast Thanksgiving disappears with the long Halloween season and the rush to Christmas. So, I decided I'd try to make something special that I would have to remember not just this holiday, but hopefully many more Thanksgivings to come.

Most of the adaptations I made to the pattern are in the face. The Annie's pattern has a cute almost cartoon face, but I like the simpler face I chose for my bears. After having made the ears for the first set that stick out, I opted against that for this pair. I just didn't like the look as much as I do the way they look in my revised set. I also stuck with one color for the face this time and that seemed to be a better choice too, looking back at the older pictures.

The pumpkins are from a Mary Maxim kit I made in 2012. I put them out when the Halloween stuff comes out and keep them out through Thanksgiving. I love the colors.

I'm working on a Pilgrim Boy at the moment. I just need to make his arms and sew them on. As time is running out, I'm not sure if I will attempt his sister this year. However, when the season started I had no hope of starting the bears so I feel pretty good about the additions I've made to our Thanksgiving decorations.