Gnome Snowman Ornament with Cocoa

I fell in love with this pattern when I was searching through the designer's gnome patterns. I saw it as a perfect Christmas ornament and as with the previous ami in order to make it to ornament size I reduced the size by using Aunt Lydia's and Red Heart Size 10 Crochet thread and my Tulip Etimo 1.25mm crochet hook.

For those of you interested in the pattern or other adorable gnome patterns you can purchase the pattern here.

Dog Christmas Lovey

I made a bear lovey the last time I did a Christmas lovey so I wanted to do something a little different this time. With the dog ears the Santa theme I used with the bear just didn't feel right so I decided I'd go with a free dog lovey pattern you can find here for the ami portion and make a granny square lovey portion in holiday colors.

This was a great chance to use up yarn I had left over from previous doll and afghan projects. It's always nice to finish off the left overs of projects of the past.

I've started the first doll project of the year. I'm working on a doll carrier for the Lots to Love 10 Inch Doll. I try to start the year including some of the projects I failed to complete the year before. Last year I focused on Barbie because I didn't get much done for her. Every year one doll group does better than the other. It is just the way it works.

I've been chasing sales and found the Melissa and Doug Feeding Sets on sale for the doll donation. While I'm going to make the doll carriers for the small dolls I've decided to purchase the carriers and the diaper bags for the larger bags. I found the Melissa and Doug Diaper Bag for the Lots to Love 14 Inch Doll. It feels good to be able to get some of this stuff put away for the 2023 donation.

Snowman Gnome Ornament with Tree

My Advent box was delivered so now it is time to catch up on my posting. I wanted the kids to have items to enjoy before Christmas as they will have plenty on Christmas day. The ornaments seemed to take longer than I thought they would. I had the first snowman finished early so I thought I was doing well. However, as life often does other things came up and the snowmen took longer to make than I had anticipated.

This is an ami pattern I adapted for my ornament project this year. You can purchase this pattern here.

This pattern is made using sport cotton yarn which I didn't have in my stash and I was also hoping to make it slightly smaller for use as a Christmas tree ornament. I went with a combination of Aunt Lydia's and Red Heart size 10 thread's and my Tulip Etimo 1.25mm hook.

For my own records along with the ornaments and a lovey for the youngest this year the package went out with:

LEGO DUPLO Town Santa's Gingerbread House 10976



Calico Critters Mr. Lion's Winter Sleigh