Crafting for Christmas 2009, let's begin again.......

mary43

sheyo - good idea and will save me having to fiddle about............lol Good to have a few variations on a theme:T

Still wondering what I can do with a flannel instead of last years reindeers

CandyB101_2

mary43 wrote: »

sheyo - good idea and will save me having to fiddle about............lol Good to have a few variations on a theme:T

Still wondering what I can do with a flannel instead of last years reindeers

Snowmen ...... christmas crackers ???

mary43

Candy - like the christmas cracker idea..........in fact when delving through my various bags/boxes of stash I found one I started on last year...........lol - I'd found three bath bombs all wrapped in one of the charity shops and they just fitted inside a loo roll middle.......wrapped the flannel round and twisted some white beads on wire round the end -just didn't get around to putting any ribbon round it so it got left in the bag.............lol
If I do crackers I'd better look our for some red and green flannels. The one I did was with a white flannel......and what with snowmen I want a bit of colour............lol
Found a site with snowmen on that I might use
http://jas.familyfun.com/arts-and-crafts
Hope I've done the link right..............not very good at techie stuff....:rotfl:
Could use my gravy granule tubs........fill them with marshmallows or white bonbons, do a scarf and stuff and pop a baby's sock(or toddler maybe) on the top for a hat...........lol.........think that'll be me sorted in the snowman area (if they turn out ok. Oh, could even cover the tubs with white flannels..............:j

Maria81

Well i cross stitch family and friends things for birthday's and Christmas and they always seem to go down really well! At the moment I'm doing one for a friends birthday then when I've done that (in between doing ones for other's birthday's) it will be making the Christmas ones. :j

greenpixey

Mary, your link isnt working. Is this what you meant? http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/specialfeature/winter-fun-snowmen-ms/

sethsgran

I am just working on this pattern... http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://members.cox.net/knittingabout/graphic/cloth1kl.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.knittingonthenet.com/patterns/clothmiter.htm&usg=__2LUj1cQ2-fZg6iDd4rJPYw8LXYQ=&h=243&w=255&sz=11&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=tPGl-EHdj2fesM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmitered%2Bdishcloth%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1 and it looks fab. I am using baby pink and dusky pink. I am knitting facecloths for friends and also going to put shower gel with them all. For my grandchildren I will do a gingerbread man ... http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.designs-by-emily.com/dcpics_lrg/gingerbreadman_lrg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.designs-by-emily.com/dlg/cart/index.php%3Fc%3D12&usg=__fLfwUGgyw2F9lryJNDJ1wPVAGqE=&h=400&w=400&sz=66&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=-WqSEhRV9kSIaM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgingerbreadman%2Bdishcloth%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1, scroll down. Also for a friends family each of their daughters will receive one, all under age 15, and for her husband I am making the Super hero one..http://frogiezplace.blogspot.com/2007/12/her-clothfreebie.html .

Check out this site for free patterns... http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/dishcloths.php

she_grinch

Naughty or nice?? a bag of coal maybe!
http://www.realfooddirect.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=2503

mary43

greenpixey - thats the right link and if you scroll down to 'snow folk' and tea bag snowman -they're the ones I'd got in mind.
(Thanks - I c**p at all this techie stuff............lol)

sethsgran - oh if only I could knit .............once upon a time I did loads but the fingers don't work so well now.........mind you, I'm tempted to try something small to see how I get on.

she grinch - brilliant - I think they'd be perfect for poo..........either reindeer or snowman...............lol


(did a rough attempt at covering gravy granule tub with flannel, popping a sort of hat on it and google eyes -only ones I'd got -showed it to OH -he said it looked more like an owl................lol Just lacking the beak.)

sethsgran

Mary I admit that I knit quite fast but usually a dishcloth takes me 1-2 hrs so if you just knit a little now and then you would soon be finished

mary43

sethsgran - I just might have a go at some little hats for these snowmen I want to 'concoct'................least that way if its too hard for me I won't have a lot to do.