Less Than 3 Weeks Left!

Fortunately, I am almost done with all my Christmas gifts…except for all the food goodies, those will wait until the last week.  I have been crocheting like a mad-woman, I managed to make 5 neckwarmers in one day!  I think I’m going to need some physical therapy for my fingers by the time this month is over lol!

For those of you who still need a few crafty ideas, here are some of my favorite inspirations:

Handmade Holidays Ravelry Group (requires membership to view)

Quick Gifts Ravelry Group (requires membership to view)

“_____ In a Box” thread on Craftster.org

Because there are too many good threads to list them all, the Winter Holidays section on craftster.org

And of course, my shameless plug… patterns from Beansprout Creations!

My Attempt at Sewing…

A while ago I got the book Warm Fuzzies by Betz White, and I finally made something out of it!  The book is full of patterns made from recycled sweaters that are felted and used in place of fabric.  Since Christmas is coming up, and we’re going to try to make all of our gifts this year (yikes!) I decided to hit up the thrift stores to see if I could find some good sweaters and make some stuff.  So naturally, I started out by making a pair of mittens for me (in all fairness, after I got home I decided that the print on the sweater would not suit for what I bought it for lol…that and I’m really new to sewing and need a bit more “training”)!

I also discovered that felted sweater sleeves make great leg warmers!  I used the sleeves from the same sweater as the gloves to make some for myself, but I also had a great sweater that I used to make leg warmers for my niece.

I took some of the ribbing from the waistband of the sweater and attached it to the unfinished end of the sleeve/leg warmer.  Hopefully they fit!  I’m in the process of making a few other things, and will probably post some pictures when I’m done !  Maybe by then my sewing skills will improve…

As mentioned before, I am making a ton of Christmas gifts, so probably won’t be writing too many new patterns for a while.  However, I have tons of ideas floating around in my head =)  My mouse pattern has gotten a great response, so be on the lookout for some friends to join him after Christmas!

New Location

As some of you may have noticed, Beansprout Creations has a new location!  Please make sure you update your bookmarks and/or RSS feed.  The old url will forward you here, but not forever =)