Stuffed Buddies

Lately, I have been on a stuffed animal kick.    Last weekend I finished Bucky Beaver.

Bucky is for Owen.  His father had a stuffed beaver toy when he was small.   Helen and I thought Owen should have one too.

Mike and Allison are Badger fans.  We thought it would be funny (we are strange people) to dress the beaver in a Wisconsin sweater.

The pattern for the beaver came with a pattern for a sweater for the beaver.   I modified the neckline for the sweater so that it would look more like a letter sweater.

This was a fun project and reminded me that I need much more practice embroidering faces.
As I have many more patterns and a little (cough, cough) more yarn, I will have a chance to do just that.

 One day, a pattern called "Owen's Opossum" popped up on Ravelry.  I thought this was so funny that I sent it to Helen.  She showed it to Mike and Allison who liked it a like.

The opossum was last Sunday's project.  This was a quick and fun knit.   The opossum feet are little icord structures that were very interesting to do.   The person who wrote this pattern, Sara Elizabeth Kellner, has a good eye for structure and creating fun 3D projects.

While I have quite a few of her patterns, I think this is the first one I have actually done.  I will do more....maybe not soon.

Christmas is coming up quickly.  Many of the things I plan to give as gifts are done.  That is way ahead of schedule for me.

Of course, as things are pretty much done what do I do?   Yes.  Add more.   I am beginning a hat streak.   Seven hats before Christmas.  None of them will be particularly complicated, but all of them will keep people's heads warm.  Those who winter in Minnesota like that.

Another project will be some small Christmas stocking ornaments.  I did a test run on the pattern I am going to use....now to do four (or more) real ones.

Someone who knows me posted the cat graphic on my Facebook page.  I really loved it and am sharing it here. The internet does, after all, exist for cat (and dog) pictures and videos.