Alice Jean

Yes, here we have snow as well. It was only a thin layer to begin with, but the children had fun anyway. As long as one can throw snowballs it is okay. Since Sunday we have a lot more snow to play with. So the mittens I made are in use already. The cuffs are knit of Superwash wool, the mittens of Malabrigo Melilla . The Malabrigo was supposed to felt, the Superwash should not shrink. It worked, the mittens have a perfect fit. Oh, this 'felting and not felting' is not my idea, just followed Techknitting . My apologies for the somewhat blurry photo. Though the scratches on the floor are there in real.

The wonderful package from my friend Darcy arrived last week, filled with some precious gifts again. Meet our new family member Batty. Isn't he cute? And here are some goodies. Starbucks Christmas blend - that will make a good pot of coffee - delicious biscuits and a special pen. And here it is... drum roll... Darcy, we are so happy with your thougthfulness! Many thanks from all of us!

So she has got her jumper on. But on these photo's she is not only showing that jumper. :-)

Kind of own design, knitted top-down. Used yarn is Drops Karisma , the colours are chosen by Dory. Some words about the yarn: the colours did not meet my expectations, the yarn itself was fine to knit.

For these slippers I used Myrthestieks beautiful handspun yarn. Before felting they looked like this After felting I decorated them a bit. This is how they look now

I hope they will arrive at their new homes before Christmas!

The bag we were knitting in a earlier post is felted and decorated. It looks like this And here are some more gifts A package of biscuits; a 'make your own mini bag', excellent to make during this half term break, and a bottle of hand made oil with a lovely scent. This is just funny and Dory loves it. Animal sound captured in a box. :-) So, this fantastic Magic Ball ends with a cheerful sheepy sound! Myrthe en Tessa , heel hartelijk bedankt voor een heerlijke Magische Bol. We hebben ons er geweldig mee vermaakt!