TWOS

Two Stockings

I made another Christmas Stocking to donate.  It is the one on the left-made to resemble a chimney with a cap on the top! 

 It was a fun knit;  I learned a lot!

As usual, I took a ton of notes and made adjustments from the pattern to take into account different yarn and machines.  

After a few false starts, I figured out what I was doing!

TWO DOGS

I also completed another patchwork dog.  This one came together a lot easier, as I hoped.  When it came time to hand sew the button eyes in place, I couldn't find the buttons I had set aside when I made the other dog!  I puttered at other things and then did some looking-over and over!  It drove me crazy!

TWO CATS

 It wasn't until bed time that I looked one more time and found a different set for this dog and sewed them in place!

Done is good.

PATCHWORK DOG

The patchwork dog is completed! 

 It wasn't so bad to sew the two halves together by using another strip of 2 1/2" squares 

--- kinda like sewing the depth strip on a chair cushion 

except this one has a lot of angles! lol

  Let's just say, a lot of pivoting took place! 

Both halves use the same selection of squares, 

just in a different order.

I used a combination of two buttons to make it more realistic

 and I pulled the needle through to the other side

 to give them some dimension. 

 I think my Gram would approve!