Savers Shopping.

 Today I went to Savers to look for red fabric, not successful in that, but I did find these, In packs of 5 for $2, Cute slinky toys. I bought the lot for $24.  60 toys in total.

They will be going to the charity Angels for the Forgotten.

Christmas Decorations.

 More Christmas baubles made. All 4 ply yarn and Styrofoam ball. Knitted in the round.

 This is a piece of fabric that I love, Hand dyed velvet, simply scrumptious! I bought a piece from Spotlight the other day, enough to make some headbands and cover a large Styrofoam ball and I will be adding this delicious trim from Crafty Hijinks to it too.

Op shopping. All this lot for $20. The top row are elastic belts with hundreds of individual metal sewn on teeth like embellishments. I will be carefully using a seam ripper to disassemble them into their individual parts so that it all can be used in costuming.
The middle row are the cutest little glass ornaments, these will be the centre of some Christmas tree ornaments more on that later.
and lastly but not least, more 4 ply yarn. A lovely time yesterday.

Tilli And Meggie

Tilli and Meggie on my sons' bed.

Allsorts.

 One of my favourite stores is having a sale this week. This is the link to their stores and see if one is in your area. http://www.savers.com.au/

 This is a quilt top made with the fabric from Crafty Hijinks. There is enough fabric to make 2 more quilt tops.

This is what I am knitting this week. Christmas decorations.

Christmas Gift Makes.

This is what I have been doing today, making Christmas gifts. I have made 30 of them. These are double sided cord holders. I bought a packet of 40 hair elastics in bright colours and used them on one end and the other has 2 buttons, one on each side. They measure 4" by 6 1/2" and I made a card to go with them  so that they know what it is! It fits nicely in an envelope.

A Fantastic Cause.

Awesome Charity.
http://meetmeatmikes.com/2013/10/softies-for-mirabel-meet-greet/

Playing With Paper.

 Today I have been playing with paper. Making ornaments for Christmas. Just using a regular sheet of paper, some paper fasteners and a ruler and a hole punch. This particular ball has 8 strips but you can decide what you need for the ball. The band that goes around the middle has 16 holes, each strip goes around in a circle.

 this is the bottom of the ball. using the middle holes line up the strips and hold in place with the paper fastener. Using another fastener put the top and bottom holes together to make the rings.

 Almost there, Now using your 16 holed piece of paper place it around the ball fastening as you go. Add a loop to the top and you are done.

Finnish Star using this video tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_ofEJL23TA