Friday, December 28, 2007

Felted Boot Slippers

I knit these up on Christmas day for a true last minute gift for E.J. :) I really enjoyed knitting the pattern. The next pair will have double soles though. E.J. likes the cushiness better with a double thickness.
This is what they look like pre-felting. 15 inches long felted down to 11 inches for a perfect E.J. fit :)

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Merry Christmas! Happy Yule!


We decided to go small with our tree this year. It's just the 2 of us but we still wanted to deck the halls, so it's a living potted 2 and a half foot Stone Pine tree that will get planted out back if it survives being indoors this long :) It's actually a pretty little tree and I'm glad we did it. There's just something about colored lights on a fresh pine tree that soothes the soul.



And we got alot of our decorations out of storage in California last summer so we had to put out some of our Christmas Bear and Stocking collection. This isn't all of them, but it gives you an idea. E.J. put the shelf up with the lighted garland over the window and it's perfect to display them. Now he just needs to put up a few more shelves so we can do the same around the whole living room. It feels very festive and decked out now :)

Merry Christmas!