Quinn Knits a Twisted Yarn

Christmas

Very merry best wishes to you all!!!

 

Here are a few pics from christmas with my family, we had a lovely day. I have just noticed that some of my text is failing to publish...not sure how to sort this at the moment, I'm hoping it will sort itself out as the last post is reading funny with missing bits!!

Will check later to see if I can do anything, for now some happy photo's.

 

 
  

 
 

Felt Flowers

I am doing a bit of catch up blogging. As life has been truly hectic for the last few weeks and I now have a day between christmas and my birthday with the kids at their dad's, so here goes. I sat up until 1.30 am on christmas eve completing these flower brooches for the female 

 

members of my family, in part I was waiting for little people to fall asleep and enable Santa to deliver his goodies, so I sat sewing and passed the time beautifully. The boys in the family each got one of my textile vegetables, luckily these were already in stock.

 

So I think everyone was happy!
 
  

A Doll for Christmas

I completed this doll for a christmas order. She has a felt jacket and clothes made from vintage silk and lace. I made her a clay nose. The photo's were rather rushed as I finished just two days before christmas, then the children and I made a perilous trip up and down icy, snowy hills to deliver her. Very little salt & grit has been put down and few cars will risk the hills, we scrambled up on foot and slid down on bottoms!

 Her jacket details, I loved making the little rosette, she was a fun character to create, when I sit down to work it sometimes takes a while to find the character I'm looking for but when it clicks it's great, the ideas just flow....it can be quite exciting...sad but true, I know I probably don't get out enough!

I've also had fun modelling a selection of noses. 

 I have just completed these two hats for my girls christmas presents. Knitted up very quickly with a chunky Debbie Bliss yarn. Then I made the felt flowers, trying to keep the colours non girlie as both my little darlings are 'Tomboys' they refuse to wear any pink which is kind of cool but makes shopping for them a nightmare...it's amazing how many products aimed at girls of all ages are pink....so I'm thinking my girls may have to get into the groove with homemade goodies if we are to avoid the perilous pink path of girlishness.