Handmade

I received two very special handmade gifts this year. 

Emily knitted this Sophie’s scarf. She said it is quite the rage. And she did it in pink, my favorite color. 

Then Virginia made this precious cross stitch nativity for me.  I immediately placed it on the mantle.  I am so glad they are seeing the value in handmade.  

And now I can finally reveal what I have been working on.  You might recall the goat I needle felted from a little kit I got at the Sheep and Goat festival.  Well, after that I decided to try my hand at needle felting a picture. 

I wanted to start simple so I chose to try to copy a picture my grandmother painted over 100 years ago.  I think it is a pretty good likeness. And my sister that I gave it to says she can’t stop looking at it. 

Then I tried something a little more complicated. 

This was a barn on my grandparents farm that blew down in the early 90’s. My needle felting was loosely based on this picture. I added the sheep because the sister I was giving it to raised sheep and got a master’s degree working with sheep.  Then I used a frame I had made years ago out of the wood from the barn. 

And I just couldn’t stop. I made this for my boss and another one with two sheep instead of the flowers for Virginia.   I definitely have a new hobby.