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Patience is “Preparing for Christmas”

This cute little elf is ready… ready to start preparing for the holidays that is. Patience says there’s nothing like donning a Santa hat to get in the holiday spirit. She thinks everyone should give it a try.

I guess I’ve been hoarding this Christmas fat quarter cotton print. I’ve had it for years and was inspired to make an ensemble with it this year. The evergreen boughs and ornaments/berries are colorful in a warm and cozy way. I added lots of shiny golden accents to accentuate the golden yellow berries and the light golden background. There are quite a few shades of red in this print; perfect for adding red knitwear and two colors of berries to the sweater and hat embroidery. And, of course, I had to add some pine green for Christmas.

Look! Patience is all ready to help you decorate your tree.

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Our “Tiny Holly Helper”

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Little Fairyland’s Pukipuki Sugar is here to help with the holiday preparations in any way that she is able, even if it’s just standing around looking cute. BTW, she does that really well, don’t you thin?

Her Christmas set is knit with hand dyed merino lace weight yarn. It photographed brighter and pinker than it actually is, it is a muted berry color. The “fur” trim is knit with mohair/silk lace yarn. I attached little strips of magnets to the back side of the plastic holly charm, so Sugar can hold on to it.

Sugar says thanks for visiting!

Bye for now!

Getting Sidetracked and Silly Mistakes

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I got all the way through knitting this Santa hat for Amelia Thimble before I realized I was following a pattern written for the Little Darlings. (I do things like this ~~sometimes~~ often.) Now you would think, no problem, Gina has a new hat. Nope, the problem is that it came out much smaller because I was using lace weight yarn and the sized needles that I normally use for knitting Amelia’s things. So what I have is a Santa hat that is too small for the Little Darlings and too large for Amelia Thimble. Does this sound like a Goldilocks and 3 Bears dilemma?

Now I’m off to see which (if any) doll this will fit. Kish Alisha? No, too small. Pukipuki Sugar? No, too big. Kish Riley? Just right! Anyone interested in a Santa hat for Riley?

As planned, I took my photos yesterday… evening, right before it got too dark. Remember my morning photo of my three girls who were standing around waiting for the photo shoot to begin?

Well, I mistakenly or stupidly thought that the f-stop of 6.3 would be okay. No, it wasn’t okay. I think Gina’s photos might work (just barely), but Millie’s and Sugar’s are most definitely not useable. Their faces are in focus, but their clothing is not. They are smaller, so I shot the photos from a shorter distance, it’s funny how that works. Since Sugar is the smallest doll, her photo are the worst. The embroidery on the waistline of her dress is even out of focus. Time for a do over on those two.

Hopefully, today will go better. I started Patience’s dress, the pieces are cut out, but not sewn. Bye for now, I need to get to work and stay on track today.