I ran out of yarn to finish knitting these as teachers gifts as I’d planned but I didn’t want to waste time running to the yarn store as today was make some headway on teachers gifts day so I had to come up with a plan B.

I made little Mr & Mrs Claus here by shrinking down the Mr & Mrs Gnome pattern. I printed the PDF six pages on one page and it came out to be a good ornament size, 5″ tall. I cut out all the pieces and then glued them down, overlapping pieces as in the pattern, onto a piece of black felt. I tucked the rickrack loop in between the hat and backing and then glued a pom at the top. I used black E beads for the eyes. To make them glittery I painted parts – the hair, the beard, the belt buckle, the heart – with glitter glue. They turned out so cute I think! Now I want to make lots of my patterns over in teeny tiny ornament size.

I finished another Alicia ornament (oh look! PDFs are up now. I’m so getting the last set I don’t have). Love them!

Now though, I’m switching gears to make more cozies from More Last Minute Knitted Gifts for holiday teachers’ gifts.

I’ll hopefully be back later today with the next finished embroidery in the Readers series (still needs a cuter name). I was hoping to get these in the shop in time for Christmas crafting. I might stop stitching and work on the patterns so they’re available and then we can stitch along together! My plan is to make a lap quilt with the finished embroideries. Plans plans, I’ve got piles of them!

Grandma’s is done. Now one for me! And another reader halfway done. Wondering how much I can finish tonight. Anything good on tv to keep me awake?