Sandy and a blue scarf

Thank God Sandy came and went.  We were lucky she didn't leave us with any damages which certainly can not be said for lots of other folks.  So sorry for all the damage she left behind.  I can only imagine how I would feel when my property got destroyed or a loved one got injured or passed away because of Mother Nature having a fit.  I send my best wishes to those of you who are affected by Sandy's visit and hope somehow you can get back on track and move on.

My arm seems to be doing ok or maybe I'm just getting used to wearing this sling.  I do have to be careful not to forget to take my arm out of that thing and do my exercises.  I can see where that would be a big issue down the road trying to get all my muscles to work properly again.  Now today I'm typing with both hands, yeahhhh.  Except I have to sit funny in my chair to be able to reach the keyboard with my slinged arm, but hey I manage.  

I added a couple of scarves, a crocheted and felted make believe cake (or pincushion) and a felted little purse to my shop a couple of days ago.  Still have lots more items I haven't listed but that's a good thing. So for now here are photo's of the items I listed.

One is a knitted blue tube scarf which looks really darling on a young adult or child.  Here is the link to it: http://www.etsy.com/listing/113588165/knitted-blue-tube-scarf-teener-scarf

The next one is a red polar fleece scarf on which I needle felted a cat family.  They all are wearing colars which have little beads sewed on.  Really cute for a child, young adult or a grown up who loves kitty cats!   Makes for a great warm holiday present!  Here is the link to it:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/113381010/red-needle-felted-fleece-scarf-cat-scarf

Here is the knitted and felted make believe cake or you can purchase it as a pincushion for a person who likes to sew!  Here is the link to it: http://www.etsy.com/listing/113344031/crocheted-felted-pretend-play-cake

The other item is a small felted purse which can be used for all kinds of stuff.  You can use it as a cell phone carrier, use it to store jewelry in, can be a coin carrier, etc.   Here is the link to it: http://www.etsy.com/listing/113347079/felted-embroidered-pouch-felted-little

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Itty bitty hats, a pouch and a cute little bear

Been busy knitting some cute little hats. A customer had asked for a set of preemie twin baby boy hats so I knitted up some samples in different yarns. She purchased two of the ones she liked and the rest of them I will be putting in my shop in the next couple of days. These were really fun to knit. The interesting part of this is that the colors she asked for I would usually not pick out myself. I guess as an artist we have our set preferences of things we pick and work with. Just comes to show, it's always a good idea to work "outside" of your box ... you never know what great things will come out of doing so. I love the way these little hats turned out so I'll be making more of them but in bigger sizes as well.

The little purse/pouch I wet felted and then embroidered. It has a real skinny purple leather strap attached to it which can be untied and made shorter if it needs to be. That will be going into my PurplePlatypus shop in the next couple of days.

I will have to re-take some pictures of this little needle felted bear with a heart. I'm having a heck of a time getting the pictures of this little dude to turn out right. But as soon as the pictures are taken and turn out fine I'll be putting him in my PurplePlatypus shop as well.

I have 5 more needle felted hedgehogs I need to take pictures of as well as a Christmas bear. Just haven't had the chance to take photos of them all.

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