I'm dreaming of a crochet Christmas...

Most of my Christmas presents are done - thank goodness! At least everything for my daughters and future son-in-law. We'll have Christmas with them the 17th, so I had a shorter deadline.

For the girls, I made "hugs from Mom" wraps using Dot's Bows and Arrows Stole pattern.

All of Dot's patterns are awesome - I feel happy when I'm making one of her creations, if that makes any sense?






I also made them "bean bag" heating pads and neck warmers; just improvised on the patterns. OK, these aren't technically complete yet - I still have ends to weave in and the actual bean or rice bags to sew and fill. But, I'm close!



















For youngest daughter and future son-in-law, pink and black hats and scarves. He asked for it! He told me one of my hats worked in a really nice, masculine, dark green and claret blend was too foo-foo. He indicated that black with bright pink would be more manly. So, he's getting it 8-) The mostly pink version is for my sweetie (both sides of the scarf are shown, because I can't decide which is the "right" side), the mostly black version for her manly fiance...





















I'm making the fun fur or boa trimmed gloves for my nieces (2 and 6) and my mom, grandma and aunts. These are fun, inexpensive (I did four pairs from half a skein of the No-Bo fun fur) and a pair of gloves only takes about 20 minutes.