Fair…in the works

As many of you know, I always enter the County Fair every year. As there has always been a tatting category, I have always tried to enter something interesting and/or unique. This year, I was at a loss for such a long time. I couldn't figure out what I wanted to make. Then, one day, an image of Absolem, the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland, popped into my head. As you may not know, every single time something has popped into my head like this I HAVE to make it. And here he is so far. I never think to take pictures when I first begin. I work on him after supper in the evening, so, the first picture is the second evening, and the second and third pictures are the third evening.

The tatting part of Absolem is completed, but I think I may add a little bit of shading (I use eyeshadow for this)to parts of him to make him more lifelike. I have also finished his hookah, and have begun on his mushroom that he will sit upon. I will also make some pillows, for him to rest on. Of course, if they decide not to have a tatting category this year, he will go in some sort of craft category. I will return and post another photo when he is completed.

Gingerbread!

My theme at Christmas 2025 was Candyland. So I decided to make myself some gingerbread people. I found these cute cute patterns on Etsy. I absolutely adore the gingerbread Nutcracker. He is quite big, because I don't have any sport weight yarn and that's what they used. But I don't care because he is so cool! I also made this adorable little gingerbread man. He has a little parcel of cookies!

Dobby!

I was looking through Pinterest one day and saw the cutest "crocheted" Dobby. He was obviously AI, but he was so cute. I just couldn't get him out of my mind, so I decided I had to make myself one. And here he is... The first picture is the AI version… The second picture is my interpretation. He's about 10 inches tall. I really love how he turned out!

Halloween! 2025

I was so busy during the Halloween season, but now it's done. I was pleasantly pleased to have 22 trick-or-treaters, because we had very nice weather this year. I was in a couple of swaps, so I didn't get a ton of crafting done for myself. But I did do this...

I have seen this mummy Snoopy and Woodstock online several places and they were exorbitantly priced. I had a piece of wood that I got scrap at a lumber yard for free, I just drew the picture on and cut it out with my jigsaw and painted it. Snoopy is 21 inches tall if that is any indication. Everywhere I looked they were $50 or more. Mine was free. And I really love it, it's so cute. I also did some crocheting...

The goofy pumpkin and little squash are actually a pattern on Ravelry. The tall one is called Herman pumpkin doll by cottontail and whiskers. But at the time I could not afford to buy them so I just made my own. The skull earrings and pendant, I made several of these. I gave them his gifts. There was a YouTube video. Some of them that I made were white and some of them were black. But all were well received. here are some of the decorations inside and outside my home... and some pictures of my beautiful pups. Rebel was not in the mood to get his photo taken, but Pixie is always in the mood.