A massive amount of miniature knitting

This Summer my mother, her sister, and hopefully their brother will be visiting family in Norway. They are all getting older, and one, possibly last, visit would be wonderful. These Norwegian relatives are also generous, and one winter sent us all hand-knitted socks for Christmas.

I wanted to return a gift in kind, something wonderful and hand knit. The intent is that they be hostess gifts for the visit. If the visit does not happen they will be Christmas gifts.

Nice intro, whatcha makin’?

I am knitting a rather large quantity (the goal is 24) of the pattern “Felted Ornaments” by Two Old Bags. The photo shows a bunch of them in their pre-felted state. I am using Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport, and am sticking to traditional holiday colors (red, white, blue, green). I can get between 4 and 5 out of a skein, depending on how complex. They knit up very quickly. This is the easy part. Then comes the felting (yes, easy-ish as well) and then the embroidery.

I have knit 15, and I hope to finish early Summer, which means I had best get back to this project. Whew. Those dang “what a great idea!” inspirations. Wish they got done as fast as they got thought up.

Perhaps it will keep doing this until I get them done, at which point I’d best hustle. I would like Spring to come.