Vacations in the chalet, needle felting and other FOs…

Arghh, I meant to show you a little experiment I made with Malabrigo (basically to see if the yarn pills as much when knitted vs crocheted) but it seems I forgot the little mitts I made in the chalet !! :-/ I guess I’m always forgetting something when coming home from vacations !! 😛 forget what I said, I found them in my spinning bag !! 😀 Will blog them soon.

Here are some things I finished during my vacation away: Prune new Roselette sweater in the new 6-year-old size (should publish the revised pattern this week btw). I made it with recycled acrylic yarns so it’s going to be fully machine-washable ! 😀 It suits here fine, she should be wearing this one a couple more years… (and look at her playing silly for the pics, couldn’t even get her to stand still thus the blurry pics !)

The little sweater for our friend’s son is nearly done, except for the finishing. I’m also doing a pair of Sylver’s pretty Little Button Loafers (yep, still need to finish the second one), and I’ll use the design of the shoes to personalize the jacket… Now I need to find green buttons too !

Yesterday was SnB night, and I brought my new toys along: yep, I’m learning to needle-felt (pictured is my friend Jette making a pretty little leaf while waiting for Emily to arrive). So far I’m not really quite there, but learning …and watching tutorials and videos on Youtube. Once again, there will be so many possibilities ! I’m not planning any animals or creatures (yet) but I want to make little appliqu