So I got tons of knitting and crocheting done, yeah!

Alan Dart's Original Chick and Egg

First of all I knitted Alan Dart's Chick and Egg (pictured left). There is a bit of a story behind that which was brought to my attention through none other than Alan Dart himself. A young father had contacted Alan has his 3 yr old had lost the knitted chick his mother gave him. Unfortunately the little guy's mom passed away. I thought about it and checked my yarn stash and found I had the exact same colors, not the same thinkness as Alan uses DK (double knit/sport weight) yarn. The colors I found were in a Worsted Weight yarn, which is almost standard here in Canada. It is easier to get a hold of WW as opposed to DK. So it took me a bit, had the pieces knitted, just needed to sew the pieces together. So here are the pics.

Chick in the Egg

Chick out of the Egg

Original Sock Monkey 

So the second thing I got accomplished was crocheting some Sock Monkey ornaments (original shown on the left) for my co-workers.  I work at Nygard Fashions in Mayfield Commons. The women I work with are the greatest. I had been trying to figure out what to give them as a Christmas gift and the one thing was  that they loved the little toys I had been showing them. When Red Heart Yarns kept showing the Sock Monkey Ornaments, featured in their 12 weeks of Christmas, on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/#!/redheartyarns) and on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/RedHeartYarns), I just knew that I had to crochet them. So I got them finished yesterday, just in time to take to work yesterday evening. Everyone loved their gifts.

 Hope you enjoyed the little story!

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year!

Cora