The New Yarnigans Blog

aaaaand… he’s done!

Work in progress.  The creepy stage.

Kailani the mermaid

Life story of a knitted toy

Two lovely mice

Today only, all three colors of the “Theodore” bear are buy one, get one 50% off.  This means two amazing knitted teddies for just $45.  There are limited quantities available so act fast!

(Source: yarnigans.etsy.com)

Some new teddy bears just listed for the holiday shopping season, looking like they just came out of Santa’s workshop.  

A must-read. Make tea.

Heather Ross: Craft, Elevated

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It may seem early, but after 4 years of selling on etsy, I have finally gotten myself together enough to start getting my holiday gift listings up in a timely fashion.  I have a few plans for patterns that are going to be my “production pieces” this Christmas season— meaning I’m going to keep making identical ones over and over as they sell— and so far, I have two of those repeat listings up.  I’m super happy with the finished results on both of these.  The first one is a for a natural wool bear that I previewed when I was making them for shops.  Here’s the finished result— all washed and finished up and ready to give as a perfect gift for a lucky little (or big!) child:

The next toys are an idea that it took me a very, VERY large number of tests to work the kinks out in… but I think, finally, I am 100% happy with this finished product.  I originally had the idea for “mini dolls” when I wanted to go to a craft show and be able to set out a basket that had a bunch of small, sturdy, toys in it that were not only appealing to adults, but practical for kids to play with.  After several dozen tester mini dolls, I finally got my pattern to the point where I was happy enough to put them into repeat production.  The first “three pack” that I’m offering up in my shop is for three pretty little ballet fairies.

More holiday listings are going to be going up pretty soon, so be sure to check the shop!

Holiday production is already in full swing here at Yarnigans, so I wanted to show a little bit of my “behind the scenes”.  These wool bears were knitted out of unprocessed, un-dyed wool and washed to bring out their natural softness. They then got fluffed up and posed and are in various stages of drying.  Soon they will be tagged, packaged up, and sent out to shops, looking for homes.