Ornament #14 – Puppy Face

Well I think I have the stitching bug.  And the felt bug.  And, of course, the ‘make every conceivable dog-related ornament there is’ bug.  I’m even considering re-organizing my embroidery floss stash by color.  More on that in a later post.

For today’s ornament, I first sketched the puppy face onto cardboard to make a pattern.  I needed to make the ears separate from the face because I knew I would want the ears to be a different color to the face.  I cut the base out of the same dark brown color as the ears, cut the ears separately and then cut the face out of a  lighter brown felt.

In stitching the separate pieces, I used a running stitch to attach the face and ears to the base in the same color floss, but switched to a dark brown floss for the eyes, nose and mouth.  For the mouth and nose I used a back stitch and for the eyes I made them using french knots.  I was nervous doing the french knots, mostly because I remembered not being very good at them years ago, but they seemed to work out fine.  Time has a way of working things out.

I attached a pink button bow and ribbon to the back of the puppy face.  I think I’ll be making 3 more using the colors of my own dogs.

Item #36 – Learn to knit socks.

I have always wanted to learn how to knit socks.  It’s an area of my knitting skills that is woefully lacking so when I found this excellent tutorial from VeryPinkKnits, I knew I had to give it a go.

Question of the Day:  What is your favorite holiday drink?

Remember to enter the giveaway – here’s how:

1)  Leave a comment on each day’s post by answering my “Question of the Day”.  The “Question of the Day” will be right above my closing.
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2)  Over the course of this blog series, you can enter a maximum of 30 times.

There will be Mini Give-aways on the 15th, 22nd and 29th days of November.

• The winner of each mini give-away will get to choose an ornament from the previous week.  For instance, the winner on the 15th will pick from Ornaments 8-14, the winner on the 22nd will pick from Ornaments 15-21, etc..
• The Mini Give-away winners are still eligible for the Grand Give-away on December 1st.

On December 1, 2014, I will have a random drawing for one (1) lucky winner.  I will contact the winner for their mailing details and will mail to anywhere in the world.

Links to {30 Days of Christmas Ornaments}
Ornament #1
Ornament #2
Ornament #3
Ornament #4
Ornament #5
Ornament #6
Ornament #7
Ornament #8
Ornament #9
Ornament #10
Ornament #11
Ornament #12
Ornament #13

If my ears were brown and, you know, less Spock-like, that ornament could be my twin.