When I tried this, I had just I picked up Sock and Glove -by Miyako Kanamoriafter reading about it on some of the craft blogs I like. The book is full of adorable and relatively easy projects that you can do with old socks and/or gloves. And I loved the idea of the glove animals, so I figured I’d try it. For this one, the process was fairly simple, just removing the middle fingers and thumbs to create the ears and the legs, then sewing back some of the fingers to create the arms and the tail. (Hmm, looking at it, I think the face was slightly more complicated — go check out the book) Having no faith in my sewing ability, I used these ‘lovely’ pink acrylic gloves I found in the Target $1 Spot. And with whatever leftover embroidery thread I had around the house, I hand-stitched this little bunny up — and presented it to the bunny-loving little girl next door. Yes, it’s not the most neatly done stitching or the most adorable bunny ever (I also think it would be tons cuter with button eyes), but the point is that I realized after doing it, that 1) it’s not that difficult and 2) I could do a lot more than just follow patterns and use socks/gloves as bases–which is where I started looking into recycling sweaters instead!

So my point is — and what has always been the point of this website — just try! Try something new and see what happens :)

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In other news:
If you missed it, Friday’s Holiday Inspiration Links

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A few quick fun & silly Xmas links for you today:
–Chrismukkah Decoration Set at Superpunch
–Most unusual Christmas Trees at Neatorama
–Light up the Christmas Tree Puzzle
–Santa Don’t Miss or Else Game