Cozy Christmas

Soooo...I haven't been painting very much lately.  I was working almost full time, teaching at the Art Gallery of St Albert.  Then I got on a needle felting and wool sweater upcycling rampage for Christmas after work each day.  I made about 12 needle felted penguins and snowmen ornaments.  A few years back, my now 100 year old Grandmother knitted my children some lovely, but itchy wool sweaters.   I re-purposed them into toques for their big heads, something they can wear for a lot longer now.  I also upcycled a few wool sweaters into felted wool mittens.  Everybody's gonna be cozy this year!  Merry Christmas!

Warm Woolies

I am taking a little break from painting and am working on some Christmas gifts.  I purchased a number of used wool sweaters from Value Village and have 'up cycled' them into wool felted mittens.  You can check out my Instagram page for a brief clip showing the needle felting design on one of the mitts.  You can find TONS of videos on Youtube, on how to alter an old sweater into new mittens too.

The pattern and the back of one wool mitten with the needle felted design.

An innocent bystander

The completed mittens, wool felt with a cozy fleece lining.  WARM!!