Today we made Knitted Sheep Marionettes at Craft Group. Here is an example of Christine Newell’s Sheep Marionette.

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Christine Newell showed us how to knit and craft a marionette sheep, as featured in the Living Crafts Magazine, Spring 2010 issue.

Tutorial on Sheep Marionette.

Instructions Page for Marionette Sheep.

Special note to Angela: Hey, you wanted the pattern. Woop there it is! Click on the picture below will enlarge it. Clicking on the “+” magnifying glass will enlarge even more. – love, Jzin

Alena watching Anichka knitting a marionette lamb.

Christine, Rebecca, Heather and Rachel sharing a moment while knitting.

Knitters of 3 different sizes.

Horray! Josephine completed her sheep torso this morning.

More knitting…

January 23, 2013. Finishing up Knitted Sheep Marionettes

Continuation of last week’s work. Knitting in the garden.

“Hurray! I just finished my project!” chimed a happy crafter!

Julie and Josephine at work. Who knew sawing dowels for sheep marionette can be so much fun? Check out Josephine’s blog 柳橙海岸記事 in chinese:  綿羊牽線玩偶!

Heather did not add dowel to her “marionette”. Her finished knitted sheep went into loving hands immediately.

January 16, 2013. Craft Group Schedule. Come join us in 2 weeks to make our fabulous group project for our school’s Gala Auction this year! Last year our Knitted Farmyard Blanket fetched over $1,000 and won several ribbons at the Orange County Fair. Our gorgeous “Under the Sea Mosaic Planter” Group project was the pride of the craft group. So do not miss out of this 2013 community fun!

Next Week’s Craft Group Project: January 23, 2013 Art Felt Scarfs

Some Art Felt Scarfs which are currently being sold at our Company of Angels Store.

Rachel Skelly modeling an Art Felt scarf. This scarf is available for purchase at the Company of Angels Store.

Click here to view: Artfelt Scarves, January 23, 2013.

Upcoming Craft Group Project for Waldorf School 2013 Gala and Auction Event: Wet Felted Enchanted Woodland Playscape!

I have compiled some images and inspiration for our group project here. If you have more images or ideas for our craft group project, please share them with me!

Click on image below to see pages for ideas and inspirations.

Jzin’s Craft Box Today…

Wednesday morning. January 16, 2013. Here is what I managed to craft so far this morning while chatting with friends and taking photos and other stuff…

Making a doll’s head.

… at the end of the morning, I have finished a merboy and a merbaby’s heads for the mermaid family I plan to craft and donate to our school’s Spring 2013 Gala Fundraiser.

Here are the “Knight and The Lady” dolls that I finished yesterday. I brought them in to take photos of them for my “Castle of Costa Mesa Winter 2013 Handmade Doll Giveaway”.

Photographed this morning. I will be annoucing the giveaway of these two handmade dolls below soon on facebook. Please “Like” us on Facebook (top left sidebar of this page). You will be connected to what we do here, plus you will be notified on our up coming handmade giveaways. Thank you! – Jzin

GIVEAWAY!!! Handmade Medieval Fairy Tale Dolls “The Knight and The Lady” by CastleofCostaMesa.Com

Click on the images below to enter the handmade dolls giveaway.

 

Waldorf School of Orange County Spring 2013 Bliss Fundraiser

Craft donations are being accepted in the front office. Fill in Auction Donation form (Click here to download) if you have craft (or other) items to donate to our Waldorf School Spring 2013 Gala Auction.

Here are some auction items to get your bidding mojo running! Waldorf School of Orange County Bidpal site is still currently in the process of being updated, please check back periodically.

Waldorf School Auction items on Bidpal. Check back frequently. Items are currently being loaded onto the website daily. Share the magic fairy tree house on Facebook.

Here’s a partial list of Waldorf School of Orange County auction items (mainly crafts are listed here) on Pinterest…(check back periodically for updates)…

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If you are interested in placing an ad on “Support Our Southern California Waldorf Community” (free if you are a member of this community) please e-mail me a good picture and a link.

Meanwhile, please support our local peeps! Thanks! – Jzin

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