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From November 13th to December 11th, two Makers will be featuring their best Christmas Products and sharing them with you! Not sure you follow everyone? That’s okay! Follow Mad Mad Makers on Facebook, Twitter or G+. Or you can check out the bottom of this post to see who’s scheduled when and their links when they do share their products.

I for one am so excited for the holiday season. It is definitely my favorite time of year. (except the bitter cold.... haha) Anyway I have some fun holiday felties to share with you. These are all available in my Etsy Shop.

My newest Feltie is the Mr. Snowman. I just think he is so cute lol. He would be perfect for a bow center piece. OR perhaps as a winter themed felt tic tac toe game piece.

To ~ Snowman on Etsy

Next on the list is the Christmas Tree. This makes for another create center piece or even to put on a hair clip for the holiday concert at school.

To ~ Christmas Tree on Etsy

Then we have Mr. and Mrs. Gingerbread. These are probably my favorite so far. You can glue them back to back and make some adorable ornaments from them.

To ~ Mr. Gingerbread on Etsy

To ~ Mrs. Gingerbread on Etsy

Make sure you check out my shop to see what other great holiday felties are available.

From now until Christmas Day if use use coupon code MMMHOLIDAY15 you will get 15% off your entire purchase.

That includes all crochet patterns.

So don't miss out on these great patterns

The Strand of Christmas Lights

And also the Christmas and Winter Tree double pattern pack

Enjoy and make sure to follow the rest of the blog hop!!!!

This past fall I was invited to do a pattern for the Back to School edition for Too Yarn Cute. I felt it was time and I wanted to share it with all my fans. With it being Superbowl Sunday perhaps it was a coincidence.....the world my never know. Here is the free pattern

Sport My Pencil Case

2 colors needed

Yarn Brands best to use:

Red Heart Soft OR

Caron Simply Soft

Gauge: per 2 inches

8HDC BY 7 ROWS

Crochet Hook Sizes:

Special Notes

You will need 2 toilet paper rolls , yarn needle, and a button

Abbreviations:

CH - Chain

SC – Single Crochet

HDC – Half Double Crochet

SL ST – Slip Stitch

BLO - Back Loop Only

SK ST – Skip Stitch

Magic Circle

Round 1: SC 8 into Magic Circle

Round 2: 2HDC in each(16)

Round 3: *2HDC, HDC* Repeat * 7 more times(24)

Round 4: BLO HDC 7, SK ST, BLO HDC 7, SK ST, BLO HDC 8, SL ST to join(22)

Round 5: HDC in each, SL ST to join (Joining with Color B) (22)

Round 6: HDC in each, SL ST to join (Joining with Color A) (22)

Round 7: BLO HDC in each, SL ST to join (Joining with Color B) (22)

Round 8: BLO HDC in each, SL ST to join (Joining with Color A) (22)

Round 9: BLO HDC in each, SL ST to join (22)

Round 10-22: HDC in each, SL ST to join (22)

Top of case

Round 1: SC 8 into Magic Circle

Round 2: 2HDC in each(16)

Round 3: *2HDC, HDC* Repeat * 7 more times(24)

Round 4: BLO HDC 7, SK ST, BLO HDC 7, SK ST, BLO HDC 8, SL ST to join(22)

Round 5: HDC in each, SL ST to join (Joining with Color B) (22)

Round 6: HDC in each, SL ST to join (Joining with Color A) (22)

Round 7: BLO HDC in each, SL ST to join (Joining with Color B) (22)

Round 8: BLO HDC in each, SL ST to join (Joining with Color A) (22)

Round 9: BLO HDC 10, CH6 BLO HDC 12, SL ST to join (22)

Label section

Ch 10

Row 1-3 HDC, CH 1 and turn.

Fasten off leaving a long tail to sew label to body of case.

Sewing Section

The first thing you will want to do is embroider

the initials into the Label.

Attaching the label to the body of the case.

Sew your label on towards the side or the front of the case. Making sure that you sew your label on so that the edges are all secure.

Attaching your top to the body of the case

Flip both pieces inside out. Line up your 2 back seams. Sew your 2 pieces together using the 5 stitches on both sides of the seam. So that the back half of the top is attached to the body.

Weave in all your ends and turn it right side out again. Also sew on your button at this point.

Using 2 toilet paper rolls to stabilize the case. Insert your first roll into the body of the case. The case will stretch a bit around the tube. Take the 2^nd tube and cut it down size so that there is small tube section that will fit in the top of the case.