twas the knights before christmas

like it?  i've got more... "oh holy knights"... "silent knights"... "it came upon a mid-knight clear"...

i swung back and forth between christmas puns and saying things like "silly english k-nig-hits" and "it is but a flesh wound!  come back and i'll bight your legs off!" while making these little guys.

aren't they just the cutest?  they're cork knights (pattern by lucy ravenscar - rav link).  

two good knights and two bad knights, so they can battle.  then i decided they needed something to battle over, so i crocheted up a castle, complete with drawbridge and moat (thanks for the moat idea claire).

it came out a little floppier than i had intended, but overall i'm really pleased with it.

i hope the recipient likes it as much as i do!

in other, non-sweatshop news it's still snowing.  here's today's accumulation:

i just love snow days!

-melissa

p.s. isn't pippin handsome?

 

Comments

[Meghan]

oh for the love of cute!....the knights, your Christmas puns, and of course Pip! :)

[Andrea]

Those are super cute! Perhaps they were just in search of a shrubbery? No more snow over here (and with that goes the snow days) but my progress has continued so that's a good thing.

[kate]

Oh. My. You're too awesome.

And Pippin is quite the dapper cat.

[kate]

PS It keeps raining here. Not quite the same effect as snow....

[Becca]

Those knights are adorable. I think I need to make some. My mom has tons of wine corks cause she never throws them away.

PS You have a lot more snow than Milwaukee does.

[cmv]

you never cease to amaze me. BEST project EVER! oh how i love your knights! and your puns! and your castle! and your moat! and YOU!!!

[Heather]

Chris and I love these. and Pippin is quite handsome.

[Lindsey]

This may be the cutest thing I have ever seen. I love, love your knights! And the castle and the moat, I am awash with cuteness.

[sonia]

awesome! My kids would love that. You are just super-creative!

[yvonne]

oh my goodness. have never seen anything cuter!! and yes, pippin looks quite regal. Merry Christmas.

[louise]

yes master pippin is very handsome - and regal! those knights are mighty fabulous as is their castle. oh i love a little silly word play! x

[melinda]

those knights and castle are so flippin' cute!
but not as cute as Pippin.

[Rachel]

How do you manage to find such cool patterns?! These are great!

And yes, Pippin is most decidedly a very handsome boy.

[Dawn]

Those knights are the best Knights ever!