Rug hooking for Christmas

I love it but I am in need of some linen or monks cloth. Going to have to get online and do some ordering I guess. I am using some good burlap for two of the projects but they will be wall hangings so I done't have to worry about wear and tear on the backing. I sketched these myself but got some ideas from Dept 56 Krinkles for the reindeer. I don't recall where I saw the Santa but it was on the images for reindeer.

So far so good. My sweet little 100+lb lap puppy wants me to stop though. She keeps dropping her toys on my lap frame.

I just finished a penny rug of a moose but I can't believe that I gave it to her before I took a finished picture. Duh... but this is close to how the finished rug looked

I have also been making some cute crocheted pine cones. Once you add a bell and a little felt cap along with a nice Christmas ribbon you have an awesome Christmas door decoration.
I found the free pine cone pattern online http://planetmfiles.com/2008/12/18/free-crochet-pine-cone-pattern/
They are so easy but it works best if you use a heavy not too soft yarn. One with a bit of roughage so to speak.  You will find out if you try the softer and thinner yarns that they just don't have the humph that the heavy weight yarns give them.

New candle mat

I just finished this one this morning. Now on to my next project. I think I may do a little tweeking to the little angels on the tree. They need a little something more.

This is how it looks now since I tweeked the angels a little

One down and one to go

I just finished the first of my kitchen curtains. I still have one valance to go.

I am doing the valances like a penny rug. The variations in the placements is intentional .  I think I like em. How bout you?
The other valance will have 5 tabs vs the 4 on this one.
Ahhh... finally done. I love the way they turned out but sure was a lot of work. I went ahead and added a bit of a shear to the valance for just a bit of privacy.  I am contemplating painting my kitchen the color of the background of this picture. It seems to go so well and I love the colors together.