the blue blog archives: mini-we's

Late last night I finished up the last mini-weasley (mine!) and made about a dozen of these little hangers, thus finishing the great weasley mini-sweater project. There's one for every member of the family, so now we can all be together on the family Christmas tree back in Germany even if we can't all be together around it.

posted by alison at 8:42 am | in weasleys

Comments

Just love them!!

Posted by: Helene at December 17, 2004 8:47 AM

Those are so sweet! What a nice gift for your family.

Posted by: Dana at December 17, 2004 9:24 AM

beyond adorable! :)

Posted by: maeve at December 17, 2004 9:29 AM

Those are just DARLING. How DO you get it all done with two little boys running around?! Love that new cabinet.

Posted by: Norma at December 17, 2004 9:36 AM

Oh wow, they are awesome! I love the little hangers!

Posted by: MA at December 17, 2004 9:36 AM

Too cute! Those hangers must have been tough on the fingers though.

Posted by: Jessica at December 17, 2004 9:44 AM

This was a very good idea.

Posted by: michelle at December 17, 2004 9:51 AM

How did you make the hangers? The minis and hangers look lovely. :)

Posted by: Liz at December 17, 2004 10:07 AM

Too cute! And the little hangers are precious!

Posted by: Shelby at December 17, 2004 10:13 AM

The sweaters were cute - but those hangers... now _that's_ adorable!

Posted by: melissa at December 17, 2004 10:15 AM

Very cute. And such a nice way to symbolize family for Christmas!

Posted by: Theresa at December 17, 2004 10:39 AM

What a wonderful idea!

Posted by: Kat at December 17, 2004 10:43 AM

Alison, those are so wonderful! Thank you for sharing your progress all along. I'm so happy to see the finished "family." Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Heidi at December 17, 2004 10:55 AM

Those are so fabulous!

Posted by: Jackie at December 17, 2004 11:01 AM

They're so cute! Hope that the boys are wearing their big Weasleys at Christmas, too.

Posted by: Colleen at December 17, 2004 11:23 AM

Soooooo cute! I love them.... I've just got an idea to make some mini socks for tree decoration. I will try, thanks for share!

Posted by: Trico at December 17, 2004 11:38 AM

Your mini's are just adorable. I'm amazed at the amount of knitting you're able to get done. Happy holidays!

Posted by: Cathy at December 17, 2004 11:42 AM

very cute. what gauge wire did you use for the hangers? and didn't anyone ever tell you not to hang up your sweaters!!??

Posted by: maryse at December 17, 2004 2:12 PM

Soooo cute! I love the copper hangers!

Posted by: Stacey at December 17, 2004 2:37 PM

Alison, I love that you made tiny hangers. You are the bomb.

Posted by: Jenny at December 17, 2004 3:22 PM

Hey that looks pretty cool! You have relatives in Germany?

Posted by: Sibylle at December 17, 2004 3:50 PM

Completely adorable. You are a maniac.

Posted by: Jessica at December 17, 2004 7:14 PM

Those are So. Freaking. COOL!

Posted by: LauraA at December 18, 2004 1:31 AM

It's so funny that you're doing that because I have planned to do the same thing. It's great fun until you get to about the eighth sweater, and then the Christmas spririt starts to droop a little!

Still, I've been thinking that if and when I do have kids, I'll make a special knitted ornament (just one) for each of them every year. Just the right amount of work and so much fun to plan for.

Your weasely's look great!

Posted by: Julia at December 18, 2004 7:13 AM

Thanks everyone! For the hangers I used some 18 gauge craft wire and just snipped of a good length and bent it into shape. Here's a picture of what I used. It only took about 30 minutes to make all of them.

Julia I loved making these mini-weasleys. I was worried that I would hate them after the fifth or sixth one, but I really enjoyed knitting every one of them.

Posted by: alison at December 18, 2004 9:19 AM

They are awesome, Alison. They definitely make me smile. See? :) !

Posted by: Kerstin at December 18, 2004 11:25 AM

Oh, that's so lovely!!!! you clever girl you. =)

Posted by: Orli at December 19, 2004 10:59 AM

OK, you got me with the hangers. It all makes sense now. Too cute.

Posted by: valentina at December 19, 2004 4:31 PM

They are too cute!

Posted by: Sylvia at December 19, 2004 4:46 PM

OMG! Those are the CUTEST mini's I have ever seen! I am green for those recipients! I am so glad you had fun with them!

Posted by: Sara* at December 21, 2004 12:55 PM

OMG those are SO cute!!!

Posted by: Alysia at December 21, 2004 7:55 PM