CIL Creations

Handmade Knitted Winter Pirate Skull Hat with Ear Flaps; Red and White   ⚞ Handmade Knitted Winter Pirate Skull Hat with Ear Flaps; Red and White ⚟ ⬤ This knitted winter ear flap hat has a pirate skull theme and has been knitted with acrylic baby yarn. The hat contains a pom pom on top and one on each end of the ear flaps. The skull pattern was knitted using fair isle technique with the red and white yarn to create the images. ⬤ The hat is red and white, handmade and will fit a child from about 1 to 3 years of age and a head circumference of about 16 inches (41 cm). I enjoyed knitting this hat! This was one of the first fair isle projects I made and it taught me a lot about working with two yarn colors at the same time with a chart while working in the round ! After making it and a few other items like it, I really enjoy fair isle projects and I am not as fearful of them as I used to be. I will be making many more fair isle items so keep checking back with me! Carl

  Hand Knit Baby Girl Sweater, Petal Pink White Lace, 3-6 Months; Short Sleeve New Baby Sweater I made a new baby sweater about 2 weeks ago! I purchased a new pattern I found and it turned out absolutely great! This was made in a #3 weight DK yarn in Petal Pink and White with a lacey top portion and a standard knit bottom half with short sleeves. This is a light weight spring or fall sweater for a 3-6 month old, but I usually try to make my baby items with a little positive ease and length so the item can be used a little longer. That will always depend upon how fast the baby grows and how big the baby is when born! For more images or to purchase this beautiful sweater, just click here or the image above. What's New Well, since the passing of my buddy Roger , I've been trying to keep myself busy with my Etsy Shop and things around the house. But, it's been difficult not having him around. I have struggled with depression most of my life and have taken some medication at t...

Here's my first blog post in about four or five years! I can't believe it's been that long. I took a break from selling on Etsy about 3 years ago and let my website and domain go. I just could not afford it any more with trying to keep up with my health; Rheumatoid arthritis and a lot of back issues. Everything was just too much especially with trying to keep up with customer orders, I just gave up. Now its been about two weeks since my best friend Roger passed away, my dog, and I have decided to re-open my Etsy shop  and take things very slowly. I am feeling much better now especially after changing my meds around for the arthritis and treatments for my spine issues and also better meds for that. I am not going to do special custom orders this time around nor pay for a website or do all the social media marketing. I'm just going to take it slow and if I can sell my items, great! If I don't, then I won't lose a ton of money trying to kill myself for nothing! ...