Anyone who knows me, knows a couple of fundamental things about me.

1.  I love to knit.
2.  I’m unlikely to follow the rules exactly as they are written
3.  Once I decide to do a project, I commit whole heartedly

That said, I recently joined the Defiance Society of Artists.  It’s a terrific group of artists, of varying medium, living and working in Defiance, Ohio.  Each year, the Society has an Egg and Bake Sale.  This year, it’s April 4th from 10-2 at the Art Society Home on Greer Street.

Now, when I heard egg & bake sale, I didn’t get too excited.  The more I learned, though, the more I wanted to contribute.  The funds from this sale are used to maintain the art society studio and gallery throughout the year, providing this group of talented individuals with a place to work and have their work seen.  

The egg portion of the sale is a plethora of blown, hand painted eggs.  There are chicken eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, ostrich eggs, you name it, there are EGGS.  According to the stories I keep hearing, people will be lined up and waiting to get in about 2 hours before the actual sale starts. 

Now, being the person that I am, I didn’t want to paint eggs like every one else.  After all, everyone else is doing that.  Since I’m such an avid knitter, I decided to knit egg cozies instead.  There are so many fabulous yarns in my stash just waiting for the right project.  I’ve knit 2 dozen egg cozies, both bunnies and chickens.  Every time I look in my knitting bag there are more than I remember knitting.  The things keep multiplying!

Besides knitting the bunnies and chicks, I made several birds nest pins to welcome spring back into our lives & wardrobes. 

Then I decided to bake.  Like everything else, I can’t just do it half way.  No.  I baked 148 cut out cookies that were iced and decorated.  It turned out to be a 6 hour endeavor.  Of course, after spending 6 hours baking and decorating cut out cookies, it would be a shame to just put them on a plate with some saran wrap.  Right?  After all, I’m a graphic designer and design packaging for all kinds of product.  Certainly I can come up with something for these sassy cookies. 

So here you have it, a gallery of photos of the latest projects.  Bunnies.  Chicks.  Nests.  Cookies.  Wish us luck!

(If you’d like to make a donation or purchase one of these items, just drop me an email and I would be happy to take care of that for you right here!).  

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Want to knit some yourself?  Find the free pattern for the Chickens and the Bunnies right HERE.