I've added a new activity to my Tiny Beasties collection: ballet dancing! Like my other beasties, I knit these tiny dancers in Shetland wool before wet-felting them down into miniature versions of themselves, standing at just 6cm tall or so. Alongside their usual fur colours, I've used Jamieson's Spindrift in the delicate heathered pink shade Dog Rose to crochet their little tutus. To complete the look, I've sewn a tiny silvery metal tiara onto each beastie's head. One of the ongoing design...

Just when I thought my knitted pieces had become as ridiculously small as they could or should... here's something even smaller - a curled up sleepy fox, about 2.5cm diameter. I've knitted and stuffed these with Jamieson's Shetland wool, then welt felted them and embroidered them with more Shetland wool, cotton floss and tiny glass beads. I've attached them to either brooch or pin backs - I like brooch backs best for woven fabrics and pin backs best for knitted fabrics and permanent...

Here are my new tiny beastie brooches - based on my tiny beastie decorations but even smaller (from about 4.5cm to 7cm tall). I knit and stuff them in Jamieson's Sprindrift Shetland wool and embroider them with cotton embroidery floss and glass beads. I've knit this bunch ready for the Woolly Good Gathering in Edinburgh, where I've a pop-up on Saturday 18th April, 9am - 1pm. I'll be putting them in my online shop after the Woolly Good Gathering.