Bazaar Bizarre Winter Show 2009 – Dec 12-13

October 22, 2009 by Minnie

banner1small The Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco winter show has been announced! You can check out all the vendors here!

The 2009 Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco (BBSF) will
feature 100 of the best indie crafters and designers.
DJs will provide entertainment and food from local
eateries will be available. The event will also serve as
a networking opportunity for indie designers and
businesses. Past Bazaar Bizarre vendors have
included My Paper Crane, Craftster, My Favorite
Mirror, Fred Flare, and Etsy.

Workshops and Demonstrations
Every year we include interactive sessions and craft
demonstrations from local and national crafters and
companies. In addition we will host a two day long
Swap-O-Rama-Rama. Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a
clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself workshops in
which a community explores creative reuse through the
recycling of used clothing. Previous companies include
Get Crafty.com, CRAFTzine, Workman Press and Mrs.
Grossman’s

Website: http://www.bazaarbizarre.org/sanfrancisco/
Date: Dec 12-13 2009 12-6pm
Place: SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY FAIR BUILDING
9th Ave and Lincoln Way in Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94122

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Cross Stitch Sheep Projects

As a knitter, I love a good sheep motif, so let’s take a look at some cute sheep cross stitch patterns.

If you want to stitch a little sheep, this mini square from Good Dog Needleworks is a nice choice. It uses just three colors and measures 32 by 32 stitches. That’s 2.2 inches or about 5.5 cm square if you stitch it on 14 count fabric.

I also love these two little sheep, which you can stitch together or in individual hoops and shown. The designs are form Threadbound Art and use six colors. They are slightly different in size, with one being 21 by 17 stitches and the other 21 by 20. They fit in four inch frames if you work them on 14 count fabric.

You can stitch a sweet sheep bookmark with this design from Kits by SA Stitch. This is not for the person who doesn’t like back stitch, because there’s a lot of that here, but it is really cute. It measures 30 by 91 stitches and uses 10 colors. That will make your bookmark about 2.4 by 6.5 inches, or 6 by 16.5 cm on 14 count fabric.

Stitch a pretty scene of sheep in a meadow with this design from Motok Nytok. It uses 21 colors and the design is 99 by 73 stitches. On 14 count fabric that makes it about 7.07 by 5.21 inches, or 17.96 by 13.24 cm.

This yarn full of cross stitch sheep has a bit of a knitting twist because the sheep all look like they have sweaters on. The design is from Soda Stitch Design and it measures 179 by 216 stitches. The full design uses 27 colors. On 14 count fabric it will work out to 12.78 by 15.42 inches, or 32.48 by 39.19 cm.

Another great one with a knitting theme is this one where the wool is coming off the sheep and straight onto the needles. This one is from Happy Cross Stitchers and uses 12 colors. The pattern is 137 by 137 stitches, which comes out to 9.7 inches or 24.86 cm square on 14 count fabric. This would be a fun one to stitch for the knitter in your life (even if that is you).

Or you can stitch the field of sheep of a knitter’s dreams with the Happy Sheep chart from Charts and Stuff. These per-colored sheep can be stitched as shown or worked in any colors you like. The eyes are French knots but you can just stitch them in white if you’d rather.