Thanks for visiting Sunny Acres Design! I want to tell you a little about myself and how I ended up here. When I was quite young, my maternal grandmother taught me how to knit. I had a little fun with it then, but soon moved on to other adventures and forgot about knitting until I was a senior at Oberlin College. On my holiday break that year, a high school friend convinced me to take up my needles once again. We went together to buy yarn and a pattern for my first Icelandic Lopi Sweater (which I still have), and I took to knitting the second time around like a duck to water! That winter I knitted 4 more Icelandic sweaters for my family. I’ve been knitting pretty much every day since then and I just can’t get enough!

 

I have realized that it is my purpose in life to cover family, friends (and strangers too!) in the warm, cozy fuzziness of hand-knitted items made from natural fibers (wool, alpaca, angora, etc.). A few years ago, once I had pretty much covered everyone I know in such items several times over, I decided it was time to use up some of my VERY LARGE stash of leftover yarn. Thus I began to make and sell hand-knit felted bags.

 

I just LOVE playing with color and picking out fun wool palettes for my projects. After the bags have been knitted and felted and have their magnetic snaps sewed on, I visit second-hand stores to find straps to upcycle from used purses and bags. The final touches involve either finding the perfect buttons for decoration or needle-felting flowers other flourishes onto the bags.

 

I hope you find something here on my site for yourself or a gift for a friend which will be cherished for years and years to come.