Halloween Items 1

To get into the mood for Halloween, every 2nd Wednesday between now and Halloween I'll be featuring a selection of handmade Halloween items, all available to purchase on Etsy!

Today's featured item is this beautiful sweater from Bebby at Bebbyjumpers!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/80861647/childs-hand-knit-halloween-orange

To celebrate being featured in my blog, Bebby is offering you 10% OFF in her Etsy shop when you use coupon code BEBBYBLOG10 - valid until 11.59pm, Tuesday 27th September.

The first thing I see when I visit Bebby's shop is the range of colours - "traditional" blues, pinks and whites, but also purple, red, green ... it's a rainbow of knitting! The sweater that I am featuring is a perfect example of Bebby's work, as it is a colourful orange sweater with an intricate Halloween motif featuring black cats. I love Halloween knits - they are the sort of thing that you could easily wear on Halloween as part of a costume or to keep you warm when you're "trick or treating", but also they're often so different and fun that you're going to want to wear them all winter long!

I asked Bebby a few questions about her shop and herself, and here's what she said ...

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO CREATE YOUR HALLOWEEN KNIT?

I like the idea of sweater hoodies on young children at this time of year, as they offer the convenience of warmth and a hood which remains attached (hopefully!) and can be pulled onto the head by the youngster when needs be. There is also a feature pocket on the front which is convenient to warm little hands in, or to store treasures in. Little ones like to run around and move about so much that it is important they can keep warm and mum may not always be available. I chose this design during the summer when I wanted to create a cotton mix sweater hoodie with a boat motif for the cold weather as I felt kiddies should still be out and about playing during these cold summer days. It has received a lot of interest in my shop, and when it was featured on EtsyLush,and received a 2nd prize at my local horticultural show in August. I decided to keep to this design and created my orange sweater hoodie for Halloween, but is also suited to anytime really. The colour reminds me of Autumn and harvest time, as well as pumpkins, and I chose the black cats motifs (which I found on Ravelry) because they are not too scary for little kids who want to celebrate Halloween. The cats are sitting in a friendly way and are also in spitting mode, on the front and back of the sweater!!

WILL YOU BE "TRICK OR TREATING" THIS HALLOWEEN?

I shall be spending Halloween tucked up warm indoors knitting a sweater for some lucky little child somewhere!!

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR SHOP.

I have been told my shop looks very professional and is attractive and pretty to look at. I have so many ideas in my head but very little time to knit them all.

HOW DID YOU GET STARTED ON ETSY?

I have always enjoyed knitting as a hobby and get great pleasure knowing someone likes what I produce enough to want to buy and own it, to wear for themselves, or to give away as a gift. I was selling my handknits at local craft fairs (with my jams and chutneys that I also enjoy making) before I opened my shop on Etsy, and it was an organiser who suggested I looked at Etsy as there were more opportunities available for me. I knew little about computer skills but persevered and found my way around!!

Thanks again to Bebby at Bebbyjumpers for providing today's Halloween item!

The next Halloween inspired posting will be up on Wednesday 28th September. If you're interested in taking part, please convo me on Etsy and include links to a few of your favourite Halloween items from your own Etsy shop. If I like your item(s) then you might get to see them here! Like I did with Bebby, I'll send you a couple of questions to answer about your products and your Etsy shop.

Photographs in this post are all copyright of Bebby at Bebbyjumpers.