I just had to share this with you. Meet my beautiful pincushion box! (It’s not often one has the opportunity to MEET a pincushion, but as you can see, he’s a pretty stately and handsome fellow)

My friend Heather found it at a garage sale and thought we’d love it (we did).

I didn’t want him to just sit and look pretty on the shelf though.  He needed to have a job to do.

Suddenly it hit me! He could be a pincushion!

Just for fun I made the soft cushion out of a pasture like green plaid, and added some sunny yellow flower pins. Right away a little sheep button moved in and set up housekeeping!

Now our beutiful sheep pincushion box sits in a place of honor at our sewing table where he can help with all our projects each day, AND look cute too.

Come on into the pasture and take a peek at our new lambs!

First up is Eunie!

Eunie’s made of cotton fleece and coordinating cotton rib knit.(I love this cotton fleece! It’s hard to find, and we only see it once in a while). She has a bit of pink cotton flannel in her ears. She’s soft, cuddly and floppy. She’s also 5 way jointed and lots of fun to pose and take on adventures. We make our own hardwood and steel wobble joint assemblies so they’ll be strong and sturdy.

And this cute little guy is Lewin!

Lewin is a cotton shaker cable lamb with soft, coordinating cafe au lait cotton knit accents. He has a bit of pink flannel in his ears too. Lewin is also 5 way jointed and is the first to have our brand new Craggy Moor hardwood tag! On the reverse it has his name, date he was made, and artist signature. Both his cute metal bell and his tag are removeable keepsakes.

Come on over to find out more about these sweet lambs and maybe adopt one today! They are looking for a good home.

Hi I’m Happy! I’m the first of a newly designed flock of lambs born here on the Moor this spring.

Mama had a lamb once upon a time, when she was a child, and ever since, there’s been a great love for lambs here on the Moor.

She’s been working on a design that’s reminiscent of that legendary lamb but with a huggy, loveable style all our own.

I’m the firstborn of the new design!

You know what? It’s hard to find natural materials that are “lamb-ish”. When Mama found this buttercream cotton fleece, everyone was so excited!

  It’s perfect!

After a bit of measuring and cutting I was born!

I decided to live here on the Craggy Moor. I love the big green, quilted pastures, and the children! Oh, the many hugs I get! Sigh…

But enough about me!

Today my little brother Alby was born!

(scoot closer to the camera Alby….there that’s better.)

Isn’t he sweet?? He’s already been adopted and he’s going to live in PA with a sweet girl named Mackenna. Soon you’ll get lots of hugs too Alby!

There are exciting plans for more lambs here on the Moor this spring too! We have a sister Eunie who’s almost old enough to be adopted, so come back and visit the Moor soon to meet her. After that our fleece will be discontinued, but more lambs with wool fleece are on the way!

Thanks for visiting our pasture today! I’m tired after all this talking.

I think Alby and I are gonna curl up and take a nap

I just finished Aberly Suffolk and I’m waiting to hear back from a customer. I just wanted to give you a peek at him too.

Aberly has all my favorite things in a lamby friend:

Soft velvet, and sweet floral patchwork

Beautiful hardwood button joints, and friendly loving face.

He’s everything a soul could want in a loving lamby friend.

This cute little Sooty lamb is the first of a line of new lambs to be born soon here on the Moor! I posted pics of Sooty on flickr to see how folks liked her.

 Our friend Cat over at  contacted me and just loved Sooty. I asked Sooty if she’d like to go live with Cat in far away U.K. and she said that sounded like a wonderful adventure!

I’ve loved Cat’s Raggy’s for a long time. Her sweeties were some of the first I visited when we  started our flickr account. I just love her little standing Ratties! They are full of personality, sweet and absolutely adorable. Cat has pet rats, and I can tell how much she loves them by the care and tenderness she puts into the expression of each little one she makes.

So….when Cat asked about a trade, I said “YES!!” right away! I love natural colors, and she made one grey, and one brown.

Here they are! Cat took a pic of Gregory and Reginald Raggy Rat. They are making the long trek across the water to us this week. We can’t wait to meet them in person. The children say Reggie looks like Remmie from Ratatouille so we also hope he loves to cook

So, we say a fond goodbye to Sooty, and get ready for Sooty’s sisters and brother lambs to be born soon. And we eagerly await our little box full of Greggie and Reggie!

More pics to come when they arrive and have a look around.

We’ve had some new waldorf  lambs and bunnies “born” this week, as well as one waldorf bear named Patter.

We love Waldorf style friends because their sweet faces are uncomplicated and open, friendly, inspiring imaginative play. Simple sweet faces tend to “reflect” the emotion that the child is feeling.

We love when our little ones come to us with their little Waldorf friends (our daughters have waldorf bears). They’ll say “Waffles is hungry” or “Wooby was mad at Caleb because he made him wrestle”. Its so cute!

We now have 2 “Baapy” lambs on the Moor:

Ewey and Jeffey!

We also have two waldorf bunnies:

Baby Rita and Baby Rupert-patterned after our collectible cotterpin jointed pair.

Our baby bunnies and Baapys are made with soft, huggable cotton. Their stuffing is weighted to give them that just right, slightly heavy, “real” feeling when held and carried.

The Baapy lambs have floppy ears, and the bunnies and Patter have floppy ears and arms that are just right for early grasping.

Our waldorf baby animals might be just the right gift for a preemie! They would make a safe, and cheery addition to the isolette, and can be used to prop baby in different sleeping positions. Patterns and easy to see contrasting faces will encourage interest during waking hours.

We made them to be easy to care for. If any of our waldorf animal friends gets soiled, simply place in a pillow case, wash with mild soap on gentle cycle, and dry in low heat, or air dry. Fluff to reshape if needed. Minor soilings need only to be spot cleaned with a cloth and mild soap/damp cloth.

Stop by the Craggy Moor to learn more, and adopt one today!

Whew! It’s been busy here this week! Here are some pics of what we’ve been up to!

Stop on by the Moor to find out more, and meet our new friends!

  Craggy Moor Bears at Home

is the new flickr group started by our new friend Tracy (mom to Mabel)! If you have a Craggy Moor lamb,bear,or bunny with stories, blog, or pics to share, come on over and join the fun! We just love seeing how our beary special friends are doing these days!

Here are the beary sweet members who’ve jointed already! We’d love to see you there!

A picture’s worth a thousand words! We wanted to share the cute friends that have sold from the store recently! A BIG thank you to our wonderful customers, and repeat customers~we love you!!

Two more white rabbits sold~ the first pic is “Cameron” and the above pic is of  “White” (for a real Alice! I just think that’s so cool!) 

This sweet pair sold and is going to be a gift for someone’s Mom for Christmas.

Sweet little Sarah Shropshire is travelling to her new home to be a Christmas present also!

Another tweed bunny hopped out of the Craggy Warren and into a box to be a gift for someone’s Mom too!

Sootyfoot Cottonwool has been adopted, and will start her journey all the way up to Alberta Canada this weekend.

Sweet Betsy went to her beautiful home in San Diego (more about Betsy in a minute)

Someone saw Betsy, and went to the Moor and found Knut! Knut was born two days ago, and  is already travelling to his home in Michigan today!

We are so thankful to the Lord and to all the wonderful people we’ve met here on the Moor who have adopted our animal friends! We hope they’ll be enjoyed for years to come.

Did you see something you love, and would like to have made for your very own(or for someone you love)? We love doing custom orders. Just email or convo us with the Craggy Moor design you see and like, and we’ll be happy to make it for you. Each of our little Craggy Friends are individually made, and have their own sweet look.