WARM

As days get colder, you can find more and more warm and cozy knitted and crocheted things being offered on Etsy.com. These capelets and cowls from ellonysfjord.etsy.com demonstrate just how great polymer clay can be used with these items. Hand-made polymer clay buttons add lots of charm and character, don't you agree?

HARMONIOUS

These hand-made polymer clay beads were created especially for cozy knitted or crocheted items. I found them in rensfibreart.etsy.com. These beads are made by Renate Kirkpatrick, an Aussie, who lives in the sub-tropics and whose inspirations come from the natural world around her.

HELPFUL

These cute tiny polymer clay animals and birds made by Jillian from weeones.etsy.com are actually very helpful for knitting. These are stitch markers, and Jillian makes hundreds of them in all kinds of shapes: animals, birds, bugs, fish, flowers, food... You name it – and she've probably got a set of these stitch markers already made with the theme you want. What I especially like in her work is that even within the set the markers are often quite different – with each animal being a different species or at least holding its own pose.

Find more about Jillian and her work in her blog, http://littlestbirds.typepad.com.