The last sweater I made for Sophie met a rather unfortunate end. I think she tied it around her waist while she was riding her bike late this past fall and the wheel must have rubbed against the knit, making quite a large hole and my darning skills weren’t up to the task of that level of repair. I had… Read More »Sophie’s Waltyn Sweater
The girls have been watching me while I work on embroidering doll faces and they asked if they could do some hand stitching as well. It’s been a while since I first taught them how to embroider. Like so many things children learn, they’re interested for a while, then set it aside for a time. There’s something magical that happens… Read More »Teaching Them Embroidery
My little girls (ages 6 and 7) have been watching me knit for years. They’ve asked to learn, and I tried to teach them, but they found it frustrating when their fingers didn’t do what they wanted. So we took a break from actual knitting and they spent some time learning the basics on a Knitting Mushroom (like this one)… Read More »Knitting with the Littles
Sophie turned six today. Six. Whoa. She is the last of the four family birthdays in three weeks. This girlie, she keeps us on our toes. Her “live in the moment” attitude, her deep belly laugh, her snuggly ways, her own unique sense of style. She asked for a mermaid dolphin princess for her birthday. Well, I don’t know how… Read More »Birthday Mermaids – Rosie and Rachel
My experiment with some natural dyes have led me to want to experiment more. I found some information on using spent daffodil blooms for yellow, so we get to accomplish two things at once – remove the shriveled blossoms so the gardens look prettier, and collect the shriveled blossoms so I can try some dyeing experiments. Emma loved the idea,… Read More »Work to do
My stitching with rope as a way to focus has been exactly what I needed and didn’t know. I’ve been making, and experimenting, and, well, playing, with the rope. Playing with shapes and thread colors, and moving into playing with colors through natural dyes – only turmeric and strawberry so far, but I’m so excited about the possibilities. Some of… Read More »rope therapy
My goodness I’ve been absent for such a long while! We find ourselves to be in a season full of so much potential change. I find my thoughts spinning out of control at times, as one decision nearly made presents even more changes and choices to be thought out. So many things to be considered in every possible path. So… Read More »Thoughts Spinning
Last week when the Littles asked if they could please sew, I wasn’t too hard pressed to come up with something. A couple of colors of felt, a bit of embroidery floss, a cookie cutter set for the pattern, and we were off stitching away for the afternoon. Emma had a bit of trouble remembering to put her… Read More »sewing hearts
We’re trying to limit technology. Again. We did a technology fast last year for a month, and it was pretty awesome (after the first few days). We don’t have cable or satellite television, but we do have Netflix, and if I don’t pay close attention, the Littles (and the Middles) will spend way more time watching tv than I’d like.… Read More »Desperate for crafting – shaving cream window
First of all, if you get a feed of my blog posts, you got a pretty strange post. It wasn’t from me, I was hacked. WordPress caught it, but not in time to prevent the post from being sent to feed readers. Hopefully, it won’t happen again. Now, onto much more interesting things. Our oldest son is home for Thanksgiving.… Read More »Family Ornament Making