Crafty Goodness
Modeled by the adorable Jr.
Pattern was Fetching from Knitty with an added set of rounds at the cuff, extra length in the hand and an extra cable round at the fingers.
Oh yeah then this happened:
More crafty goodness soon. I’m scurrying around finishing up projects like there is only a week till Christmas! Oh wait there IS ONLY A WEEK TILL CHRISTMAS! (EEEK!)
Color in the Kitchen
This past week we tie-dyed some of our well worn and much loved shirts which was fun. But my real mission was to dye my kitchen towels. After a year or more of being on duty all the time, my towels were looking shabby and dull. So along with giving a few of my favorite farm shirts second life I gave my kitchen a new level of color.
Behold the candy popper fold. My friend made this one and it came out fabulous. It was instantly my favorite. So today I dyed the rest of my dull towels using this fold!
I folded a pile of towels to get varying degrees of this one. A basic rainbow using a fat accordion fold:
Fold in quarters and swirl twist:
These two are really that bright:
Psst: Twisted rope ends fold
Last but not least my second favorite result:
We had a blast and I now have a drawer full of color to keep me entertained while drying dishes!
A wheel on a stick
First there was the boy and the wheel on a stick.
The boys rolled the wheel on a stick.
Then the boy ran with the wheel on a stick.
The boys zigged and zagged with the wheel on a stick.
And the boy smiled.
A few weeks ago Gramps got out the “seeder” a nifty contraption that allows you to put seeds in a compartment turn the dial to the right seed and wheel it down the row to plant. Lil’B grabbed it and wheeled away with it. Unfortunately it’s a tool and not really meant to zip through the garden at little boy mph’s. There is a gear piece to it that is delicate give its age. So we had to stop him. Later than night Gramps and I got to talking about the upcoming Birthday when Gramps said “I should make him a wheel for the garden.” I agreed and in fact pushed him to do it. Such a simple gift but such a wonderful one too. The little wheel on stick has zipped in our garden, wheeled around the front yard and already experience two “accidents” necessitating a trip to the repair shop. The great thing about that is a simple gift is also simple to repair and before you know Lil’B is back zipping around the place again with his wheel on a stick.