Archive for 'Crafts'
Makin’ Luck
Five plain green tees, $1/each at Walmart.
Five swatches of $1 fabric.
An instant plan for five lucky cousins.
An easy craft to squeeze into one nap time.
I LOVE when that happens.
03.03.2010 · Crafts · Be the first to comment!
Little Miss Earhart
Here we go again. Will I ever tire of knitting great baby hats? Not a chance! And of course, this is another fabulous free pattern you should know about.
I’m not sure which was more enjoyable…knitting it, or seeing her in it. I started this quite a while ago and then abandoned ship because I couldn’t [...]
02.22.2010 · Crafts · One comment
Baby Earflap Hat
And just like that, I’m in love with knitting again. All it takes is a good baby hat pattern, as it turns out.
This one is from the book Stewart Tabori & Chang Books – Knitting For Baby
Now I know I said I would never buy a pattern until I’ve gone pro, but I bought this [...]
02.17.2010 · Crafts · Be the first to comment!
Hadley’s Valentine Tomten Sweater
Good grief, I am NEVER knitting another sweater as long as I live. This thing took weeks. My patience cannot handle such cruel and unusual punishment. I mean, there was a good chance she could have outgrown the darn thing before I even finished.
The only tiny mistake I made was NEGLECTING TO KNIT, OH, 24 [...]
02.10.2010 · Crafts · Be the first to comment!
The JLBs Craft: Color Collage
Lately I’ve been working on getting Bastien to recognize a color other than pink. Any color. I do not know where the pink thing comes from and it is cute. BUT. Last time I checked, there was a whole world of colors left to discover.
So by chance we brought home this great book from the [...]
01.26.2010 · Crafts, Good Clean Fun · One comment
Knitting Updates
I made a couple of hats for the holidays that I am mildly proud of. I feel compelled to show them off because they were not miserable failures (quite unlike the fingerless mitts I am currently working on for my sister).
So there was this one, for my sister-in-law Marie…
From a free pattern that claims to [...]
01.12.2010 · Crafts · Be the first to comment!



