Posted in Patterns & Tutorials, Sewing on Apr 5th, 2009
I’ve been making a ton of felt food to give to little Sesame for Easter. She loves playing with her toy kitchen but she doesn’t have any food to play with! That needs to change. There are lots of great pictures and some free patterns for felt food on the internet (as well as a [...]
Posted in Patterns & Tutorials, Sewing on Apr 3rd, 2009
Sesame is more and more interested in playing with her dolls lately so I whipped up a super simple ring sling for her to use. I chose a ring sling so that she won’t outgrow it any time soon and I hardly had to do any measuring. Unlike the clothes I make for, she loved [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Christmas, Create, Holidays, Paper Crafts, Paper Crafts, Patterns & Tutorials, Seasons, Winter on Dec 24th, 2008
I love making paper snowflakes and was excited to learn a fancy new (to me) technique from a co-worker 2 Christmases ago. She and I made so many snowflakes that year (while we should have been working) that I actually got sore spots on my thumb and finger from the scissors! These snowflakes have words [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Christmas, Cooking and Baking, Eat Well, Holidays, Patterns & Tutorials, Recipes on Dec 23rd, 2008
I made peppermint marshmallows last night and they turned out better than I even imagined! Dense but light at the same time, squishy and chewy and so much better than those at the store! I read a lot of different recipes and blog posts about marshmallow making and I want to put all the good [...]
Posted in Create, For Babies & Kids, knitting, Knitting Patterns, Patterns & Tutorials on Jun 16th, 2008
I’ve finally written up a pattern for my eyelet skirty (or is it skirtie?) that I’ve been showing you lately. It’s more of a guide than a pattern but it’s free and I don’t think any of you will have any trouble with it. Happy knitting! The pattern is below but I’ve also made …
Posted in Create, For Babies & Kids, knitting, Knitting Patterns, Patterns & Tutorials on Mar 21st, 2008
It’s 9pm and my baby is still awake. This is not good, people. Not good at all. Do you know what is good? Baby socks. They’re little and cute, super fast to knit and they use up those little balls of leftover sock yarn that never seem to go away. I …
Posted in Knitting Patterns, Patterns & Tutorials on Mar 4th, 2008
Since I first blogged about the tank hat I made for Mike last year, I have had several requests for the chart. I’ve put together a pdf with the chart that you can download here. If you make something with a tank on it, please share a picture with me! Mike wears the hat a [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Create, Holidays, Paper Crafts, Paper Crafts, Patterns & Tutorials, Valentine's Day on Feb 11th, 2008
I’ve been a little obsessed with cutting paper designs the last few days. This is not a good activity around my house these days because of a certain tiny person’s ongoing obsession with eating paper. I’ve been trying to scoop up all my little bits of paper before she gets to them, which …
Posted in Create, For the Home, knitting, Knitting Patterns, Patterns & Tutorials on Jun 1st, 2006
Okay y’all. The Knitorama pattern sucked so much that I totally changed it when I knit my apple cozies. There’s been some interest so I’ll share it with you. Materials: I used size 8 dpns and Lion brand woolease. Guage doesn’t really matter, you just want it to fit an apple. If you get to [...]
Posted in Create, knitting, Knitting Patterns, Patterns & Tutorials, scarves on Jan 12th, 2006
Wavy Razor Shell Scarf I used 2 balls of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino: 55% Merino Wool, 33% Microfibre, 12% Cashmere, Approx. 137 yds/50g Size 5 (or 6) needles- I don’t remenber. Gauge isn’t really important but my completed scarf was about 6″ wide and 4.5 ft long. CO 42 stitches Row 1 (ws): purl across [...]
