I think this yarn thing is addictive. I started off trying crochet because I found a cool slipper pattern. Now, I’m learning to knit: dishcloths, hats, mittens…socks!?!? Yes, I’m knitting socks. I just can’t help myself. They’re not done, and they’re certainly not perfect, but here’s the progress so far:

The socks are taking way longer than any of the other projects I’ve done. Because of the thin yarn combined with the tiny needles, it takes many stitches to make any progress at all. Luckily I spend two hours a week waiting while the girls have gymnastics class, so I should be able to finish them before summer is here.
The kids think it’s funny to watch me knit, Hubby says I look like a grandma. Gee, thanks! The other day, E-boy found a ball of yarn and some knitting needles and gave it a go himself:










Have you ever decided to try to make something just because you have everything you need for the project? This was one of those kinds of crafts. “Hmm…I have hair clips, ribbon and a hot glue gun…Maybe I’ll make clippies!” Here they are, minus the burnt fingers. I added some buttons for embellishment. When looking over what I’d made, both girls asked the same question: “Why is there only one of those ones?” The answer is simple, I didn’t have enough ribbon for another one. The pink and purple pair of clips were missing from the photograph, they’d already found their way onto some little girls’ heads. I guess the kids like them.
And, some more of today’s craftiness, this time more my style. I made these three spring-y wallets.
Are in your scrap basket? In mine, four so far.
You guessed it! We’re preparing for Valentines Day by making thirty hand-made Valentine’s Day cards to pass out to a certain someone’s second grade classmates. The journey started with a trip to the craft store, and after mommy made a detour to the fabric department, we headed for the scrapbook aisles. I am not a scrapbooker, but handmade cards seemed to require some of the same tools as scrapbooks, so we meandered up and down the paper craft aisles seeking inspiration. Thirty minutes and forty dollars later, we left with a bag containing six fat quarters of fabric, a heart shaped punch, a pack of fifty blank cards and envelopes, two ink pads (red and pink) and a sheet of adhesive-backed foam.







