doll

Here is a group shot of all the dolls that were made during our 5 week doll making class.
(mine are the two on the far left)

tacky christmas part 1

making a doll

Learning how to make Waldorf dolls and absolutley LOVING it!!!
This one is for Mattie for Christmas-I am almost finished-just have to sew the body and knit some accessories.

this moment

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

gnomes

knitting up some gnomes to add to my etsy shop
hopefully I will sell a few.
I need to make some $ to pay of my school bill.

waldorf painting

Learning the "wet on wet" painting style taught in the waldorf classrooms.
Tomorrow I will be observing a 1st grade painting class at the Chicago Waldorf School-actually I am staying for the whole school day. I am very excited to sit and observe and maybe I will get a little knitting done too.

waldorf knitting

Here is what I have been making for my waldorf knitting class

this moment

I am going to start the soulemama tradition for my Fridays

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

finishing up

What I planned to be an August birthday gift, will now be a Christmas gift instead.
A sweet doll blanket for my sweet Mattie.

my nature bowl

I am all about the seasonal decorations!!-must be the teacher in me.
I made a few things in the last few weeks for my little nature bowl at home.
You can find the oak leaf pattern on ravelry and I just needle felted the acorns.
What have you been making lately?

feeling blessed

tonight I am sitting here feeling very blessed.
I am thankful for the job I have.
I am thankful that I get to spend my days doing something I love.
I am thankful for a good school for my children to go to and especially for all of the loving teachers.

Tonight was our school's fall concert/open house and I am feeling overwhelmed with gratitude.

my pilot caps!

get a hold of this cuteness!!!

coraline

I finished my coraline the beginning of Oct, but just got around to taking a picture.
I wanted to make this one more of a vest than a sweater and didn't quite have enough yarn to make it long sleeved. I really enjoyed this pattern and think I will make it again in an earthy wool green.

stripes

stripes for the etsy shop

nature table

My classroom nature table

finished knits

a sweet vest made for a dear friend's (soon to be here) baby!!

WIP weekend?

The things I SHOULD be finishing(top pic)are being pushed to the side, while
more exciting (smaller projects) are actually being finished.
MOnday I hope to share the projects with you.

we love bunnies

I made this little bunny for my nephew-and now that I know he received it, I wanted to post it on the old blog. The pattern was easy to follow and I loved using up scrap yarn giving it a mismatch look and here is a cute pic of our mustache bunny Buttercup.

waldorf school

I am adventuring down a long road-going to school-trying to get a waldorf teaching certificate.
I started school 2 weeks ago and so far I am loving it!!-There is a lot to soak in, a lot of new concepts and ideas swirling around in my head but It is a real nice change to my very busy week.

Here is what I made in my knitting class.
The first week we made our own knitting needles. We cut the dowel rods, sanded them down, and polished with beeswax-then she taught the class to knit. (because I have been knitting so long, I went ahead and finished the sleeping bag and made the doll)

believe it or not, this is what the kids will make in first grade at the Chicago Waldorf School-wow!!!!

matching longies

matching longies-stash busting
available in my shop

joy update

updating my shop-going back to work-(yep, that's me and the guitar)

leftovers dishcloth pattern

Here is the pattern for my leftovers dishcloth .

worsted weight cotton-3 different colors
size #3 needles

co 29 stitches with yarn you have the most yardage (yarn 1)
knit 4 rows

change to new color (yarn 2)-do not cut any yarn-just carry it up the side
row 1 k1, p1 (repeat to end)
row 2 p1, k1 (repeat to end)

change to new color (yarn 3)
repeat row 1&2

change back to (yarn 1)
repeat row 1&2

repeat unil you are about to use yarn 1 for the 8th time and instead of k1,p1-
knit 4 rows
bind off

Let me know if you make one-or post it on ravelry.

Joy

another baktus

this one took much longer and I had been working on it for awhile-size #2 needles
what was I thinking?

summer knitting part 4

loving this baktus!!
made with sock yarn purchased from etsy seller blairqualls
I love her color combinations! remember the baby sweater for Harper? that was her yarn also.

summer knitting part 3

Here is a custom order of pilot caps that i recently finished for a newborn photographer.I love the colors she chose.

summer knitting part 2

some new dishcloths for a friend
all made of leftover cotton yarn
I am going to post this easy pattern on ravelry and as soon as I do-I'll let you know.

summer knitting

I wanted to share some of my summer knitting with you.
Here is a little something I have made for the shop.
Love these colors!!

she's turning 40

a dear friend of mine is turning 40 in a few days.
This is what I am going to give my tree hugger friend.
the pattern is from kris knits

love cuff

I added the pattern for FREE into ravelry if anyone is interested-if you make one I would love to see it!

soak it up!!

I made these for a friend of mine who is having a baby in June-I originally wanted to knit these to try out a pattern I am using for my shop. I knew the mom would love the look of them, but just found out yesterday that she has chosen to go the cloth diaper route -so now I am even more excited to give these to her.
Tomorrow is the baby shower!

Pearl's best friend is in LOVE with pigs-so I made this for her.
Not exactly what a 10 year old wants for her birthday, but she loved it!!!

knitted rose bobby pins

Here is a batch of bobby pins that I made for the craft show-now available in my shop

mom-in-law love

I ran across this pattern while spending WAY too much time on ravelry the other night.
I decided to make it for my mother-in-law for Mother's day -she is always, always, always, reading-so I know she wil get a lot of use out of it.
I am using up some of the crochet cotton that I snatched up from a recent thrift store purchase.
I bought enough of that cotton to make over 500 bookmarks-seriously!!!!

a new week

I had a wonderful weekend in the country-too lazy to take any pictures.

I did have time to knit up another pilot cap though-I have a craft show on Saturday and wanted to make a few more hats-I also am going to make more fabric covered button barrettes and a few little purses.(I'll show you those as a finish them).

I have been very busy lately and it's only going to get more hectic before the school year is over- ahhhh!!!-

love cuff

I designed these love cuffs to sell at an art show next weekend-

I am going to post my pattern on ravelry soon-excited to design!!

cute

Here is the cute nephew wearing the pilot cap I made for him!

I miss you terribly baby Dylan!!-you too sister !!

on the needles

a little something for the little sweetheart in my life.

harper sweater

Here is a picture of Harper in her sweater!!
She looks so cute!!!

finished!!!-and just in time

I woke up this morning and finished knitting the last inch of Mattie's sweater!!

I am very, very, happy with how these turned out.

Happy Easter EVERYONE!!!