I finished up this tunic a couple weeks ago. I knit it with Eden in mind, but it’s more likely that she will wear it next year.

Stats
Pattern: Knitting Pure and Simple #232
Yarn: GGH Samoa in Barbie Pink and Lemongrass
Mods: none, just forgot to add in the button hole and the gauge wasn’t quite on.

I’m now about a quarter of the way done with this:

And next I want to knit this from the same issue of Knitscene:

And then these two from the brand new issue of Rowan (43) – sigh, I’m so happy we carry Rowan at Tangle now!!

Finally this from the new Interweave (that’s not even here yet, but still…)

mmmm, silk.

How long do you think it all will take me?

Making Stuff for Kids is black dog publishing’s follow up to their book Making Stuff. It’s full of crafty projects for kids ranging from very easy to slightly difficult. Nearly every kid’s craft medium is explored from projects like pompom monsters to sparkly play dough to finger knitting to costume making to simple wood working. I had Eden sit down with the book and she wanted to make everything in it.

Things that caught my eye were wall decals made from contact paper, painted stone bugs and knitted bean bag critters. I also really enjoyed the child’s drawing transfered to an embroidery pattern. Perhaps the best part of the book is the division by age. Having small kids, I tend to have a hard time finding crafts that are age appropriate for them. It’s nice to have projects at their level all in one place.

Overall, I thought the book was a good one for kids. Many of the projects included were a fresh take on classic kids projects and the instructions were clear and easy to read. And I know that it’s one that we will be using at our house.

Monday
Shredded beef tacos and spanish rice

Tuesday
Chicken enchiladas

Wednesday
Spinach linguine with broccoli and turkey ham

Thursday
Chicken Curry

Friday
out for sushi!

Saturday
pasta salad with roasted broccoli and red peppers

Sunday
Steak and baked potatoes

Yarn ball flowers

I want this amazing room

and dern it, now we have to order the dk weight of comfort

and it’s time to start crocheting more

Mary Jane slipper pattern

“Robots don’t go potty.”

“How do you know?”

“‘Cause they don’t have butts!”

• The hard drive on my ibook went out. Jim worked very hard on getting it back up and running – thanks Jim! Now I’m running mac os 10.5 and it’s pretty dern nice. How long do you think it will take me to fill up a 130 gig hard drive? And it’s good to have my internet back, I was having major withdrawals.

• The other day I walked into the dining room to find Honor struggling to remove a large ziploc from his HEAD. I nearly had a heart attack and I think that I scared the pee out of him by telling him that he could die if he ever, ever did that again.

• Just cast on this hoodie last night. I’m using a single strand of BSA cotton on 9’s rather than a double strand of DK weight yarn on 6’s (which makes no sense to me at all anyway.) I’m not sure if it will look good on me, but I guess we’ll find out. It’s cute anyway.

I spent Friday adding new patterns to Tangle’s website. There’s a few that I just moved over from this site and a few new ones.

This shawl is one that I knit last month. For as simple as it is to knit, it makes a big impact.

(my mom modeling)

And a basic rolled brim hat pattern.

All of Tangle’s original patterns are here, most of which are free!

He needs a haircut.

BTW, Honor’s latest threat is that he will give you a knuckle sandwich if you’re not doing what he likes – complete with balled up fist and ornery (Honor-y) look. His latest term of endearment is to call us a “chicken peep.”

There’s a delightful white blanket of sparkly snow covering our town. Something about such weather brings me a great deal of joy.

I stepped out the door of Tangle to take a few photos of the weather and just kept clicking away. I figure it’s been awhile since I posted photos of what the store looks like anyway. In some senses we’re still a baby store, but I’m very proud of how far we’ve come. I’ve taken very little time lately to just sit back and be proud of what I’ve accomplished.

I’m at Tangle today with Honor. He decided that he wanted to learn to knit, so I sat down with him and tried to teach him. In between each stitch we made, he lept up and had to do a squirmy dance before settling back down to the next stitch. After about six stitches, he was done, promising that he would knit next time we are here.

It’s all he can do to even begin to contain himself why we are here. I think what he needs is perhaps a giant hamster wheel so he can try to expend his unquenchable energy. Now, just where would I put it?