Here is one smelt that I can reveal. My nieces and nephews will each get a uniquely patterned mitten to use as an ornament. I love knitting small objects because I can see progress quickly. And I will show a follow-up to “I” of GAIN’s gingerbread house. The photo here is her with her house…
Last week was productive for crafting. The hat you see to the right, a gift requested by my niece’s mom, was finished on Tuesday. I used Lion cotton and a nice wide rib for stretch. I added the multi-colored pom pom to show that it is a girl hat. The other photo you see here…
Our recent snows made everything seem right for making paper snowflakes. The kids got out the Martha Stewart Kids magazine (one of the very first issues) followed the directions, and had great results, as you can see in the photo. In the past, we have cut flakes out of interfacing, but this year we used…
“Oh what a beautiful morning,Oh what a beautiful day,I’ve got a wonderful feeling,Everything’s going my way.” I finished the sweater. Just like the saying goes, I found dark yarn difficult to seam. The Homespun texture didn’t bother my efforts much. My youngest tried on the sweater and says that it is warm. The raglan sleeves…