Celebrate the Boy...or the Girl...whichever you choose

If you haven't already, you should be checking out the "Celebrate the Boy" month going on at Made and Made by Rae. The ideas aren't *just* for boys...there are plenty of things that can be girl modified! I have already added a few project ideas to my ever growing list of things that I really, really want to accomplish one day...in the near future.

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A cornucopia of projects, if you will...

Let's go in backwards order, shall we?

First up, here is the most lovely texture I've been working with for a scarf for my eldest. Organic cotton, people! It is so smooshy soft...which, by the way, is the only stuff she likes. She has rubbed her face on this piece of a scarf like a cat 80 times already. Love it!




Next up...a knitting boo boo turned ok? Well, see I just started this whole knitting thing and the previous scarf I knitted was for a child and so it was less than one skein of yarn. This was supposed to be an adult scarf...but I only had one skein and it was from my mom so it was some weird specialty kind. So I made it into a mobius cowl! It made me learn how to stitch two cast off ends together, so it was a good learning experience all around.

Yes...it's on a child, but it really fits an adult...
Wear it longways...

Or loop it around and make it more snug...

Anyway, kinda fun! It was a chunky yarn and I used sz 15 needles! That is some instant gratification!

Now, back to the the very first knitting project: The child scarf! I love it so much and so do the kids...both of them...which is why I am hurriedly knitting another one! Cotton again. I think that's really the only way to go for kids...no itchiness whatsoever!

Done with knitting stuff, on to sewing!

Tree Skirt: A Study in Tediousness

Ok, so it is pretty cute, but OH. MY. GOODNESS. It was literally the most tedious, small scale sewing I've ever had to do. I was so anxious to just get through it that I would shout out my progress to the rest of the family after every few I finished. There may have been a celebration dance upon completion and I may have forced my husband and two daughters to join in...

Can you smell the tediousness??

Why would I iron this? I was already up to my eyeballs in mundane tasks, there was no way I was going to do any dreadful ironing. Besides, "the annual ironing of the tree skirt" is not a Christmas tradition I want to start...

See?! I do sew and knit things...I just don't document them and post them in a timely manner!

Hope everyone is enjoying the season!