Doll Sweater

I've got the doll sweater back out now that the hats are done.  The sleeves are on waste yarn.  I'm maybe 1/3 of the way down the length of the sweater.  It's going pretty quick now.  

More Wine Jewelry

Made for another friend's birthday. Here is a picture she shared with me.

Xmas Hats

I've started whipping stuff out and stashing it for Xmas. Thanks to my friend sharing her owl hat pattern with me, I've got a new style for the kiddos. These are for Little Bit and the Little Man.

New Crafter

Well we have a new Crafter in the house. My oldest has been sucked in finally and now crafting up a storm.

For her birthday she got jewelry making tools and has started making earrings. Here is her first pair. The picture isn't the best it was taken on my phone. She made a bunch more later but since they are gifts for family, I won't post those yet.

Sewing Kit

Little Bit set up a sewing kit for herself. She now has a passion for hand sewing, which comes as no surprise to me. Every seamstress has a cute little tomato pin cushion. Well Little Bit has a blueberry pin cushion she made. She also added a needle case to her kit.

Hand Sewing

Although Little Bit is a near master of the sewing machine I've somehow never showed her how to hand sew an item. After a new library book hit the house, she decided to have a go at it. She copied the pattern, cut out the fabric, and hand sewed the little creature below for her brother.

Owl Drawings

The kids and I are reading Poppy by Avi for their Book Club.  They attend once a week and have activities that go along with their reading assignments.  This week the kids and I have gone owl wild in honor of our book.  My friends owl hat came at a perfect time.

For our art lesson today we did a pencil drawing then colored in with colored pencils.  We used an Usborne drawing book for our lesson.  I think the kiddos did a really great job!  

Here are Little Bit's, The Little Boy's, and mine.

Little Bit's Art

Little Boy's Art

I usually draw/paint along with the kids to make it more fun for them.  A family affair.
Thought I would include mine too!  

Doll Sweater

I am making a sweater for Little Bit's doll for Christmas.  It is based off a friend's pattern she posted on her blog.  I am using sock yarn in a fabulous pink, purple, green color.  I will probably work on matching hat to go with it.  I have finished the neck, and down to needing to break off the sleeves and work on the body. 

Wide Awake Owl

Here is the little owl hat I was hired out to make for a friend.  Little Bit was my color consultant.  We were told to go "earthy" in our color scheme.  This is a pattern purchased from Etsy called the Wide Awake Owl.  I think it turned out very cute and can't wait to see it on the little one's head when she gets it.

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Little Bit's been busy

This past week Little Bit had been sick. She wasn't feeling so hot and spent a day laying in bed with me. She pulled out her knitting, cast on, and voila whipped out almost a whole hat. Figures! This week we will finish shaping the top and it's finished. Great color choice Little Bit!

Wine Jewelry

Here is the finished product on the wine jewelry. I used ocean themed colors. Blue glass beads used for main area. Pearls and blue sea glass beads as accents. Then along the bottom row I used shells found here in Texas as more accent. My friend received the jewelry as a gift and here is her finished display of it. Beautiful!!!

New Hobby

I want to try my hand at this beaded wine jewelry.  Very much outside the box for me.  As time permits I'm going to give it a shot though.  Stay tuned....

Busy as a bee!

My little blog has been neglected lately.  I have been consumed with the new school year.  I am teaching classes to a homeschool group.  Below are some pics from my Biology class.  Dissection has been going great and is a lot of fun with the teens.  I love working with the teens now.  In my K-1 class we are using paper mache to make a volcano.  Each week we read a book on volcano's either a fiction or more informational type, then we keep working on our volcanos.  In two weeks we will be exploding our volcanos.  The kids are really excited about that.  I will post pics later.  I haven't had any time to knit or crochet.  (I miss it!).  I am excited to announce I will be crocheting an owl hat for a friend for her little girls birthday.  I received the pattern and will be headed to find yarn this week.  Should be a fun project.  I will get better about updating my blog now that I'm in somewhat of a routine.  Our school year just feels so much busier this year.  

From our Earthworm Dissection day.

Getting ready for frog dissection.

First Week we look in the mouth, remove the tongue, view external features.  Woo Hoo.
 More graphic photos to come next week.

Log Cabins

We are kicking off the beginning of our Little House on the Prairie unit study with mini log cabins. This is the start of them. We need to add more "logs" and then cut window holes.

Radharani and Arjuna

This is Little Woman's new Radharani doll.   She is an Indian Queen.  Little Bit was born on Radharani's birthday while India was celebrating.  We decided to use this as her middle name.

Here are the two together.  Radharani is in her Choli (shirt) and skirt here.  This skirt is also used to tuck her Sari in (below).  Little Bit sewed both the shirt and skirt herself with almost no help.

Another picture of Little Boy's Arjuna.   Head archer and warrior in Indian stories.  Little Boy's middle name.

Wearing her Sari.

India studies

Here is the little woman in a sari her grandmother mailed her.

India Boy Doll

For our India World Religion studies the little ones and I are making India dolls. Here is Little Boy's doll named "Arjuna". Arjuna was a chief archer and strong warrior.

Fairy

Here is one of Little Bit's fairies.  She made about a dozen of them.

Fairy Houses!

Today we made Fairy Houses and Fairies.  This first one is the one Little Bit made.  We used oatmeal containers for the log.  Silk flowers and other do dads for decoration.

This next one is the one I made, I'm going to give it to a little girl we know who loves fairies too.

Here is the one Little Boy made.  His is a scene from the beach.  With sand glued on, shells, and lots of driftwood and seaweed.  

Rocks In His Head

After last nights story "Rocks in His Head" Little Boy needed one of my shell displaying shelves to display his rocks in the living room. We need to build some little shelves to display them a bit better. It's a start though.

Project Expo

Recently one of our homeschool groups had an Expo to show off things the kids enjoy learning about. Litte Boy brought his rock collection which is a huge part of his life. He also brought along the book that we read three years ago that helped fuel the passion.

Little woman showed off her love of all things Winnie-the-pooh. She has done a big literature study on Milne. She included her work along with all her crafty things (art, apron, purses, pouches, pen pal box, and bed pillows).

Dino Pack

Little boy saw this fabric and had to have another pack. It goes everywhere with us. It's usually loaded down with some serious treasures.

Dish cloths

I hadn't been knitting the last couple of months. It's seems the summer thing hit me and I just wasn't feeling into it.

This past week I've had a bit of a need for some new dishcloths. I've begun whipping them out and am actually really enjoying it. Now I'm digging all around the house for my cottons.

These were crocheted with some scraps found.