More shaped bokeh & a kid craft

He’s playing with the straw from my Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffee Jason brought me, this morning. It’s the only way I could get him to sit still. That and obnoxiously singing the ABC’s and Row, Row, Row Your Boat. They came out alright, but I still need practice with this. I used the cookie press discs to take them. I am thinking I should lock it between my lens and UV filter, so that it won’t move when I move. The photos are slightly blurred. Or maybe my manual focusing really sucks that much. I’ll practice with Nathan, later!

Speaking of my eldest, when he spent the weekend at Grandma Linda’s (after Thanksgiving), he came home with a lovely pine cone covered in silver glitter ready to hang on our tree. He also had two “naked” pine cones for us to cover ourselves. It’s been nearly two weeks and we’re just getting around to it. We chose purple glitter! One of our ornaments broke, so I super glued the top of it to the pine cone for it to hang. It’s so pretty! Thanks, Grandma Linda!

glittery pinecone [1]

glittery pinecone [2]

i like mail

365.287: my first malabrigoI love it when I get packages in the mail. Yesterday, I got THREE. 2 from paperbackswap.com and one that had something AWESOME-R THAN BOOKS in it. What could that be, you ask!?! YARN. deliciously soft and beautifully GREEN yarn.

I think I’m in love, guys. I want to ball it up and use it ASAP. However, because I decided to make those granny square slippers, I stopped working on Celestine. I just hadn’t anticipated how lovely the sock yarn would be. I do have other sock needles, but the ones I’m using for that project are my favorites!

The Malabrigo Sock deserves the best. I’m glad I have a blog to proclaim my love for this inanimate object. :)

365.272: yarny pumpkins

I found this fabulous tutorial for apple yarn favors. Since October is like 2 days away, we made pumpkins! We also made an apple, and a tree. They’re super easy!

365.264: cross-stitch monday

I think it’s interesting that knitting the same stitch over and over can get so monotonous, yet cross-stitching is really fun. I mean, it’s just a bunch of tiny X’s. It should be the boring monotonous craft. But it’s not. I really dig it! It’s definitely a good breastfeeding craft, too! No worries of stabbing baby eyes with long sticks.

completed amigurumi bear

bear on the road!

I finished attaching this guy’s little limbs, in the car on the way to the park, yesterday.


Pattern: Bedfellows by Camilla Engman, in The Happy hooker
Yarns: Lion Wool (pumpkin), Hobby Lobby Bamboospun (sea blue), and Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn! (old leaf)
Hooks: 5.0mm (H) and 6.5mm (K)
Mods: I made the bear, but used the bunny’s head pattern. I followed the errata directions and made the arm/slegs stubbier than the book pattern.

You can see more photos of my ravelry page, here, or on my flickr crochet set, here.


By the way, I’ve finally reached the bind-off on the pinwheel baby blanket. it’s only 700 stitches. *shudder*