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“It’s a Girl Thing” Kits
The kits are finished!! Many, many thanks to the nine ladies and three girls who helped sew, and the ladies who purchased fabric and undies for this project! Together, we have blessed and changed the...
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Beads and wire, and a little mania
Little Hen and I have been very busy the past two days working on Christmas gifts. It may have, um, gotten a little out of hand. After a little mishap in which a certain little boy decided it would...
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A good, quiet morning
…reading a few chapters in Ann Voskamp’s book before the children were up… …enjoying granola in the breakfast nook after morning chores, watching chickens, ducks mucking happily around the yard...
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Forest Quilts
A friend from the coast and my next-door neighbor are both expecting, and we wanted to make them both something special. The girls and I shopped the remnant section at Fabric Depot, as well as the...
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Tactile Play Part I
Grandma Jan and Cousin Ruby got the children Perler Beads last week. I have fond memories of making Perler Bead crafts with friends as a child, and was pleased to see how much the children enjoyed...
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Yarn Along
Anyone else starting to feel the Christmas-knitting pressure? Finished a simple scarf (white mohair stash yarn I bought in college), and about to cast on some socks. The yarn is a heathered grey...
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Yarn Along – Rhythm of the Home
I have a piece in the new issue of Rhythm of the Home . It just came out today! Hope you get a chance to read and try out the recipe – it is a family favorite. The entire issue is packed with...
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The Tomten and the Fox
Needle felting is one of those crafts we feel drawn toward more in the winter months. Both of the girls really enjoy making Christmas ornaments and decorations. Harold is learning to use the needle...
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Christmas Preparations
We’re finally getting the sewing cleared away and readying the dining nook for Christmas dinner. (That big bag of oats will shortly become granola for Christmas gifts. ) And putting out some...
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Play Kits to go
Joining Nicole’s KCCO this week with a project I finished before the holidays, but am just now getting around to photographing. The toy baskets were getting out of control. One of the children would...
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Mending and Muscari
One of my favorite wool sweaters finally wore a hole in the elbow. It was from the thrift store and had quite a bit of wear when I found it, but I liked the blue-grey color, and I’m always a sucker...
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Healing Salve Recipe
‘Tis the Season to make Christmas gifts, and Bea and I started yesterday morning, making another, larger batch of comfrey-rosemary salve. (Joining the KCCO today.) Comfrey, also known as knit-bone,...
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Needle-Felting Kit
The girls wanted to share about a recent birthday gift they made for a friend: a simple needle-felting kit. My kids – like many kids – really enjoy playing and crafting with bit of wool and yarn....
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Little Tomte, Wooly Squirrel
Astrid Lindgren’s The Tomten and The Tomten and the Fox are two of our most-cherished winter-time books. I adored them as a child, and am very glad my kids love them, too. A few years ago, Ruth made...
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Red Squirrel
Ruth finished her little needle-felted squirrel. What it looked like a few days ago: natural wool for the core. Over the top went a white front and orange body, and finally peaked ears, and eyes....
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