Chip off the old block

Some time ago Nora fell and chipped her front tooth (while engaging in a very public oration regarding the absence of food in her belly). Just recently we've been able to obtain photographic evidence:




I wonder if she wants dip with that chip?

Three Thursday Things

Thursday is my favorite (English) name for a day of the week. I like the "th-" sound in most every applicable word and the "rs" part of Thursday sounds like a "z" (and "z" is my favorite sound).

What's your favorite sound?

Three Thursday Things

1. I was milling around and came across this blog (which everyone in the world knows exists but me) Juniper Moon Farm. I've already sent the link to Mr. Z with the subject line: "Things to get me for my birthday" (I'm referring to the farm stay, the fiber share, or any of the amazingly lovely yarn).

2. I'm a fan of owls (as, I find, most people are unless they've experienced a traumatic owl-attack in childhood) and I love this owl needlebook. Recently I've been obsessed with making tea wallets and would like to cough*steal*cough reproduce this design in the form of a tea wallet.

3. Yarn Swift!! Mr. Z built me a yarn swift for Christmas and I love it. I'll have to find the link to the tutorial but, the design is simple and folds up very small; it works beautifully.


My son (Jonah) loves to work the ball winder (Jonah added the blocks to the top of the wooden pegs for no reason apparent to me, but he claimed they were very necessary).

I'M GOING TO SAW!!!

It's a happy day in the house that is my head. I received my confirmation today that I'll be going to SAW for the Spring 2011 session. I believe I was lucky enough to get into all of my first choices.

This is happiness alert level 11, people!! Commeasurable with threat level purple!

I'm going to make something for the occasion- a bag? a shawl? flip flops? bolero? cheese curds? ...probably not cheese curds.

More updates to come when my head comes down from the clouds.

Anyone for tea? I have some in my wallet.

I am in love with tea wallets. They are fast and fun and make great little gifts.

I used this tutorial: http://blog.christyscreations.com/tea-wallet-tutorial/

On the wheel this week: I was able to make two very successful attempts at bowls. This is exciting because I haven't been able to make it to the art studio in many moons. They will be batter bowls and I will use them for pancakes and scrambled eggs.

Faking it for Lily

I'm self taught.

By "self taught" I mean I have no one teacher but rather I read multiple sources OR I look at a picture and try to figure it out (faking it). I've been faking quilts for a while now and my lovely sister just had a lovely baby so I'm going to fake her a quilt.



These little dolls will be sewn on white patchwork squares; I will "fake" embroider. Since I'm perpetually low on time, I hope to finish the quilt by her 12th birthday.

Just off the needles

I have two projects just finished this week. The first is a lace scarf (pattern here) made with the softest alpaca (a gift from my good friend Heather on her trip to France)



The second is actually off the hook--


... get it? OFF THE HOOK!

Changing the feng shui

Busy, busy, busy.

Lots of work and travel and projects recently.

I am participating in my first craft swap on craftster which has been very exciting. Unfortunately, I fell in love with the big item I made for my partner; fortunately, I now know how to make a duplicate! Pictures of all swap projects will be posted once I've sent.

On another note, I bought a Japanese crochet pattern book and am in love with every pattern. It's called Crochet Summer Accessories かぎ針で編む夏こもの