Crafting On

MAKING: I decided to set aside my other project (since it is being troublesome and also because it is size 6 months) and get a quick something done up for Cricket to wear home from the hospital.  I was intending to sew up a kimono something like Adele's coming home outfit but then opted for the even quicker route.  I feel lazy about it- but not guilty.  I blanket stitched around those super cute little kimono onesies to match a pair of fox pants I got for a buck on clearance. Then I crocheted up a quick bonnet (when Matt saw he said "Ummmm...boys don't wear bonnets."  And I said, "This is a BOY bonnet so it is totally okay." 

I used Feels Like Butta yarn because I *love* the feel and texture of it but that gray ball was a bonafide headache to start.  It didn't unravel well at all and got so twisted and knotted up (and, I discovered as I tried to unknot, had SEVERAL open ends and several knotted together cut ends) when I first began that I wound up cutting off two balls that were somewhat intact and throwing away the rest of it.  A brand new skein of yarn!  (I NEVER do it- but I seriously wanted to kill it after hours of trying to unwind and unknot it.)  Maybe I will have enough of the leftover bits to crochet some matching booties.  The orange yarn is also Feels Like Butta and I didn't have that trouble with it- so maybe the gray was just a fluke. 

READING: Just started The Shaping of the Christian Family: How My Parents Nurtured My Faith by Elisabeth Elliott.   It's a bit different than I thought it would be- more autobiographical and less directional but I'm enjoying it.  It is one of those books I've had on my shelves for a long time and it feels good to just get to it already! 

DOING:  All the little jobs I've been trying to get through before Cricket comes.

• Cleaning the Spare Oom and rearranging
• Sorting books and cleaning School Room
• Bringing in the cradle and fixing up/cleaning the very-disgusting bedding that cats had used for cozy beds in the Granary.
• Fixing up the cradle and mattress
• Getting the bin of newborn stuff out
• Making some gifts and mailing them off
• Spiffying up the big van that my parents are letting us use so our whole family can FIT in the same VEHICLE!  We bought some rugs and air-fresheners to make it smell like us.  ;-)  (We should have just junked it up a bit with old shoes and books...that would have been a more authentic scent.)
• Canning tomatoes
• Dehyrading cherry tomatoes
• the going-home outfit

 Every time I finish a job I think "There!  Now Cricket can come!  I really wanted to get that done ahead of time!"  and then I find something else to do that I would really like to get done ahead of time.

The chill in the air makes me think I should start the summer/fall switch but you know what?!  THAT is where I put my foot DOWN.  We can all wrap in blankets or wear last years' coats that still hang in the mudroom before I haul a bunch of clothing bins to the house with this gigantic, aching belly. 

And THAT is final. 

crafting on...