Category Archives: crafts
Sock Love
When I learned to knit as a kid – I think it was as a Pioneer Girl (like Girl Scouts) to earn a badge – my mother passed her knitting equipment to me. I used the heck out of everything … Continue reading
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Craft-o-rama Waldorf-style
We’ve just completed one full cycle of our Waldorf in the Woods playgroup and the second cycle starts this Thursday. Eeeep! My intent was to ride the momentum of the first cycle through the start of the second cycle, since … Continue reading
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How to Knit a Horse
Lots of interest in the horse I knit, so I will post very general directions here adapted from the pattern in Bonnie Gosse and Jill Allerton’s A First Book of Knitting for Children. The title means that the directions are … Continue reading
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I Dub Thee "Finito"
I actually completed a handwork project yesterday. Okay, so it was after the event it was intended for, but still it’s FINISHED! I actually gave the horse to my friend at her baby shower with just a partial mane and … Continue reading
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The Article I Wish I had Written about the Blogger I Wish I Was
Just back from my Knit Pig Meetup, which was smaller than anticipated because of a local outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Virus (yuck). Because so many people had wanted to attend the meetup, I had shifted the location of … Continue reading
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More Pig Stuff
We had a joint playdate (diaperfree+attachment parenting meetup) in Irvine today – yes, the OC town where two kids have been diagnosed as having the dreaded swine flu. But as with all but one of the American cases of the … Continue reading
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Pigs and Things
At my husband’s urging, Christian and I have decided to forego all get-togethers where lots of babies exchange saliva chewing each other’s toys this week – what with swine flu breaking out all over California. Bella’s principal even called last … Continue reading
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Crochet Your Own Woolen Soaker
I’m up late finishing an art capsule or two for my spending money this month and thinking about how I am going to get my house in order before a dozen moms with toddlers in tow show up tomorrow at … Continue reading
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Waldorf School Store
After dropping in on the Waldorf School of Orange County’s school store (called The Company of Angels) a few weeks ago, I was so smitten that I immediately went home and organized a meetup there. And since just meeting in … Continue reading
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Fruit Sling Ti-Ti
Chad was just last night speculating how much Noi naa, my niece, was going to enjoy her cousin Christian this Christmas now that he’s grinning and recognizing people so well. She loved him when he couldn’t much more than lean … Continue reading
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