So I tried a strange experiment the other day while knitting up my Ewok. I needed some off-white yarn, but all I had was pure white. So, I threw my yarn in a pot and brewed it with some tea.
I know it looks like pasta, but it would not be an enjoyable dinner.
I probably should have left it in there for just a little longer, it could have used a bit more color, but it accomplished the job just fine.
Oh, and please don’t mind the dirty kitchen….
I just have to show this off. This is baby Brody! Baby of my dear friend and former roommate Hope Eifert.
He’s wearing the jacket and the booties I made for him! Granted the sweater looks like it’s getting a bit tight, but hey, the booties still fit! And how cute is he, with his blonde surfer hair! I love this little guy!
Hey my lovelies! I’ve got something good for you.
A GIVEAWAY! You can have your very own knit sweater. Well, your kid can, anyway.
Yep! It’s true! This could be yours! It’s a toddler size sweater, approximately 2T or 3T, I’m not super sure about the exact size. It’s purple and cream, it’s probably more of a girls sweater, however if you’re a big UW fan, it could go either way.
So you know the rules- you can enter by:
1. Leaving a comment
2. Putting a link to it on your blog
3. Putting a link onto your Facebook
So, you’ve got 3 chances to get entries into this Giveaway!
But remember, if you put it on your blog, please leave a second comment letting me know you’ve done so, so you can get your second entry. If you don’t leave a second comment you WON’T get your second entry, so make sure to do that!
Comments are going to be open until Tuesday night at 6:00pm. The winner will be randomly selected from the comments, so go comment away and put your entry in!
COMMENTS ARE CLOSED!
So I am aware that this doesn’t look like anything right now.
But later tonight, oh, it’ll be something.
Yesterday Paul got some fabric markers and decided to draw on the back of one of his sweatshirts.
(Paul drawing)
(Preliminary sketching)
(Outlining the sketch, right. Original, left)
(Paul wearing the finished product)
Pretty cool, no? He wanted to have a hoodie that had the Grumpy Joe Vandal on it. Joe Vandal is the U of I mascot, and apparently back in the day (I’m not sure how long ago) the logo had a grumpy Joe Vandal on it, but you can’t find it anywhere so he decided to just make one!
I ran it through the Random Number Generator and the winner is Paula!
Congrats, Paula! I’ll send you the lanky lamby soon!
So, this one didn’t quite turn out how I wanted him to, but hopefully you will still love him! So here is the giveaway!
He is a long-lanky Lamby! I made the legs and arms a bit too long!
(And behind him you can see the only two plants that survived our vacation! I forgot to get someone to water them, so only the succulents and our cactus survived!)
So you now the rules- you can enter by:
1. Leaving a comment
2. Put it on your blog
But remember, if you put it on your blog, please leave a second comment letting me know you’ve done so, so you can get your second entry. If you don’t leave a second comment you WON’T get your second entry, so make sure to do that!
The comments will be open until Friday at 6:00pm, so make sure to get your entries in by then!
I made ruffled headbands for all of the bridesmaids.
Here we are at the Bachelorette party, all wearing our headbands in our corresponding bridesmaid colors.
A little flippy, but that’s ok.
A lot blurry, but that’s ok too, I just got a picture of him wearing it, which is what I wanted.
And the dress for Bess’s baby girl
which I FINALLY got a picture of. I am kind of ridiculous, I forget to take pictures of things before I give them away!
Sorry for the longer-than-anticipated absence. We’re still working on getting my computer hooked up to the internet (you know, the computer with all my pictures and projects stored on it) so it’s been kind of a deterrent for blogging. So I finally gave up and decided to just to it on Pauls computer. We’re still working on getting the boxes unpacked, and as soon as we do that I will show you pictures of our lovely house. But until then you’ll just have to see what I’ve been making.
So, we had another round of baby showers this weekend, and again, I forgot to take a picture of Bess’s before it was wrapped and shipped off. So, you can see what 1/2 of it looked like, and that’s this:
So once it was finished it looked more like this (the original pattern):
And then some more baby-old-man sweaters:
The purple for Afton’s baby girl, and the brown for Emily’s baby boy, so the cute cousins can be matching.
And then I’ve been making another green dress, not for any one in particular, but this is a toddler size, so I am not sure who it will fit, but I am sure I can find a taker.
It’s a nice soft green color. Quite pretty, really.
Well, I best be off to unpack more boxes, but I will be back later this evening with a fun DIY!
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