Uh-ha

I bought the book If You Want To Write. And a sketch book.

Now I have to use both.

Special cat pillow

This weeks craft projects. This week I made toddler capes http://www.momsrising.org/blog/how-to-make-a-superhero-cape-by-lara-from-howdoesshe/

Two blue and red, and one yellow and green, they turned out pretty great, they just need Velcro.

And I made a leopard fleece blanket, finally using some of my stashed leopard fleece.

And I made a pillow for Trixie, using an old squishy pillow and a newer squishy pillow, I made a larger, flatter, deeper pillow, and a .... Fleece pillow cover, for the winter.

And that's the project I was going write about for a minute, it makes me a bit sad I'm too lazy to do this on my computer, so the pictures will be in willy nilly.

First up, the tiny little styrofoam pellets, are unmanageable! I cut a little hole to move pellets from one pillow to the new, and the hole on the new pillow was too small, so, that was... a challenge, in the end, I just worked the old pillow into the new, I thought I would make it easier to get the pellets out... It did, but then I couldn't get the old pillow out of the new with out a pelletastropy, so it is in there still.

I took a little break in that project to do the other projects for a bit, and when I returned to it, I remembered I had one of those canning funnels, a regular funnel would not have worked, I thought about it. But the canning funnel worked fairly well actually, and I emptied 2/3 of a new squishy pillow into the other new pillow (I'm making myself dizzy) then as I was trying to stop poring pellets, the canning funnel pulled out of the pillow and pellets went everywhere!!!

Bu the pillow is a success with the cats, both the one it was intended for and the other one, its never not been occupied for the 24 hours its been complete.

The best decision I made though was to finish the pellets right before I planned to vacuum.

Enjoy the photos

New Years resolutions.

I have a million resolutions, and the ones that apply to this blog are;

1. To keep up my blogs
2. To create one piece of Art per month
3. To Knit everyday. (And to knit 26 pairs of baby socks for pregnant friends)
8. Learn to write a novel
12. Write two knitting patterns

I have not started to sew today, but on my calendar Tuesday and Wednesday will be craft days. This week I plan to make one or two cat pillows, fleece on one side and a purple stretchy fabric on the other side, and filled with the tiny styrofoam pellets I hope Trixie will like them. I am also planning to make a blanket with some of the leopard fleece. Lastly I need to make some toddler capes. I found the fabric I really wanted, after I bought this other stuff. Oh well if they work out, I'll try with the other stuff.

Now some pictures.


We have my new Amish swift, Lauren's socks, a baby sock new to a pen for size reference, and Trixie on a squishy pillow. She is a cat that likes a squishy pillow.

New Years resolutions.

I have a million resolutions, and the ones that apply to this blog are;

1. To keep up my blogs
2. To create one piece of Art per month
3. To Knit everyday. (And to knit 26 pairs of baby socks for pregnant friends)
8. Learn to write a novel
12. Write two knitting patterns

I have not started to sew today, but on my calendar Tuesday and Wednesday will be craft days. This week I plan to make one or two cat pillows, fleece on one side and a purple stretchy fabric on the other side, and filled with the tiny styrofoam pellets I hope Trixie will like them. I am also planning to make a blanket with some of the leopard fleece. Lastly I need to make some toddler capes. I found the fabric I really wanted, after I bought this other stuff. Oh well if they work out, I'll try with the other stuff.

Now some pictures.


We have my new Amish swift, Lauren's socks, a baby sock new to a pen for size reference, and Trixie on a squishy pillow. She is a cat that likes a squishy pillow.