Thrifted Lately

I haven’t ben to the thrift store in a while, but had some donations (ironically, for downsizing towards something closer to minimalism, but of course when I’m there… I have a look) and I found these beautiful beaded deer skin moccasins for $2.  Too small for K, saving for a next baby (no, not pregnant), but I love them so much.  They are unbelievably soft.  I also found some pants for K, a blue silk dress that I cannot for the life of me take a decent picture of, and a shadow box for G who has been wanting one for military things.   

We went to the river tonight for an evening walk and I failed to take a sunset picture, but this one from dusk still reminds me of the moment.  Overall it was a productive weekend, books read, toys strewn about and put away and repeated many times, electrical fixed up in the garage to close a building permit (super fun), laundry done, kitchen clean.  

Ready (sort of) for a new week to begin.

Listening to: Leave something behind - Sean Rowe  

Today

K has been sick all weekend, so we have been lying low: holding, rocking, reading, wearing, driving aimlessly through backroads to let her have a nap, because stopping at a red light would wake her up, and napping without the car was just not gonna happen.

Two moments I want to remember from this afternoon: napping in the Ergo (has been awhile since she napped in a wrap or carry), and her picking out every single bird on this page of one of her new favorite books (the one from Santa), and proclaiming for each one “bird... bird... bird.”

Knit, read, repeat

Well, we are 11 days into January and I’m still finishing Christmas things (are the Christmas projects ever done before Christmas?).  This year I made two tiny versions of the Softies from Posie Gets Cozy to be ornaments and I love how they came out.  K loves them as well, but to be honest her favorite ornaments are still the birds.

For the pattern, I just photocopied the regular pattern at 58%, but you could do any size.  The only limitation would be the thickness of the felt not translating well to a super tiny one, but still there are so many possibilities.

The baby Juniper kitty has a little pink velvet dress to match K’s Christmas dress – calling her June berry.  She has little embroidered paws to match the felt paws I added to Juniper kitty from her birthday.  I knit a tiny Clara dress for each doe, calling them both Snowdrop doe for Christmas connotations, and just finally finished last night.

I started working on these last spring, mostly on late nights where I stay up after K goes to bed to decompress and to make.  I should be sleeping, but often, no matter how tired I am, I need time to make things first, and so slowly the nights and the stitches add up, and things get finished.

So that’s the knitting.  I’ve really only been reading children’s books this year, and this one is so sweet.  The little bear wonders where all the colors have gone in the snow, and each animal brings objects for the snow tree that symbolize something to remember or to be thankful for in each season.

Knitting and reading with G Sheller.