Chunky Paws

When Mr T was tiny (and before I was really back into the knitting zone!) a friend sold me a lovely pair of thick chunky fingerless mittens for him.  He has worn them for years.  I was looking at my collection of chunky yarns left over from bunny hats and decided to have a go and knit a pair.  The pair I was inspired by was knitted in the flat but being less than keen on purling I had a go at a pair in the round.  Mr T was my "mannequin man" and decided he liked them but as he does have enough mittens I have listed them for sale on Etsy.  They fitted nicely and look a bit more boyish in the thicker yarn so I am planning to make up other colour sizes over the summer ready for autumn time.

Cherry Blossom

Thought I would share some springy craftiness today.  I love cherry blossom designs, so delicate and cheerful.  It won't be long before its blossom time in the UK and I can't wait.  I love the way the ground turns white and pink like snow when the petals get blown about.

'Almost time' by sparkymummy

Personalised Pendant Necklac... Careish $9	Japanese Cherry blossom geis... theancientmuse $42	Blossom CornishDragon $20	Japanese Paper earrings cher... PrettyKiku $14
Cerise Black White Decoupage... TopFloorTreasu... $13	Cherry Blossom and Red Kimon... PineShore $65	Red Apple Ornament decoupage... CatnipStudioTo... $14.75	Geisha ORIGINAL Oil Flowers ... PascualProduct... $49.99
Branche de Magnolia - 8x8 Fi... MarcoLaGrenoui... $22	red sakura fabric earrings borboletasnaba... $6	Japanese Clutch Bag, Light B... TomiBell $52	Easter Eggs avocado green or... CatnipStudioTo... $23
Mini Journal Notebook Sketch... LittleRhodyDes... $8.5	Hearts and Flowers Origami C... 3DCranes $12	Three Swallows - pocket watc... VillaSorgenfre... $24.9	Cherry blossom tile vintage ... damsontreepott... $40

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

Cheery Stripy Mittens

On my needles at the moment I have some mittens for a custom order.  I am really enjoying knitting them as they are a bit bigger than the ones I normally sell and as they are that bit bigger the colours and stripes on the yarn are coming out really well.  Mr T keeps eyeing up the blue and green striped ones and hinting (not very subtly) that he would quite like a pair like them!

Dr Seuss

If I am honest I have never really been a fan of Dr Seuss, I didn't really like his books as a child and hadn't been keen to read them to Mr T and Miss E.  Then a few months back I saw a video on Youtube from The Burning Man Festival of The Places You'll Go, and after many more viewings I absolutely love it!  We now have a copy of the book (thanks Mum) and as the children enjoyed it, and as our Home Ed group were planning on a Dr Seuss day we borrowed a few more books from the library and had a go at a few Seuss inspired activities.

Here are our "Wockets in the pockets"  Mr T did the middle one and the one on the left (he was keen to do two, which is rare as he isn't hugely keen on drawing and writing, think it was the stapler that won him over!).  Miss E did the one on the right, she drew her wockets and cut them out all herself!  Miss E really loved the book, she is at that age when rhyming words are a huge source fun.

We also added some funny feet to these creatures!  I had planned to make some playdoh wockets like these I found here but we ran out of time and energy in the end.  We will save them for another day.