Welcome to the new rage- Sensory Bins. Our first indoor sensory bin is rice with all the old train set stuff and a couple random things I found. The girls absolutely love it and I see more sensory bins in the future. Here are some of my ideas:
construction (trucks, rocks, tp tube)
fishing (marbles, fishing rod & fish from swap)
holiday themed
alphabet soup filler & ?
Great ideas here: http://puppydogtails.blogspot.com/p/sensory-bins.html
Monday, December 5, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
cardboard people Dec 2011
We got a gift in a very large box so the girls had a great time creating life sized versions of themselves. Lillian said it would take too much time to put stripes down the body of the shirt, but if you notice, the arms are in the same color sequence as her shirt. Phoebe had a great time drawing details- including a belly button, fairy panties & the boo boo on her knee.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
ice scraper
I drafted this and meant to post a while ago... I wanted to make a bunch of my gifts this year. This idea came to me from a book- I got nearly halfway through the book pattern before I realized I hated it. I ripped the whole thing out and began again, this time with my own pattern. I didn't write it down and it took me forever to recreate the damn increase round. Lesson learned. Write it down immediately next time! So, I am pretty sure this is the pattern- or close enough.
CO 16, join in the round careful not to twist
[k2, p2] repeat until piece measures 1.5 inches
k1 kfb (24)
p all
k1 kfb kfb kfb (42)
p all
kfb (84 stitches)
p all
k2, [p2, k6, p2, k4] repeat 5 times, p2, k2
add a cable every few (maybe 5?) rows on the k6 - until there are 8 cables
k all
p all
repeat last two rows 5 times
BO
Monday, September 26, 2011
Rainbow swap Oct 2011
I knit this little bag for an upcoming Rainbow swap. I made my own pattern for it which was a lot of fun. I'm not sure I remember exactly what I did but basically cast on 40 stitches, knit in the round 7 rows then increased twice every other row with a cable running down the middle. I think I increased to 60, knit an inch or so more then decreased evenly around the bottom (cable pattern stopped at the decrease).
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Yummy fried rice (w/o soy!)
now that we've added eggs back into the diet we gave fried rice a try - but it still needed to be soy & dairy free so here is what we tried:
http://www.thenondairyqueen.com/2010/08/soy-free-fried-rice.html
It was pretty tasty!
http://www.thenondairyqueen.com/2010/08/soy-free-fried-rice.html
It was pretty tasty!
Friday, September 2, 2011
Knit chickens
Just a few little chickens for the upcoming bits of goodness farm swap. These were a bunch of fun to make and Lillian is begging me to make her one.
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