De-Knotting Daughter's Yarn

I was about to start some housework when I saw a crumpled plastic bag, containing my eldest daughter's crochet project. Her first one ever, if you don't count the forest green square she made when learning over Thanksgiving break six ago.

And I remembered her request in the car on the way home from school yesterday. "Mama, can you get a knot out again? I'm stuck."

While I'm at it, I think I'll re-wind the whole ball -- for some reason, it's been getting knotted up way more than usual.

At some point, I'll teach her how to de-knot (and re-wind) yarn herself. But for now, during this time of setting a foundation for a skill that I'd like to last her a lifetime, not just be a two-month passing interest, I think I'll make it as easy as possible for her to pick up her hook and crochet! The housework can wait fifteen minutes.

I'm Back...

Over the last 21 months of non-posts here on Made By K, I have been making things.

And I've been writing blog posts. In my head. Perhaps it's time to write them on my laptop (or my phone, in this case) instead.

In other news, I learned to knit recently! Saw a fun knit+crochet headband at a store. Bought it. Reverse engineered it. Then proceeded to make it in six different color combinations.


And tonight, with all that fun yarn that's leftover and having just finished cleaning up my workroom, I was about to start an eight-strand never-ending spiral granny square blanket, but then remembered I want to get back to my "won't start one till two are done" system!

And that makes me think of all sorts of other things I want to write, but I'll leave that for another time.

Till next time. Hopefully sooner Sept. 30, 2016 (i.e. 21 months from now).

I think I can manage that...

Ruthy's Pencil Case

Ruthy made it onto her plane yesterday. And so did her pencil case. I did finish in time. 

Roadtrip

On our way home after a too-short visit with dear friends and family. Ruthy, our intern last year, flies back to Germany tomorrow. Think I'll get her pencil case done in time?

Fancy Owl

As I sit here in my painting clothes, ready to finish painting the basement walls, why not post a photo of someone dressed much nicer?

Fancy Owl lives up to her name with a glittery red satin body (it's hard to see the tiny pieces of glitter in the photo above but they're there) and flashy blue lamé eyes and peachy sequined beak and her lacy wings (made out of a lace collar, still in its package, left here by the previous tenants of the house; so glad I didn't chuck it with all the rest of the junk we chucked after moving in).

Accessory: removable pearl necklace.