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yarn baskets

i love that at 7, natasha is not too big to curl up on my lap and look for crafting ideas with me.  i also love that at 7, she is big enough to appreciate crafty blogs and read about projects that spark her interest. currently, we are both really liking playful learning and the crafty crow.  (we both miss updates from kiddley though, and natasha still asks every now and then if i will "print out a kiddley" aka one of these.)

last week, were inspired by a friend to knit with's  yarn basket project.  as luck would have it, we happened to have two balloons (our midwives had tied two pink balloons outside our front door on the morning greta was born- so they were special balloons).

  i have to tell you, handling glue soaked yarn took some major overcoming sensory issue fortitude on my part, but it was worth it. 



our baskets are currently holding chapstick. and sea glass.  can i just tell you how much more simple our lives have become now that we have a designated chapstick holder?  seriously.  maybe chapped lips and MIA lip balm aren't terribly emotional issues in your house, but around here, tears have been shed more times than i want to count.

natasha also quickly discoved that one of the baskets is perfect hat size for her. 
and also, um... hannibal lector mask?



yup, i sure love that wacky girl.

happy heart day

greta is four weeks old today!
i made her a hat using this recipe. the yarn is cascade 220 quatro.
hope you are having a great weekend!

a greta update

greta at three weeks:
-nurses a lot
-sleeps a lot (mostly snuggled up close with mom or dad, and sometimes her sister, and sometimes even by herself, in her basket, with her cozy warm blanket)
-makes a lot of funny new baby noises. often sounds like a little goat.  is a loud, gulpy nurser too, which totally kills me. 
-smells absolutely magical and amazing.  big accomplishment for someone who poops as much as she does.
-looks so much like her big sister did at this age that it freaks me out a tiny bit.  she has more hair than natasha had though.  then again, i think natasha was 2 before she had the amount of hair greta has now.
-still has furry little werewolf ears.  these also kill me.

greta at 3 wks, natasha at 3 wks. i feel like a baby cloner or something

it kind of hurts my eyes

but i kind of love it anyway.

peeking out from the milky, milky fog here to show you the log cabin blanket i've been working on here and there for the past few months.  i was inspired after borrowing a copy of mason dixon knitting from a friend. (scroll down in the link if you'd like instructions for making your own log cabin.)   this is a great way to use scraps and random odds and ends, and i love to have a project (or two, or ten) that i can put down and pick up in between other knitting. the log cabin is perfect for this because it's not as though you can lose your place, or forget what you were trying to accomplish in the first place. (this happens more frequently than i want to admit, when it comes to other orphaned projects.) the only bummer with the log cabin? weaving in all those ends!  

eventually, i'll be able to add on to this blanket. one day it might grow to generously cover a bed. but yesterday, i picked it up and decided to bind off, realizing that right now it is absolutely perfect greta snuggling size. i am all about anything that has to do with snuggling this baby.