new year projects

to do:

raising ty
leaving my job- done
building a greenhouse
build a compost bin
starting a raised bed garden
get worms to create organic fertilizer
living as frugal as possible on one income.
pay off our credit cards and run them through the shredder
plan tim and danille's baby shower

continue:

making our bread
making our own soap

the lucy bag

this is my lucy ball bag. it's a knitted bag that you then felt. i recommend not using the washing machine, i broke ours felting my bag and had to call the not so friendly repairman. that of course is a different story. anyway the bag is knitted in the round knitting every row untill you get to the straps. there is a little one and a longer strap. the long strap is threadded though the short one to create the closure. for this bag i used alpaca yarn that i spun myself it was a single ply white. i love this project because i was able to practice my spinning and it didn't matter really how the yarn came out because i felted the project. so when you felt wool or alpaca yarn in a project the yarn becomes one fabric. the loops of the knitting shrink and the individual fibers mesh together thus becoming one piece of fabric.

what have you been up to?

baby surprise jacket. it really does work.

scrubbie dish cloth

frilly round dish cloth

a hat for a fashion diva i know

scarf

more dish clothes.

socks for ty. i'm goong to put them on him with his christmas outfit.



socks to be knitted for a friend and my father-in-law.

stockings for the mantel. i'm still working on daddy's and haven't started mine.

i should be ashamed of my self

i have so much yarn mostly of the acrylic variety. i should be ashamed of my shelf. i must have 6 banana boxes full. i'm going to use this on some projects but, i'm thinking of switching completely over to organic cotton for dish clothes and other natural animal fibers. i have a good supply of alpaca yarn and roving right now. some of the people on my Christmas list are getting homemade socks.

tubbie time

tyler at five months in the tub. what a great time, he loves the water and just discovered while in this bath that you can splash in the water. also discovered a new bath time game, i call it water fountain. where ty pretends he is a water fountain. by peeing in the water, it makes a splashing noise. which he really enjoyes.





i wish i had a camera. i love the look on his face when he discovers something new. like when he was rolling over for the first time, he looked terrified, and then laughed when he was done and it didn't hurt. but it is so alarming to him when he is doing something new.

busy with nothing

i have felt so busy these last days, that i haven't even had time to post my thoughts. but now that i look back on these days i can't really figure out what i was so busy with.

i mean besides digging a trench to the garage that is under construction.

getting new windows put in the new to us house. oh yeah and i never know when the builders/insallers will show up.

i'm thinking of using the old windows to hopefully build a greenhouse next year. for starting seedlings. the next growing season i'm going to be purchasing starter plants.

i have to get concrete block or lumber to build some raised planting beds.

i have to get the tulip bulbs and egyption walking onions in the ground befor too long.

possibly clean up the side property line shared with walt. it's an eye sore i'm sure at one time it was nice with trees all planted in a row. but now the under brush has taken over for sometime.

take pictures of the yard now and in the spring, to be used as before and after shots.

and take care of a 5 month old in the process no small task. as all you other wonder moms know.

roll over red rover

12:23 on sunday ty rolled from his stomach to his back. he was very happy with his accomplishment until auntie ica rolled him back over on his stomach so he could do it again. he never did. the first time rolling over for him was quite shocking and he wasn't up for a repeat performance. i think it is so funny to watch ty do something that he has never done before. ty always has such an allarmed look on his face. and when he has accomplished what ever he looks so releaved. i guess it would be terrifing to do something that you didn't even know you were doing, and i also guess that when you where finished that it would be quite a releaf that no one got hurt.