DONE!

Okay so I felted this morning....very simple process! Although I did a marathon running up and down my stairs checking on it every 5 minutes! LOL It is currently drying on my deck as you can see. I can't wait to try it out! As I said before, if anyone would like to PURCHASE this wonderful pattern for a VERY simple yet chic bag please email my friend at Star Knits.

You can see in the backgroud that my DD is ready for swimming! I threw all the kiddos (but the baby) outdoors to get out of my hair....er I mean go have some fun. LOL J/K

We have story hour at the library later which is always fun too. Crafts and a vid and of course, the story. Other than that it's back to the ole routine of housework. Now what am I going to do with my time now that the bag is finished? I DO have that sock yarn.... :-)

My bag is almost done!

Here see! I HAVE been doing something constructive! LOL I am almost done with the bag and am ready to start felting it today. shiver shiver shake shake....I have never felted anything before so I am a bit nervous. But I think it's probably easier than it was to crochet this bag so I should be fine. If nothing else I'll shrink it to a little coin purse or something...lol not really. so here is a picture for you to see my "cafe au lait' purse.










Also there was a kids fair on post here that we went to this past weekend. It was FREE and a lot of fun, Did I mention FREE? We are low on $$ this month so anything FREE is awesome! LOL One of the Chapels on post was hosting it and they put a lot of work into it. FREE food and dessert (cotton candy, sno cones, and popcorn) A jumping castle, face painting, petting zoo and craft table. It was small but just right for our little ones.

Here's a pic of my little man STANDING next to a miniature horse. Yes I said standing! The little guy is on the move! No more of this crawling biz...he's almost running now!

And here's my oldest DD standing next to the cute little horse too! A little too short for her to ride though!

And here's my middlest DD in the jumping castle. She had a good time too...bumping into everything and everyone....lol

And a final parting shot of the back of my head...LOL that's all you get of my ugly mug. J/K

felting for the first time!

Ok so for those of you reading who don't know what felting is....it's when you knit/crochet in 100% wool and then throw it in some hot water to shrink it. The stitches are closed so -to-speak (ie no gaps) and you have a nice thick new fabric (kinda like when you accidentally shrink a sweater).

Anyways, I am testing out a pattern for a friend. When it's perfected feel free to stop over to starknits and order one! It's a really cute shoulder bag and so far it's really easy for a novice like me! I am trying to do it in a cafe au lait color skeem as Allena and I used to spend a lot of time talking over coffee. Mmmm Coffee.... I digress

Life over yonder hasn't been to exciting. My SIL come for the weekend so my kiddos got to hang out with their cousin. He's 18 months old and oh so cute! We had DH BBQ us some delicious ribs and let the kiddos run around in the sprinklers.




Well my kiddos are screaming over a toy so I'd better wrap this up. TTYL