Posted in American Sign Language, children's books, tagged American Sign Language, ASL, children's books, fairy tales, wolf on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Wolves seem to be in every other fairy tale that I read with my kids. I guess that when they were written, wolves were a real fearsome beast. Here are a few of my favorite stories that have wolves in them:
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
I started a Scieszka/Smith collection before [...]
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged crochet, etsy, fairy tales, puppet, red riding hood, shopping, wolf on February 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Wolves seem to be in every other fairy tale, so when my dear husband challenged me to create a puppet wolf after I finished my Red Riding Hood I figured it would be a good idea. Since I was going to all the trouble of creating him by myself, I spent a long time [...]
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged cheesecake, crochet, etsy, lollipops, shopping, strawberries on February 25, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Mmm, mmm, good enough to eat — almost. Yummy Pancake’s shop is filled with crocheted goodies that can make your mouth water. She thinks up great packaging, like the lollipop face cloths; it just makes you want to buy them.
My mother in law was visiting recently and bought us some Cheesecake Factory cheesecake, [...]
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged coaster, cotton yarn, crochet, crochet pattern, flower on February 21, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I decided to attempt to make up a simple pattern for a flower shaped coaster to use some of the cotton worsted yarn I have in my yarn bin devoted to cotton worsted. Feel free to use this pattern to make these for yourself, family, or friends. Please do not sell the pattern. [...]
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged crochet, crochet patterns, dolls, hats, stuffed animals on February 18, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Some of you may be crocheters yourself and be interested in patterns instead of finished items. If you are, there are many to choose from within the etsyhooker shops at etsy.
A few I would like to try out sometime include the following:
I have a few friends in the armed services, so I like the [...]
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged baby shower, baby sweater, crochet, etsy, flower, pineapple, table runner on February 11, 2008 | 10 Comments »
This is a case of an avatar drawing me in to check out the store. FuzzyLumpkinCrochet’s flower avatar caught my attention because I just returned two books to the local library filled with flower patterns. I admire all of the color changes in this flower. As those of you who crochet know, [...]
Posted in American Sign Language, children's books, paper crafts, tagged ASL, children's books, emotions, feelings, playgroup, sign language on February 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
February seems to be the perfect month to have a theme based upon feelings. Emotions can be difficult for kids to understand, so being able to have a sign for them can be helpful. Of course, along with the sign you really need to use your face to convey the meaning; the face [...]
Posted in knifty knitter, knitting loom, tagged knifty knitter, knitting loom, leg warmers, yarn on February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I pulled out my Christmas gift the other day to start a different kind of project. I want to learn more than the basic stitch that came with the knitting loom set, so I checked out Loom Knitting Primer by Isela Phelps from the local library.
I have already made a hat from this book, [...]
Posted in children's books, crochet, etsy, tagged children's books, crochet, doll, etsy, puppet, red riding hood on February 4, 2008 | No Comments »
I just finished this darling new puppet last night during the Super Bowl. (Click the photos to see more in my shop.) I had to figure out her face and hair. I checked out several sites online with suggestions for putting yarn hair on a doll. Many of them expected more [...]
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged American Girl doll, bunny, crochet, doll clothes, etsy, monkey on February 4, 2008 | 7 Comments »
This week I thought I would share some items in a common theme from a variety of the Etsyhookers. Since I have been experimenting with some dolls and puppets myself, I checked out some of the awesome creations that other members are offering.
Want to she the front of this cute monkey? Just click [...]
