Quest for Creative Outlet

When Ian went to Golden Valley Charter School, some of the moms would meet and have a knitting group. I wanted to learn to knit but I never made it to the group. I thought about it and decided that I could teach my self. So I learned with the help of YouTube. I made some scraves for the kids for Christmas.

From there I wanted to knit more things than scraves. So I looked into making a little toy for Ellie. I couldn't find any patterns for knitting cute toys, but there were crocheting patterns everywhere! So I used YouTube yet again, and learned how to do amigurami the Japanese art of crocheting small toys.

Ian's bear "Luke".

Ellie's Piggie.

In the midst of all this I found "needle felting" and made a cute bunny. You start with raw wool and poke it with barbed needles 'til it turnes into what you want.
I sure found a lot of crafty hobbies all at once! It has been fun! Now I'm trying to get my sisters to try the Amigurami too...

Halloween Again! Again!

I wanted to post more Halloween pictures. The kids are very IMAGINATIVE when it comes to costumes. We don't usually buy them. The kids create them. Isobel is a mummy here (toilet paper should do the trick!) and Ian is a Chinese man (Kacy brought an outfit for Ian from her stay in China. He wears it regularly, not as a costume. I think he was lazy about dressing up).
We also made a gingerbread haunted house. The whole family got in on this one! Notice Ellie with the scissors in hand!

Stop-Motion Family Home Evening

Featuring Lego!