Lately - Dernièrement

Our new puppy!!! 

Notre nouveau chiot!

Loane recently finished her block on north american natives

Loane vient de terminer son bloc d'étude sur les amérindiens

doll made by Pippa

une poupée fabriquée par Pippa

neck  warmers made by the girls using yarn that they dyed themselves

des cols en laine fabriqués par les filles avec de laine qu'elles ont teinte elles-mêmes

our Pippa elf turned 11!

notre elfe Pippa a fêté ses 11 ans!

little horse sewn by Loane

petit cheval cousu et brodé par Loane

Advent has begun and we are currently reading Jakob Streit's beautiful book on the birth and childhood of Jesus Christ with the big girls 

cette année pour l'Avent, nous lisons le très beau livre de Jakob Streit La naissance et l'enfance de Jésus avec les grandes filles  

Handwork

Lucie's first shawl

working away at my own projects while the girls work on theirs

I think Lucie now shares my shawl addiction! Though she doesn't enjoy knitting very much, she loves to crochet. She made her first shawl with some leftover mohair I had. She is very pleased with it and already on to making another one using different scraps of my leftover yarn. I love to see her working so enthusiastically and seeing every bit of yarn in our house getting used up (made into something beautiful!) and not wasted. 

Keep Calm Craft On: Tunic and Lacy Baktus

Joining Nicole at Frontier Dreams for Keep Calm Craft On…

my Taproot tunic

and a recently finished Lacy Baktus

Happy crafting on!

Around Here

Pippa, our flower fairy

strawberries for strawberry-honey jam

sewing doll clothes with Loane

Evan's Quilt

Last winter, I had in mind to sew a quilt in time to welcome our new baby, but sadly, our little Evan passed away when I had just barely begun working on it. A friend of mine had gone through her beautiful fabric stash and had selected a bag of  material that she thought I might like to use for it. I was about to return it to her when I changed my mind and decided to go ahead with the project. My "welcoming baby quilt" then became my "memory of baby quilt". A lot of tears and a lot of love have gone into this sewing (healing) project and though it cannot be used to comfort my little boy, it does now comfort me (somewhat).

Keep Calm Craft On: Basket of Fruit and Summer Skirt

Joining Nicole at Frontier Dreams for Keep Calm Craft On…

I recently finished preparing this basket of knitted play fruit for the children at our Waldorf-inspired summer camp. Sadly, my girls will not be attending this year (too old!). I adapted (knit in the round instead of flat) some patterns from Susie Johns  Knitted Fruit book. For the strawberries, apple and pear, I used patterns from Linda Dawkins. My Ravelry notes can be found here.

Over the weekend I sewed myself a new summer skirt using a skirt that I already own and love as a model (no pattern!). The fabric is lovely Anna Maria Horner. 

Happy crafting on!