Sleeping Spring..

I know your under there.

Somewhere.

Under all that snow.

Spring.

Sleeping.

Little wall hanging created on a DIY 

frame loom with:

Naturally dyed hand spun yarn,

Recycled sweater yarn,

Reclaimed yarn,

and 

a stick from my stash.

~

Yarn Along..

Goldenrod over dyed with Indigo..

Had to knit it up for myself.

For some reason I am in LOVE with brilliant green lately.

Probably because it it so gray here.

Scarf pattern:

'Terrain'

by

Kallio Knits

Reading:

Uppercase Magazine

I've been wanting to subscribe to Uppercase for some time now.

When I read that this issue had a feature on feed sacks, 

I knew it was time to jump on board.

Uppercase is absolutely wonderful.

Savoring 

every

single

page.

There are a lot of familiar fabrics in the magazine.

These little quilt squares were sewn by hand, while I was camping, over

20 years ago.  Ironed them with a coffee pot as I went.

So much fun to pull them out of the attic and see them again.

Dad even remembers a shirt made from one of the fabrics as a child.

Any other feed sack fabric fans out there??

~

Joining Ginny

Snow..

 All the snow recently had me thinking about one of my 

favorite books as a kid..

 

Do you ever do that?

Read the books that hang in sweet memories

of childhood?

The original 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'

..'Wacky Wednesday'..

SNOW!

I've been dreaming about this little Japanese

out-of-print book that I came across on Pinterest

quite a while ago.

Lisa from 'This and That from Japan' was able

to track down a copy!

..gasp..

(Lisa is totally amazing and I can't recommend her shop enough)

Weaving with reclaimed fabric.

Many of you know how much I love sourcing

reclaimed materials.

Thrift shops, estate sales, random things

given to me from folks who know I love yarn.

Even though there are at least three proper looms in the house,

I still love to just "weave with what I have".

Cardboard from a shoe box,

reclaimed sweater yarn,

take-out fork,

and a

plastic darning needle from thrifting...

=

a fun little mug rug!

..or..

a custom patch to decorate a plain bag.

So if you are suffering from a bit of the greys or cabin fever,

maybe you'll want to try digging out these..

~ a cheerful read that will make you smile.

~ some odds and ends in your stash and craft happy.

..instead of digging snow..

: )

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