The Easter outfit is complete

Yesterday afternoon I put the finishing touches on Anna Mary's Easter longies/skirty. This morning I weaved in the ends and took some pictures. I still have to wash and lanolize them, which I better get done soon so that they are ready for her to wear to church tomorrow night. Wow, that took alot of yarn. Originally I ordered 2 skeins of yarn, but I ended up having to get a third. I used all but a small amount. The skirt alone took over a skein. I used 2 skeins of the limey blimey colorway from
Beth at Doodlebirds, which is composed of violet and a lime green, and a skein of the violet (also from Doodlebirds). I am please with how they turned out. The pictures do not do justice to the colors, in my opinion. I also had Beth dye me 2 shirts to go with the yarn. I took pictures of Anna Mary in the violet shirt, but since she was not a very willing participant I held off on putting the green shirt on her. Here are the pictures of the finished product:


And I just had to include this picture of a very unhappy Anna Mary.

I think she looks so cute!

Yesterday Therese colored Easter eggs for the 4th time! She really gets into it and her hands show it:

That is a picture of her hands several hours and washings later. She also has streaks of dye on her forearms.

Yesterday afternoon we were all hanging out in the sunroom and Anna Mary was trying to climb all over the picnic table. She managed to get herself on top of it! I didn't get any pictures as we were all too busy trying to keep her safe. Tom ended up sitting next to her and sitting her at the table. After a few minutes she put herself in a little baby jail.

It seems to be a great way to keep her out of trouble! But, trying to get her out when she was no longer having fun was no picnic.

Today is Good Friday, the most solemn day in the Church calendar. We will be going to the Burial Service this afternoon at 3 at our church. It is a beautiful and moving service. Tomorrow evening we have vespers, Divine Liturgy, and Resurrection Matins. The Matins are so beautiful, but we probably won't be able to stay for long as our girls like to go to bed very early. Right now, my Pascha bread is on it's first rise. I will be making 4 loaves out of the dough. I will post pictures of them when they are done. I always imagined this to be a daunting task but since I make bread all the time anyway and have a Bosch it has been very easy. Next year I hope to get a basket together to take to our church's basket blessing. I have never done it before mainly because we are vegetarian (alot of the traditional things that go in the basket are meat) and I wasn't raised in the Byzantine church and so I was never taught this tradition. I really want to pass this tradition down to our children, so I will go to the blessing tomorrow to see what all the families have in their baskets. I also hope to cross stitch a basket cover before next Easter. I am hoping that someone at church can point me in the right direction for this project.

Peace Fleece has come!!

I got 24 skeins. They are all so beautiful. Right now I think my favorite is the Lena's Meadow. I can't wait to start using these!

I also heard from Doodlebirds yesterday that she will be working on my order this week. I can't wait to get my hands on that yarn. I am also hoping to make Anna Mary a cute pair of cloth shoes to go with her skirty. It will be the first time I have ever sewn a pair of shoes, but I have a really easy pattern with a nice tutorial so I am confident I will be able to do it.

Inaugural Post!!

This is the first post on my first blog! I am using this to chronicle my crafting and most particularly to talk about the woolies that I make for my baby.

My most recent completed project was a pair of sock monkey longies. I used the Ladybugz pattern using Paton's classic merino. I wish I had put some white above the red ruffle at the bottom, but otherwise I am very happy with them.





Before the sock monkey longies I completed a pair of Fibonacci striped longies using Peace Fleece's Volgassippi Blue and Firebird Orange.





I learned to crochet about 8 years ago over Christmas vacation from graduate school. My mil gave me a book and a hook and the rest is history. I started by making scarves and blankets. About a year after our first child was born I decided to try my hand at making wool soakers. I love doing it and am kicking around the idea of getting a cottage license in order to sell my wares.

My current project is a pair of Wigglebunz longies. This is a test of the pattern for the mama who designed the pattern. I am using Peace Fleece again, this time Kamchatka Sea Moss.

Speaking of Peace Fleece, today I am receiving a big order of 24 skeins!! I am so excited to get it and see all the wonderful colors. I like working with Peace Fleece because it is a very durable yarn and it does soften up with each washing.

After I finish the Wigglebunz, I will be making a pair of longies with a skirt for my baby for Easter. I will be using Blue Faced Leicester yarn dyed by Beth at Doodlebirds Creations. I have never worked with BFL so I am excited to see how it feels and works up. I am getting a skein of the Limey Blimey Violet for the skirt part and the violet for the longies.