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There is still time to be Irish!

I am surrounded by Irish. From background to football fan, friends and family (and we) are Irish. I love to celebrate St. Patrick's Day so this year I decided to put my new skills to the test and created shamrocks for everyone in my sons class, including his teacher, and I made a couple of extras for me and a good friend. It was surprisingly easy using this pattern and I cranked out 15 or so in no time. I wanted to fill the little goodie bags with chocolate gold coins but, as so often happens with grand plans in my small city, I couldn't find what I needed on short notice. I instead got chocolate wrapped in gold and silver and used that as my stand-in. A simple little tag with a shamrock and a sentiment and I was ready to go. Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

Finally Finished!

It took a while but I finally finished (and finally photographed) this scarf. Just in time for warmer weather. :-) Oh well, I will save it for next year. I am sure there are lots of things wrong with it since I am such a green knitter but it is so soft and such a pretty color, I am choosing to overlook all of that.

It was created with bamboo tape and bamboo needles that Jeff gifted to me for Christmas. I knitted and pulled it out about 5 times before I decided what I wanted to do. Now I am ready for the next challenge in yarn (or paper, or fabric). What is your next project?

 

So Easy a 6-year Old Could Do It

And my 6-year old did. Ok, he didn't do all of it but I designed the little toppers so that he could do most of the work. The alien and bee were cut out using my Slice and the computer-created text was chosen by Malcolm. He thought those fonts were "cool" and cut out most of the words. The backs of the cards were left very open so that Malcolm could write the names of his classmates himself.

Look closely and you can see the glue. What is it about kindergarteners and too much glue?!? :-)

Happy Valentine's Day to all!