Well, I have been flipping from knitting project to knitting project this week. Not quite sure why I am so unsettled and unfocused. Maybe it's the darkening days here in the North which are leaving me with the feeling of having to hurry and finish knitting everything (and let me tell you I have quite a few works in progress) before it gets cold. As I said last week, many of my knitting projects are big ones so the end is not in sight for most of them. This "hurry up" attitude makes me want to complete something, anything really. So, I've turned to making toys for my etsy store instead of working on my personal knitting. I settled on chickens as they are quick to knit and let's face it - so cute to boot!
These chickens are stuffed with a wooden egg for the body with just a bit wool for the head.
Here is my array of chicken body colors; all will have red feathers and beaks. Some use my own handspun yarn and the yarns are either in the fiber's natural color or plant dyed.
As for reading, I haven't done much this week; again trouble with focusing. But, I did at least start A Thomas Jefferson Education : Teaching a Generation of Leaders For The Twenty-First Century by Oliver Van DeMille. A homeschooling friend of mine recommended it and so far as the first 20 pages go I am intrigued, but feel it pertains more to older children (my Sam is just 7.) Maybe by next week's Yarn Along I can tell you more.
Be sure to check back here this Saturday the 13th for another Giveaway!
Joining in with Ginny for Yarn Along.
Cute chicken!
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