Just a bit of random holiday and birthday crafting.  These were Màiri Rose’s Christmas gifts to Steve and I…

I think mine may be my favorite gift ever.  I gave her burlap in a small embroidery hoop and a yarn needle threaded with yarn and just let her go to town.  When she deemed them done, I used an inch wide strip of fabric wrapped around the outer hoop to make the frame, with a bit more fabric through the top to hang it by.  She’s currently working on a larger version for her bedroom.  I think I better find a good source for wooden embroidery hoops and quick!

And here is the yarn from her dyeing adventures.  The blue/purple/green/white combo is sock yarn for Elijah who will be knitting his first pair of socks this year.  The color combination reminds me so much of a tie-dye shirt that Steve used to own.  The shades of red and purple is another sock yarn, for Iain, who having made very basic socks in the past, wants to try his hand at something fancier.  And the brightly colored bulky is for our newest little knitter, for a project yet to be determined.  All of them are from Knit Picks Dye Your Own Yarns.  The sock yarn is especially soft.  Everything was dyed using a combination of Kool-Aid and food coloring.

And these are the containers that Màiri and Galen both decorated for Iain for his birthday.

We thought he could use a spiffy new way to store his art supplies.