Tuesday, January 29, 2008

A Day of Handcrafts

Well, not exactly a full day of handcrafts, the kids did their Bible copywork this morning and then they each did one lesson from their Saxon Math books.

In the afternoon we all worked on our handcrafts: Joshua was continuing his crocheting on his Granny square that he is making (he has already finished the first ball of yarn and has started his second ball), I was working on the felted slippers for my Mom and Charlotte was finishing up her last five rows on the poncho that she is knitting for Taryn (her Canadian Girl doll).

She has finished all of the knitting and asked me to do the sewing of it for her - I told her that I would do it. Here are some pictures of the completed poncho:

This is pretty close (but not quite) to the real color of the blue that she used.

One side .....

And the other side.

We are really hoping that it fits over Taryn's head, Charlotte is sure that it will .... we'll see once we get her to our house.

I am very proud of both the kids for sticking with their handcrafts - Charlotte has been knitting 5 rows each day and Josh crochets until she is done her rows. My biggest worry with teaching Charlotte to knit, was that she is left handed - I wasn't sure if it was going to be an easy thing to do. We got her started with the Portuguese method, using afghan hooks instead of regular knitting needles, she took to it like a duck to water. She is now trying to figure out what she wants to knit next.

I wasn't able to get a picture of Josh and his crocheting because he put it away before I was able to get camera out. Hopefully next time he won't be so quick, lol.

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Posted by gabbie427

What an adorable little poncho for your daughter's doll!!!!

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo
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Thanks, Amy Jo - She was very, very pleased with how well it turned out. She was even able to see how much she had progressed in her knitting which has boosted her confidence to try other projects. =)

<>< Becky

Edited by Becky on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 10:33

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - crafts

Posted by mccrjill

the poncho is really cute. My daughter is left handed & she wanted to learn right handed. It was easier than me trying to teach her to knit different than me. Jill
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Thanks, so much, Jill. She is very pleased with how it turned out ... and that she actually finished her very first project, lol.

The way that I taught her was to have her sit directly opposite of me and do the mirror image of everything that my hands did.

We tried teaching her how to knit right handed and she was having such a hard time with it - I stumbled upon the Portuguese method and taught her that way, it has been smooth sailing ever since. She has only been knitting for a few monthes, now.

<>< Becky

Edited by Becky on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 11:15

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Thursday, February 14, 2008 - How cute

Posted by cindy

I think that is a great project for the girls to try. Thanks for the inspiration. You did a wonderful job.

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