Gift idea for mother-to-be

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Looking for a useful but unique gift for a new mom or mother-to-be?  Make some burp cloths.

I made these a few weeks ago for Mr. Aitch’s niece who’s expecting her first baby in February.  I used a few different prints and coordianted them with the baby bedding.

The tutorial is on my tutorial page.  You can make two out of one  yard of flannel or get creative and use two ro more coordinating prints and solids.  My original ones were made out of leftover pieces of flannel as well as some cut up flannel sheets and even a few of Mr. Aitch’s too-small-but-still-good flannel shirts.  Just make sure you pre-shrink the flannel as it will shrink…A LOT!!  I can’t stress that enough.  Pre-shrink!!

Click here for more info then print out the directions and make a mom happy.

I think I’m safe

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I’m pretty sure no one from work reads this blog so I think I’m safe sharing what I have done so far on my office Christmas knitting.

My plan was to knit mitts that coordinate with these hats that I made last year. 

Office hats

I still have one navy mitt to knit then another pair to coordinate with the striped hat in the upper left.  I’m not sure how I want to do that final pair.  These are knit in the round so any colorwork will also go around.  Maybe bold stripes around the main hand part?

There are still ends to weave in but I’m making headway.

My front door

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Before I write this post, I just want to tell you that my photos have taken a turn for the worse.  For some reason when I download photos from my camera, something happens and the photos disappear or the file is damaged.  So until this issue is remedied, my iPhone photos are going to be it.

I wanted something different for my front door this year so I bought three  20 inch wreaths, some fabric poinsettias in lime green, blue, and white, and blue and green ornaments.  I have enough red with the door and wanted this to stand out a bit.

 

The wreaths are wired together but I’m looking for some magnetic hooks so the bottom wreath can hang on its own.

Did you do anything special to your front door this year?