On the Ninth Day of Christmas...
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
Books for grownups about how to make things for (and with) children!
Somehow, once you have a baby, there seems to be no more time for things like crafting and sewing and knitting... But my new year's resolution is that I will FIND the time. Somehow. And my pre- New Year's resolution is that I will finish my son's sweater by Christmas. And now that I've said it here, it will have to get done. Isn't that how it works?
**Update: it is done! Just writing this post kicked my butt in gear! The pattern is from Knitting for Baby by Melanie Falick, an excellent knitting book!
Anyway, here are a few books that I picked up this year that inspire me to find more crafting time.
The first is Craft-A-Day by Sarah Goldschadt.
This book has 365 small crafts, organized by weekly themes and assigned to certain weeks of the year (so that hearts line up with Valentine's day, etc.). I've been doing some of these crafts with one of my 4th grade violin students as a treat for the last few minutes of her lessons. All the crafts require a trip to a craft store, but are fairly cheap, and very fast, and satisfying. Some of them are already on my Christmas tree! The hearts are from the book (I know, it's not Valentine's day, but hearts can be for Christmas too!) and I added the little hand.
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I have not attempted to try anything from Growing Up Sew Liberated by Meg McElwee yet, but how cool would it be to fashion one's own Hideaway Play Tent (also known as a TIPI)! I'm trying to convince my parents to make one for their backyard, since I don't know where one would fit in our tiny apartment. There are plenty of other adorable sewing projects (shirts, bibs) in this book that I hope to get to in the next few months!
Finally, we have Oliver + S Little Things To Sew by Liesl Gibson. My favorite project in this book is the penguin backpack, but I also want to try the messenger bag, bento box carrier, and play town. Better get started!
Books for grownups about how to make things for (and with) children!
Somehow, once you have a baby, there seems to be no more time for things like crafting and sewing and knitting... But my new year's resolution is that I will FIND the time. Somehow. And my pre- New Year's resolution is that I will finish my son's sweater by Christmas. And now that I've said it here, it will have to get done. Isn't that how it works?
**Update: it is done! Just writing this post kicked my butt in gear! The pattern is from Knitting for Baby by Melanie Falick, an excellent knitting book!
Anyway, here are a few books that I picked up this year that inspire me to find more crafting time.
The first is Craft-A-Day by Sarah Goldschadt.
This book has 365 small crafts, organized by weekly themes and assigned to certain weeks of the year (so that hearts line up with Valentine's day, etc.). I've been doing some of these crafts with one of my 4th grade violin students as a treat for the last few minutes of her lessons. All the crafts require a trip to a craft store, but are fairly cheap, and very fast, and satisfying. Some of them are already on my Christmas tree! The hearts are from the book (I know, it's not Valentine's day, but hearts can be for Christmas too!) and I added the little hand.
.JPG)
I have not attempted to try anything from Growing Up Sew Liberated by Meg McElwee yet, but how cool would it be to fashion one's own Hideaway Play Tent (also known as a TIPI)! I'm trying to convince my parents to make one for their backyard, since I don't know where one would fit in our tiny apartment. There are plenty of other adorable sewing projects (shirts, bibs) in this book that I hope to get to in the next few months!
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