Well, I finally gave crochet jewelry a try. Most of the stuff I don’t like that much, and to be honest with you, I don’t find working with wire as appealing as working with fiber. So, I made a crochet cuff that is made out of regular fiber:

I closed it off with these cool silver clasps I found on a Good Will sweater that I’m planning on felting.

It worked up really quickly, and turned out pretty cute. I’m thinking of making one for my sister next.

Okay, so let’s face it: I’m a crappy mom at least a few times a week. I lose my patience, I don’t spend enough quality time, and sometimes I’m just plain lazy. But every once in a while, I do something pretty cool that makes my kids happy. And those are the moments when I am reassured that, deep down, I’m a good Mom.

So I had a few of those moments this week, when I found this pattern on Ravelry. I knew my Star Wars crazy son would just HAVE to have one, so used some brown and cream yarn my MIL had found for me at a yard sale and whipped it up. It took next to no time, and turned out pretty cute. The only difference is that I didn’t embroider fur on his face, because I tried it once and it looked weird, so I pulled it out and left him “au naturale,” so to speak. Here is how he turned out, and how happy he made my little man:

Then, of course, my little princess had to have something, too. So I showed her some cute patterns, and she chose this one. This was all well and good, but I had a heck of a time making it work, so I had to make major adjustments. So even though Jilly still calls it her princess doll, I think it looks more like Old Maid from the card game. But either way, she’s a happy kid:

Life is good.