A few weeks ago we were at the museum and in the shop they had hobby horses. Hobby Horses are a horse head on a stick that you “ride” on.
Little Man asked if he could have one. Well at 25 bucks it just wasn’t worth it for me and I knew he probably wouldn’t play with it as much as he thought he would and I knew I could make him one for less than half the price. I had actually mentally bookmarked one in the Living Crafts magazine, Winter 09. So i asked him if he liked it and he did. So we raided Daddy’s sock drawer and picked out a sock for the head, yarn for the reins and mane and I got to work. I am happy with how it came out and we only spent about 10 bucks, for the broom handle, bells and buttons for his eyes.
Giddy-Up Horsey!!
Now that the cowboy or Knight has his noble steed 
We also did some rescuing.
This beauty was rescued from the Salvation Army for $2.99. Little Man loves it and sleeps with every night. They actually had a few crochet blankets but this one was the best and it’s the perfect size for him.
Little Man starts kindergarten Sept. 9 so we are slowly getting ready. I can’t believe my Little Guy will be gone all day! It will take some adjusting, especially on my part but I am excited for him as well. But with some of that free time we should hopefully see some more blog posts around here!!
Hope everyone is doing well.
In the summer I get the urge to sew but there really wasn’t anything I wanted or needed to sew. Plus it hasn’t been unbearably hot very often so I was able to knit on some of my bigger projects that have been neglected.
Then we did a summer reading program at our local library during July. Little Man got a cute plastic bag with the theme of the reading program on it but it wasn’t long before the book corners had stabbed the bottom of the bag full of holes. So I decided to make him a tote bag for his books.
I had fun making it so I decided that not only did he need a bag but my grandma needed some bags.
And as i was going through my fabric I came across some that i thought would make a great bag for me
So over the past month whenever i got the urge to sew. I made a bag.
Little Man’s, Both of my grandma’s in the middle and then mine.
Little Man’s fabric was on clearance and Joann’s awhile back. My grandma really likes Batik fabrics so I got those at a local fabric store for her.
Little Man picked out the cat fabric for my grandma’s second bag. I was only going to make her the Batik one but he really wanted her to have a cat one too and really you can never have to many tote bags The fabric for my bag was on clearance at the local fabric store awhile back and I had liked it instantly.
The bags are reversible if you want them to be. So here are the insides of the bags, still in the same order as before.
I made the bags by combining two patterns. One from Simple Sewing by Lotta Jansdotter and this tutorial. Aside from Little Man’s bag I let the size of the cut of fabric decide how big the bags would be. I am very happy with them.
Grandma got her bags today in the mail and was very happy with them as well.
My LYS is making a blanket to raffle off in the Fall. End of June the owner asked me if i was interested in making a square for the blanket and i said Yes! The blanket is The Great American Aran Afghan.
Here is my contribution: The Bobbledy Aran Square by Ann McCauley.
It has been at the store for quite some time now with several other squares waiting patiently to be sewn together.
I can’t wait to see the blanket when it is completed. I will post pictures of it when they raffle it off.
Little Man said he wants to win it
How can you not love a cat that will put up with this?
What a good sport he is. And we all love him for being so laid back. Thanx for letting us bother you Max
