it is a good time, with lots of good food & lovely handmades, all LOCAL, & many made by our friends, which makes it even more special.
this year i had not yet spent my birthday money (from oct!) & so that was our spending loot! ;)
& this is our haul...
they each picked out a turtle plush handmade by our friend sarah westhues-owen, also a member of our homeschool co-op & a family friend of us all...
they also each picked out a skein of yarn for a *special project* to be revealed @ the end of this post... (i LOVE how their yarns match their turtles ;)
i bought this amazing cherry ladle, made by dennis ruane. it is so soft & smooth, & dare i say silky (lance laughed because i was rubbing it on my lips like i do with my hair, but it was really that smooth! ;)
my *new* favorite coffee mug, complete with chickens! it is perfect, a bit rustic & everything that i love (well, aside from knitting, but she didn't have one with yarn/needles ;)
& the special projects?? well, sweaters for the rudolph's of course!
ehren pointed out that rudolph #4 (his rudolph) & ev's rudolph (the original that i made our son aydin nearly 5 years ago) needed sweaters because they would get cold outdoors...
who can argue with that, right?? so, they each picked out a skein of yarn @ the market for me to knit up sweaters for their rudolphs...
the blue is ehren's & is plant-dyed with indigo, so i call it "hidalgo", yes, i know...nothing to do with a horse, but i like the sound of it...
and here is ev's, i call it boisenberry...
this rudolph, wow, he has been through a lot in his short life. as i mentioned earlier, he was made for our son aydin, when he was 4, & he will be 9 in march.
he was my very first waldorf doll & loved very much from the beginning. but last year, he was left outdoors & the neighbor's dog got a hold of him. he drug him through the mud & all around the yard & who knows where else, but we found him a few days later.
he was covered in dirt & grime & funk & all manner of dog stink...so, i did what no waldorf doll is made to have done to him & he was washed & in HOT water no less. and he wash washed again & again after that...until @ last the stink was gone & i felt he was *decontaminated* enough to be put back into circulation.
but he is very much worse for the wear. his hair is now matted & clumped & his body is no longer as soft & huggable as it once was, but sort of lumpy as the wool stuffing felted time & again.
i am almost slightly embarrassed to have ev playing with him as he is nothing of his former self, but she chooses him time & time again over her other dolls. that is a true testament to handmade...
i hear people say that they make this or that, but in the end, each stitch whether sewn or knit, is filled with our love for the child that we are creating for & that is something that children can sense...
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i am going to leave you with one last super silly faced photo of the littles before we took the rudolph's out for their walk today, in their new cardigans...
xo to you & yours...
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