Ella recently decided to make shoes. She tried paper first, but found that paper shoes don’t hold up well. Then she tried making shoes from felt.
After tape, staples are Ella’s favorite means of holding stuff together. She molded the felt around her feet and stapled the edges together. Voila! Shoes for Ella!
Ella has a five-year-old’s vision and spontaneity, which is so much fun to watch. I was thrilled at her little sticker guy. He looks like he’s going places! Thank you, Aunt Sue, for the stickers!
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On the crochet front, I’m done with all the roses and blue flowers for my Roses Cape. For some reason I dreaded crocheting the leaves. I even resorted to weaving in ends to avoid starting the leaves. It was that bad. Yesterday, I made myself start the leaves, and of course it wasn’t so difficult. The problem was all in my head. So the Roses Cape progresses on schedule.
These leaves are the ancestors to the Rose Leaves in Crochet Bouquet.
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Hurray for Flower Crochet Alongs! I’m hosting the first crochet along from Crochet Bouquet. We’re doing the Columbine this month. Participants meet at the “Crochet Bouquet Along” group on Ravelry. For more information, please click on the Columbine Crochet Along badge at left.
My friend Cari Clement, the Director of Fashion and Design for Caron and NaturallyCaron.com yarns, is also running a flower crochet along. The project is a stunning sunflower, designed by her assistant, Liz Walsh. Check it out at Cari’s Naturally Caron blog.