Warm feet

 Girl of the House has outgrown her slippers.  Small dog of the house managed to pull my

slippers into his kennel and snack upon them.  The temperature is dropping - we've finally turned the furnace on.

It's time for new slippers!

Here they are before felting.  

My slippers are the mismatched pair (made from yarn leftovers).

 And here they are after felting.

I love this Fiber Trends felted clog pattern.  I've know I've knit more than 10 pair.

And I know know I'll knit more.

Sun setting on the old silo.

It's a very simple view, but it  makes coming up the hill after a run all the more satisfying.  I catch my breath, slow down and truly see the light.

Things to take back to college

Ben and Bekky headed back to Luther last evening.

Bekky took her new (Christmas gift) felted clogs. I had knitted and mailed them to her at her home. She brought them here, and we got them felted down to the appropriate size.

They should help keep her poor little body warm. She definitely doesn't have that nice protective layer of insulation on her tiny little bod!






Ben took his new spinning kit.









We went down to my sewing area, he picked out the fabric he wanted, and I sewed him up a spindle bag. It's black denim from one of his long discarded pair of jeans. I broke 6 needles sewing the darn thing. The seams got so thick! So much for cheap recycling.







Paul made him a PVC niddy noddy.

Now he's ready to spin during his J-term. He promises the kit won't come back at the end of the term in unused condition.

We'll see. The best of intentions...