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I am Tricia. Momma of nine, homeschooler, artist, foodie and maker of all kinds of things. It's a pleasure to share here our family homesteading adventures, the things we make, and what inspires our days. Read more about my family and work here. Thanks for visiting!

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Stash Bash – Nursing cover

By on November 15, 2012 in Sewing and Crafts, Stash Bash

I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind. This year my goal is to use up all the craft supplies I have spent money on that are taking up mental and physical space in my life.  Join me here every Thursday for a Stash Bash.    

Yikes!!  I blogged this very early in the morning and in my sleepy stupor I thought I pressed publish.  I am just taking a lunch break from lessons with the kids and of course wanted to check on the projects posted this week only to discover that I did not press publish.  Doh!!  So sorry to anyone who checked in or tried to play along today.  On to my project for today.

I have nursed all of my babies and it is quite the common occurance around here to see Momma nursing a baby while, cooking or watching a movie or outside under a tree however, out of modesty I do my best to cover up well while out in public.  Well, with Matthew, who is a greedy nurser and moves his hands around and grabs at Momma and the blanket covering him, it becomes rather difficult to stay under wraps.


I whipped up this cover in a jif with of course fabric from my stash and a piece of boning I rescued from a hoop skirt I botched a few years ago.  The fabric is kind of girly but I figured it is going on me too so I don’t care!  

The boning in the neck makes it easy for baby and I peek at each other while keeping him covered from everyone else. When we took this pic of course my model was asleep so Livie offered another almost as cute.  Now whenever the little one see me nursing the baby they get excited and run to get my cover : )  

So what have you been up to? I love to see what you come up with. I have added the Mr Linky to the bottom of this post for you to link up your Stash Bash projects.

Here’s what to do. There are no rules. 
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to complete a project that you are making from stuff you already have in your stash. 
Take a 

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Knitting on baby time

By on November 14, 2012 in Knits and Crochet

Life is not easy when you are in love with a two month old insomniac, no it isn’t but when they come in a super cute package complete with dimpled cheeks and a million dollar toothless smile, you cope!

This is only compounded by the realization that Christmas is right around the corner (you didn’t realize it either?) and your Christmas present making list is longer than your attention span.  I also just found out that my Momma (who rarely reads this blog) is leaving to NYC for Christmas and while I am sad for me I am so happy for her. (MOM, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, STOP NOW) After all, how could I not be happy for her to go home.  I realized that I just lost another 2 weeks of working time since her gift needs to be mailed to her for her to be able to use it.

After going through my entire list of Ravelry inspiration I decided that as usual *because knitting patterns still kinda scare me* I will just make something up myself.  If you were reading this blog lately, you might have caught my confession of breaking my Stash challenge and buying new yarn.  Am I regretful?  Um, no!  I love this hand dyed yarn and I can stop anytime I want to.

I am almost done with the hat and the scarf needs to be stretched open and blocked and I need to put buttons on it.  Oh, did I forget to tell you that the scarf buttons around your neck?  Yes, it does so I need to add those buttons.

I am hoping to share the pattern if anyone likes the finished product but I need to figure out how to write out a knitting pattern since I am so used to writing crochet patterns and they are totally different.  Next on my list, something for my Daddy.  Hmm maybe something matchy but not girly?

so, I will enjoy my baby and hopefully make lots of progress but mostly just enjoy the baby.  This by the way, is my favorite way to knit right now.

I hope to see some of you tomorrow here for my Stash Bash.  Hopefully you did not fall off the wagon also but if you did I would love to see what you just couldn’t pass up.

Playing along with Nicole and Ginny again this week.

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