For several months, I have been trying to motivate myself (or my mom) to get to a thrift store to find wool sweaters. My goal is to make wool covers and pants from these discards. Tonight, while browsing the Yahoo EC group for various ideas, I came across directions for making pants and covers from sweaters. I have had directions sitting in a .doc file for some time, but as I was reading these particular directions, I suddenly became inspired.
I realized that New Daddy has a wool sweater that doesn't fit him very well! I have a merino wool cardigan that I got for $15 from the Eddie Bauer outlet! The problem with my cardigan is that it is too small for me now, and it has a few rather large holes in it. Woo Hoo! I have the pattern! I have the materials! Now, all I need is for my kids to take some really long naps.
(And, dare I mention that I, too, need to get to bed so that I can work while they nap, instead of crashing, myself??? Alas, New Daddy is still QA-ing. I think he's almost finished, though. Maybe we'll get in bed before 4:30; that was Friday morning.)
P.S. After devouring five delicious, fresh eggs from our pastor's chicken farm, we've decided that we have to have chickens! How to accomplish this in a suburban neighborhood? Hmmm.... not sure about that one. The cleaning-obsessed, retired Army guy next door would surely have a fit. He's already quite disappointed in our neighborly skills when it comes to keeping our lawn mowed. Ah, well, that's another post for another day.
I realized that New Daddy has a wool sweater that doesn't fit him very well! I have a merino wool cardigan that I got for $15 from the Eddie Bauer outlet! The problem with my cardigan is that it is too small for me now, and it has a few rather large holes in it. Woo Hoo! I have the pattern! I have the materials! Now, all I need is for my kids to take some really long naps.
(And, dare I mention that I, too, need to get to bed so that I can work while they nap, instead of crashing, myself??? Alas, New Daddy is still QA-ing. I think he's almost finished, though. Maybe we'll get in bed before 4:30; that was Friday morning.)
P.S. After devouring five delicious, fresh eggs from our pastor's chicken farm, we've decided that we have to have chickens! How to accomplish this in a suburban neighborhood? Hmmm.... not sure about that one. The cleaning-obsessed, retired Army guy next door would surely have a fit. He's already quite disappointed in our neighborly skills when it comes to keeping our lawn mowed. Ah, well, that's another post for another day.
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The first thing we are going to do when we move is get some chickens! I have been wanting to every since I read the New Harvest Homestead! Then Brother Homer got his and gave us some--I couldn't beleive the difference!
By the way.....I'm listening to your CD and loving it!!! Thanks, once agian!