It’s been a whirlwind of a weekend, but a good one. On Friday, Jag took the day off to give me some time to work on some crafting projects that I normally find impossible to do while having my hands full with Griffin. Dyeing is one of those activities you just don’t want a baby getting into; aside from the mess, the chemicals I use for dyeing wool and cotton are just not the healthiest for a little one to be ingesting.

We bought Griff a pack of size 2-3T undershirts at Target recently, and I decided to dye them up for him to wear now that the weather has been getting warmer. The good news is that they came out pretty great (IMO). The bad news is that they’re almost too small for him already! Jenn, if you’re reading this, Braed will be getting some gently used tie-dyed shirts in a very few months!

I used the Dharma Procion dyes as usual, and got some nifty results. This blue and purple swirl one is my absolute favorite:

This was a fun one to do. Blue dye in one bowl. green dye in another, and I spooned both dyes into the middle of the shirt until the white was gone before wrapping it up in plastic to cure overnight. I want to try it again with the colors going across the shirt, or maybe diagonally.

I think these two monochrome ones are very pretty, too.

I had a bunch of dye bath left over, so I rummaged around in my dresser drawers and found an old v-neck t-shirt that I never wear because it’s white (me wearing white has never been a smart idea). Please to be ignoring my stupid expression.

The back has a bunch of purple. Yay purple!

The unexpected warm weather meant that Griff had nothing to wear but long pants, so I went into overdrive this morning and made him a pair of Big Butt Baby Shorts out of an old pair of my Dockers. I like that they’re long enough to give some protection to his poor knees. He’s falling down frequently while trotting around outside these days, and his little shins are getting all bruised. I’ll need to get my butt in gear and churn out a bunch more of these in the next few weeks!