Wow, it’s been a while. I’m trying to think of why I haven’t blogged, and it’s probably due to the fact that my “fun” crafting has slowed way down recently because most of my free time is taken up by sewing stuff for Griff. Every sleep sack and pair of jeans, shorts, and pajama pants he currently wears (oh yeah, and his hat), I’ve made for him. There’s a certain element of “Go me!” in that, and there’s also a certain element of “If I have to sew one more pair of pants/shorts/fill-in-the-garment I am going to gouge out my eyeballs with this extra-large safety pin that I use to oh-so-tediously drag the *@&*%!#$&@ elastic through his (*@&!*@$*@# little waistbands”. Ahem.

A lot of the stuff I sew for him is made from repurposed adult clothes (ie, free Griff clothes!), but I’ve recently bought a little new fabric to make him things as well. My absolute favorite is this patchwork plaid that I made into shorts. Totally adorable, and soft and comfy as well.

Perfect for the lawn boy on the go.

Now, on to the crafting. After overdosing on a bunch of mommy craft blogs, I decided to channel my inner Waldorf-itude and make some wet-felted eggs. In fact, I was so into it that I almost changed my blog name to “Hot Wet-Felted Mama”. I only made three eggs in my first batch, but they were so fun and easy, I definitely want to make a bunch more. I used some random colorful fiber remnants from a grab bag I bought from Dyepot.com a few years ago, wet-felted around dollar store plastic eggs. I used some cut-up panty hose to hold the eggs together during the felting process (I hand-felted them in a bowl of soapy water), and they turned out great.

Once I had the eggs, I needed a nest. My first thought was to wet-felt some old Brown Sheep spinning fiber around a glass bowl. I mean, how hard could it be? The eggs had been a snap. So I dutifully scrubbed away at a mass of wet soapy wool, and after about 15 minutes, I ended up with this hot mess.

At this point I said, screw this, and I knitted a nest instead. I felted it in the washing machine, and got this lovely bowl toupee.

Which dried into a little fuzzy nest. Woohoo.

Let’s see, what else. I painted a little bunny peep shirt for Griff to wear over to his grandparents’ house on Easter. This is just a peep-shaped freezer paper stencil and Jacquard fabric paint sponged on (acrylic craft paint would work as well, as long as it’s heat-set with an iron).

Griff wore his new shirt to an Easter/Spring gathering at Oval Park today. He was in such an awful mood most of the day. We’re thinking he may have some molars coming in, poor guy.

When I say grumpy, I mean GRUMPY.

And last but not least, I’m finally getting around to knitting a Fuzzy Mitten pattern. This will hopefully be finished by next weekend; not sure if I’ll have time to make the clothes, so Griff’s new bunny may be TOTALLY NEKKID.