This year for Christmas gifts I'm doing tie dye tshirts and I've started already so I can do some shirts for us as well!
Since I prefer just one colour for my tie dye I don't do it the correct way, I use normal clothes dye where you soak the fabric in a bucket. I always have spare onesies on hand as there is always room in the bucket for some tiny baby clothes - plus they make great gifts for baby showers.
These were a birthday gift last year and I wish I had bought more of them because they turned out great! Unfortunately when I went back to buy more they had none left.
Bamboo is a little difficult to burn, especially thick lines so this simple monstera leaf worked out well.
I'm trying to be organised this year so I've started planning all the kids Christmas presents, and I want to get all of this years birthday presents finished!
So here is a December birthday present finished and ready to wrap for a 2nd birthday present.
I used this tutorial if you wanted to try sewing one yourself. The binding is a little tricky, but I just sewed really slow and I'm happy with how it turned out. I opted to make size 3, as I figured it's better to be too big rather than too small.
Well I finally finished the first crochet blanket I started! This one I wanted as a throw for the couch but since it was a pattern for a baby blanket it is a bit small. Maybe it can just sit on the couch for looks rather than warmth.
Since I watch tv while I crochet there were a few times where I noticed that I'd done an extra row that I had to undo. And since I have around one ball of each colour left I decided to start a 'leftover' blanket where I do blocks of colour using up the last of each leftover ball. And I doubled the width so hopefully one day we'll have a blanket big enough for two adults! Since I only have three leftover balls I figure I can just buy a ball whenever I need it until the blanket is big enough.
