I am so happy with how this came out! This is the wall hanging I created with the children in my daughter's kindergarten class for the school's annual auction. The auction was a little over a week ago and I am happy to report that the item sold. One parent was parked at the hanging all evening because her son had asked her to "Bring home the rainbow". How sweet is that?
My daughter's class assistant added all of the flowers, butterflies and the two children to the bottom. I am so grateful to her for having done so. On Friday morning (the day before the auction), the class teacher asked if I would mind if they added children to the bottom. Of course not! It was originally my idea to have children walking down the rainbow bridge, but, since the rainbow itself required so much re-working, I ended up running out of time.
This is how it looked when I finished it:
Makes me want to create another one for my own children.
In other crafting news, I finished these for a swap partner . . . Now, if I would only get the darn package in the mail! The post office and I seem to have a love-hate relationship. I love receiving packages from it; I hate having to go and mail anything.
Sunday, one of my daughter's classmates celebrated her 6th birthday. She will be moving and not going on to Waldorf first grade. I wanted to give her a special gift to remember her time and friends from our school. I made this for her from more of my plant-dyed stash from Mama Jude's Plant Dyed Stuff:
And modeled by my son . . . well, at least I got a picture, right? Always on the move, hence the blur . . . that boy! The pattern is Rosa's Carponcho. It's a free Ravelry download. I wish I had made it in something with some alpaca or silk, rather than this bulky wool (which is very nice, just not ideal for this project, in my opinion). But, I made the decision to knit it the week of the party, so, I had to go with what was quick. I was afraid it was not going to be giftable.
Lastly, I'm working on a little Floppy Cat using a book I have had for years and some Blue Sky Alpaca Cotton I had left over from a project I made when Coco was 2! Very proud to report that all of the projects in this post used my crafting stash. Yes, even the felted piece. I did not have to buy a single item. My crafting hoarding finally paid off!
What are you working on?
