What a Ball!

These have become a baby shower staple for me now. They take only about 2 hours to complete and take very little yarn, so they make great gifts. I stuffed mine with scraps of Warm and Natural batting left over from quilts, but you could use fabric or yarn scraps as well.

Book: Knitting for Baby: 30 Heirloom Projects with Complete How-to-Knit Instructions by Melanie Falick and Kristin Nicholas

Yarn: Cascade 220 various colors

Father's Day Weekend Projects

I had quite a productive weekend - with these being two of my projects.

The first is a succulent planter box, which I've been wanting to make for some time. I think it turned out quite nice.

The second is a strawberry rhubarb pie. Both strawberries and rhubarb are now in season at the Farmer's Markets here in Seattle, so I'm taking full advantage - this is my second baking of this pie so far this spring. I've been using the Williams-Sonoma recipe, and I like it a lot. It tastes better than most I've tried, I think because it uses half tapioca and half corn starch for the thickener. Here's the recipe if you want to try it for yourself.

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/recipedetail.cfm?objectid=3543F6E8%2D7D90%2D4E4B%2DB64F275504BC3BF7

Quilts from The Farm Chicks Antique Fair - Spokane, WA

These are the quilts I picked up at a trip to the Farm Chicks antique show in Spokane, WA this weekend. The colorful ones are twin size and the pink and white one is crib size. All were bargains!