The cocoon baby blanket that my youngest daughter took a picture of me working on yesterday is much further along. It is in fact almost ready to pop a new little Grand in. Most of it is made in a single-crochet-chain-one pattern which is slower going than I thought it would be, but I love the texture of the fabric.
My blogging friend, Meredith, published a post about making balls of fluff to hang outside for birds and squirrels to use as a source of nesting material. As I read her post I immediately could imagine working with my Grands on such a project. One morning when my oldest daughter and her husband went in for a pre-natal appointment, the Grands and I got busy and made some fluff balls. We collected fluff from Shelby Dog, lint from the clothes dryer, and the two oldest Grands cut up pieces of leftover cotton yarn for the project. I cut sections from a roll of grapevine I bought from a craft store. We shaped the grapevine to hold the fluff together, and I made long cotton yarn loops around the fluff balls so that we could hang the fluff balls up outside on branches.
On Columbus Day the fluff balls were hung up outside. I snapped photos of the gorgeous leaves around the house and a photo of the Grands collecting another dozen apples from our apple tree :)
Are you creating or collecting anything?
Gracie xx
Gracie your pictures are so beautiful ... As are your grandchildren. What a lovely project to do together. I have never seen a baby pod so please pop a photo on when it is finished. The colours look lovely. Thank you for always being so supportive of life at Chalkys
ReplyDeleteHello Gracie, I saw Meredith's post with the fluff balls; such a great idea and a fun thing to do with your gorgeous little Grandies! Your pics of your Grandies are lovely and they look so happy - you are a very busy lady. The colours of the leaves are stunning, and your little cocoon is already looking so pretty - I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished product.
ReplyDeleteAll the very best to your daughter on her up-and-coming big day!
Hugs, Joy xo
Sounds like a fun Columbus Day. Autumn looks pretty where you are. We still have a lot of green. Fresh apples from your own trees, what a wonderful treat; and your project sounds like fun. I hope you have a terrific day. Heather
ReplyDeleteHello Gracie, I see you and the grands had a very creative day with the balls of fluff.. I am sure the squirrels and birds will love them... your Autumn colors are wonderful bright and lovely... Now what are you creating.. I am creating Christmas pressies for family and friends.. My fingers are always very busy..Have a great week. Hugs Judy
ReplyDeleteI love this post. Such beautiful children, and beautiful pictures!! I also love the close up of you working on the cacoon. Fall is certainly in your area! The beautiful color and leaves!!!!
ReplyDeleteTis time to cozy up inside with the yarn, isn't it!!! Have a happy day Gracie.
xo Kris
The cocoon baby blanket seems to be coming along nicely, but I don't know how you have the patient; the stitches look so tiny!!
ReplyDeleteI'm still just crocheting squares but it's too dark to take photos in the evening so I don't have anything recent to share. Soooon :-)
Fluff balls? what a fantastic idea and a great way to entertain the grandchildren and learn new things too. Love your post Jo x
ReplyDeleteI saw those fluff balls of Meredith's and for a short time wished my Chloe dog shed fluffier fur. Then I remembered I would have to clean up all that fluffy fur and decided to leave the balls to others. :-) I LOVE how you were able to make them with your granddaughters. The memories you're making with them each and every day and especially with days like this. Your cocoon is beautiful and will be keeping that new little Grand cozy and warm very soon.
ReplyDeleteBlessings my friend,
Betsy
The Grands looked as if they really enjoyed this project with you. I always love the happy family pictures you post.
ReplyDeleteSarah x
Gracie, what a fun post full of wonderful things! Love the little girlies.. you're so lucky.. and the project turned out awesome.. and your gorgeous colorful tree! I hope to see you again soon. ((hugs)), Teresa :-) PS - we should meet up at Sherard Point for a photo shoot before it gets rainy again.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos and beautiful grandchildren Gracie. What a lovely project you did with them. DH and I 'collected' our granddaughters from nursery and school today. I am creating many things at the moment- but in particular today I created a sugar paste teddy - you ca see him on my blog. I'm not altogether happy with the 'little chap' and need to tweak him a little. :-) Hugs Anne x
ReplyDeleteYour cocoon is looking lovely and I really like the idea of these fluff balls. I'm sure your grandchildren enjoyed helping you with them. Everything is looking so fallish by you, really pretty.
ReplyDeleteGracie, I have almost the same picture of my MIL named Gracie knitting, it is just her hands and I love it so much. I am so excited you made nesting balls with your beautiful Granddaughters, I bet they had so much fun and helped out the birds and squirrels too. You trees are looking magnificent,
ReplyDeleteHugs to you ,
Meredith
What a great idea, I bet they loved doing it. You baby blanket is so very pretty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful grandchildren Gracie! LOVE the autumn colors:)
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Aimee
Your blanket is very colourful and lovely. The granddaughters look like they had a very fun time with you making fluff balls :-) The Fall foliage shots are beautiful.xx
ReplyDeleteYour Granddaughters are darling! We've been busy collecting apples too and watching the leaves collecting on the ground. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant, and crafty way, to help wildlife out at this time of the year! Will definitely be doing that too :)
ReplyDeleteLoving the look of the blanket and the colours are lovely
Your shots of the trees are lovely, and your grnads look like they are having fun!
Hope the rest of your week is great, love and hugs, Sarah x
We always seem to collect leaves around this time of year. What a great idea to make nest-fillers for birds and squirrels, I really like that. And your photos of the turning leaves on the trees are very beautiful. x
ReplyDeleteSo sweet! Prayers for a quick and safe delivery! :)
ReplyDeleteYour cocoon looks so pretty and colourful, Gracie! I love the idea of the fluff balls and I'm sure the birds will too. What a great idea to make with the children .....how cute they look there! Your autumn leaves are very beautiful, the turning colours are amazing.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a happy week.
Helen x
What a great idea those fluff balls are! Your grandchildren are beautiful, as are your photos of the fall colors. It's always a pleasure to visit your blog and your world. Thank you! x
ReplyDeleteHi thanks for adding me..love the crochet fab colours
ReplyDeleteHugs Sue x