Pompoms

This is Hannah modeling a watermelon hat she purchased. Her parents are fresh roasted nuts vendors at the local Farmer's Market. She is earning summer money helping out in their booth and is dedicated to her job.

This is Hannah's sister, Caroline, who has gone nuts over knitting with us. She brings her own chair and her stash of yarn and tools. We sometimes get free nut samples from her watchful, close-by parents.

Caroline is getting a lesson from Nancy in making pompoms .

The pompom maker is easily mastered and she turns out several sizes.

Rapt focus gets results and she becomes a pompom pro.

Now what will she do with them?

Well, first older sister Hannah takes a break from the nut booth and requests a pompom lesson. The younger one gets to show the older one something new.

Hannah becomes a whiz in the construction while her sister looks on. There will for sure be a visit to the craft store to get those pompom makers.

Nuts to crafts. Crafty sisters.

Caroline's finished project.....a pompom bracelet!!

Another wonderful day at the Farmer's Market.

Patriotic Hats

Getting ready for 4th of July. Super model Kaja gets in the spirit in her Nama's beautiful container garden which serves as a site for many colorful shoots. Note the wet pavement on this soggy Oregon spring day.

The hats without Kaja are youth/adult size done on the green Knifty Knitter loom. I experimented with half pom poms on one of them. Buttons and beads supply accents.

The golf club covers are a new project suggested by a friend. The colors are Oregon State University and University of Oregon. They are made on the small blue loom and are about 12 inches long. Small braids show the club number and they tie at the bottom for secure storage. They are fun and easy to make.

Goodwill Stash

I got the most amazing stash at Goodwill. Here is a tiny sample of the hats I have made with the find. There are so many combinations of colors and blends I feel free to explore and create.

The people photo is at Saturday Market on World Wide Knit in Public Day. That's me with Carmen with one of her crochet masterpieces and our student, Caroline, with a finished purse. Caroline's family has a roasted nuts booth across the way. We barter hats and lessons for yummy nuts.