What to knit today

So I'm not a huge knitter.  But I like it.  And more importantly I like, or rather love, yarn. All colors, textures, kinds.  I know two stitches.  Knit and purl.  If you can do a knit stitch, you can do a purl; they are opposites of each other.  However, this is not a knitting lesson.  If you want to learn to knit, use youtube.

I have discovered the square.  Yes, the square.  If you can knit a square, you can make all kinds of cool things.  Two squares together and you have a bag.  Two squares with a rectangle between them and you have another bag.  Take a square and fold it in half and you have a hat (after stitching up the sides)..I would recommend it for a child... take the same square (well actually a different square, but whatever) and fold it in half again and stitch up the sides leaving a hole and wa-la you have fingerless gloves.  Several squares together and you have a blanket.  Use one square and sew it to fabric and stuff in a pillow. Heck, use two and forget the fabric.  Seat cover, book cover, glasses case, Nook case, laptop case.  A really long one into a scarf.  Sew the ends together and it is an infinity scarf.  Make a skinny one and you can put it around your Starbuck's coffee to keep your hands from burning.

The possibilities are endless.  Now get knitting!

Coldmeal

This is apparently NOT a new deal.  For me it is.  I found the original recipe on Pintrest, but have since branched out.  We call it coldmeal at my house, (Cold Oatmeal) and I know there are several other names for it.  We made blueberry and maple syrup, chocolate and banana, and craisen.  The blueberry and craisen we by FAR the favorites of the group.  The chocolate was *gasp* too chocolaty.  Next up is chocolate and peanut butter.  Sounds yummy.

Anyway, these are super easy, inexpensive and fun to make.  Great, fast, awesome breakfast for busy families.  And whose family isn't busy?!

1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup regular (Not steel cut or instant) oatmeal
1/4 Greek yogurt (I used vanilla)
 Shake up these ingredients in a 1/2 pint mason jar.  After it is mixed, open the lid and add either a tbls of maple syrup and blueberries, or craisens, or bananas and cocoa.  Re-lid the jar, put in the frige and enjoy in the morning!  Super Yummy!

Mouse in the house

Here's hoping that I have discovered my inner muse...or perhaps I should say mouse?  I really would like to try and blog regularly and about crafty things that I care about.  So, here goes.  I decided that today was the day.  I am going to be crafty for me and no one else.  I love to make stuff, see my creations come to life, get hot glue on my fingers (a little creepy, I know) .  

Why should a doorstop just be a doorstop?  Ugly and clear, or worse yet, uglier and brown.  Yucky.  So, I busted out the leftover wool, and covered my door stopper with it.  In fact, I turned it into a mouse.  Now, I know we generally don't invite mice into our homes, but I thought this was a cute little mouse complete with whiskers and a sparkly tail.  And he is not going to get into my food.  Or leave little surprises in the pantry. 

Give it a go, it is super easy.  

1.  Find a door stop

2.  Gather some left over fabric

3.  Hot glue fabric to stopper

4.  Wa-la you are done and your plain, old, boring door stop is now spruced up!