Hello!!
How are you all?
I know my posts have been erratic recently (I shall get the missing poems onto the screen in the next week or so) but hopefully you know that I have been thinking of you?!
The last few weeks of the Summer term always seem to be particularly frantic, and this year’s has been no exception 😉 but today was the last day…Yippeeeeeeeee!!
Can you BELIEVE that Eldest has finished primary 2 already, or that Youngest will be a preschooler come August?! What the flaming Nora happened there…?!
I have been very busy trying to complete the teacher gifts that I had negotiated with the boys. I found this free crochet pattern on Ravelry for a pirate. Eldest and I agreed that it was perfect, because his teacher this year had dressed as ‘Where’s Wally?’ for World Book Day, and then had adapted his outfit to fit with the Pirates vs Mermaids theme of their school Summer production 😉 I did not, however, fully appreciate how much time it would take me to make, nor how badly the kids would want extra cuddles this past week and use up most of my ‘free’ time…
I dutifully started crocheting on Saturday (the 24th) and worked on Eldest’s choice until Wednesday, when I decided to whip up Youngest’s gift (because I needed a change of project, and I knew it would only take me a couple of hours!)
Youngest had picked this pattern from the same blog as Rab the Rabbit, so I made sure that neither of the boys saw where the Toothfairy had got her inspiration…
Youngest was very taken with the monkey, and he enthusiastically helped me to squish the stuffing in, too.
His nursery Keyworker was chuffed with it, and I wrote in the card that Youngest wanted me to make a ‘mumma monkey’ because his Keyworker “works so hard and she’s kind to all the children” (bless him!) 😀
By bedtime last night, the pirate was legless (!) but getting there. All the pieces had been crocheted, but I had had to tweak the wooden leg instructions, as it at first ended up too long. Eldest had stuffed the finished piece nicely for me, however.
By about 11pm all was sewn up, and I am rather pleased with how he came out, given my need to quell the (usually rampant) perfectionism in order to meet my deadline!
Both boys loved cradling him before they went in for their last day, and Eldest was quite sad that he had to say goodbye to his cuddly pal so I could wrap the figure in tissue paper!
Unfortunately I didn’t witness the unveiling of the pirate, but Eldest says that his teacher said “Thanks, I love it!” and remarked that the toy must have taken a while to make! It did take me a good 90 minutes to clear the coffee table of the crafting rubble that had been adorning it all week, whip the house back into some semblance of order; and vacuum up all those pesky fluffy bits of stray stuffing before my parents were due to visit us this afternoon… 😉
The fab thing about making Amigurumi toys is that each one comes out with its own wee character, and recipients know that you are also handing over time spent thinking about them. The kids chose and helped to mould their gifts too, and I love that!
Even better, though, is the fact that it is officially the Summer Holidays now!! 7 weeks of no schoolrun madness, or having to stick to others’ routines 🙂
Happy, happy, happy!
I’ll leave you with the pictures that the boys drew for their teachers’ cards, I hope you have a great weekend lined up 😉
Youngest’s “Me dancing with poppies, on a rock”
Eldest’s “Pirate on a Beach, With Sand”
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