Ballerinas

Two sweet little ballerina cardigans for two little ballerinas. Personalised with a flower and a butterfly - the flower is a really simple knitted one, just two rows. Had to try several patterns to find an easy butterfly. Rather than ribbon I opted for a knitted tie with crocheted buttonhole loop and a clear snap fasthner to make things easier for little hands and stressed mums. Hope they work!

Coloured pasta

Found this idea on the wonderful Pinterest website. Its very easy to do but a bit smelly (not unpleasant though) and a bit messy. Ideally it needs to be done 24 hours in advance as the longer you leave the pasta the stronger the colours - especially for the bigger pasta shapes. Macaroni works really well and takes the colour quite quickly. It dries quickly but trust me using a hair dryer to speed up the process isn't a very bright idea..........

Now all I need to do is get the colour off my hands and try and work out how to stop the dog eating the bits that ended up on the floor!

How to....

Put a little surgical spirit in a zip lock type bag

add food colouring (mixing colours works too)

add pasta

seal and shake - leave to stand shaking/moving pasta around

drain liquid and leave to dry on baking paper or parchment