Pioneer Woman at Heart

  I have a few cones of black cotton yarn, and of course I am limited to ideas on using the 100% cotton yarn in that color.  Our little town started a "boo" basket giveaway (basket of random holiday themed items for Halloween), and I thought I could add a few of my own homemade items to the baskets. The baskets are randomly placed at doorways in town, and was started by a local woman. So....here is my "do something good" for someone (even though I am in the midst of a project for someone else, ha ha!).   I came up with a few ways to use the black cotton yarn to add to these baskets.   How many ways did I find a way to use the color black?   First up, I found a free pattern online for these cute spider cup coasters.  I used white for the eyes. The pattern is online with The Caffeinated Snail.  It was a perfect pattern to use the black yarn. A second pattern I found useful, was from  Pretty Darn Adorable (also online), and called Easy...

It's confirmed that one family member will raise the meat birds in the spring for extended family.  We will all chip in for how many we want.  We are thankful for that. I finally finished the sleeves on the cardigan.  I am now finishing up the back panel and have one shoulder panel to do, then I can sew it up. I'm tickled pink that my husband bought me this as an early Christmas present.  I can keep a few projects organized and not sitting all over in different project bags. Question for those who buy faux fir balls for hats:  where is the best place, for the best price, for the best quality to buy online?  Neutral colors?  I don't want 4 inch ones either.  I am looking for the ones that are a bit smaller and less awkward looking. I finally got around to getting some more homemade seasoned salt made.  It's great for a lot of recipes.