Craft-mania!

Summer is finally here, and the kids are learning new crafts at camp and at home. Max learned how to make a lanyard (then lost it), and now he's learning how to knit. As his request, I'm giving him some lessons and I'll get him some yarn once he's ready to begin a project. Here are some pics of him getting started:

And Jordan has really taken to weaving potholders. She's now able to make an entire one by herself, as well as crochet the edge loops closed. She's also discovered (via the loom directions) that she can make several and combine them to make something new. She's made a sleeping bag for her baby (image forthcoming) and is now working on a purse.

This potholder is part of her (future) purse, and is of her own design:


And here's the second one she'll need for her purse--she's trying a new weaving technique on this one: