June is handwork month at A Little Garden Flower and the radio show will follow suit by discussing handwork on our weekly morning show. Our show can be downloaded from our store. In last week's show, we began to study some of Steiner's indications for handwork. A great book to start with is "Handwork Indications" by Steiner. It can be found for free online - CLICK HERE to download it.
Handwork is very important for the child's development, but is often overlooked with our busy schedules. As you begin your planning for next year, be sure to put in weekly time for handwork. Like anything in life, you will need to make it a priority in order to get it done. You can do it!
As promised, here is a handwork pattern from our book "Before the Journey" (the full book can be found in our store).
Melisa's Gnome Pattern
Materials needed:
Yarn in whatever color and gauge you prefer
Needles in the appropriate size for your yarn
Undyed wool roving for stuffing
Instructions:
Cast on 26 stitches
Knit 18 rows
Row 19 BO first 6 stitches knit to end of row
Row 20 BO first 6 stitches knit to end of row
Knit 6 rows
Knit 2 together
Join us Monday morning (6am mountain time) for the next installment of handwork discussions. Also, in honor of handwork month, we have begun to add handwork supplies to our store - have fun!
On December 19th, we changed things up and turned our radio show into a webinar! Our dear friend, Tammy, found this inspiration painting somewhere on the web and we thought it would be perfect for the Solstice, Nativity, rebirth. There are so many ideas that this painting inspired. The segments here are each about ten minutes long. Part one and the first half of part two focus on painting products, mixing paint, and several other simple paintings that you can do with your children. The third part is our group painting based on our inspiration piece.
After the show, I was inspired to paint this:
This is the same techniques we did in part 3 substituting blue and yellow and adding fairy wings.
We stock a variety of painting and other art supplies in our shop. Visit A Little Garden Flower today!
