Anyone who knows me, knows a couple of fundamental things about me.
1. I love to knit.
2. I’m unlikely to follow the rules exactly as they are written
3. Once I decide to do a project, I commit whole heartedly
That said, I recently joined the Defiance Society of Artists. It’s a terrific group of artists, of varying medium, living and working in Defiance, Ohio. Each year, the Society has an Egg and Bake Sale. This year, it’s April 4th from 10-2 at the Art Society Home on Greer Street.
Now, when I heard egg & bake sale, I didn’t get too excited. The more I learned, though, the more I wanted to contribute. The funds from this sale are used to maintain the art society studio and gallery throughout the year, providing this group of talented individuals with a place to work and have their work seen.
The egg portion of the sale is a plethora of blown, hand painted eggs. There are chicken eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, ostrich eggs, you name it, there are EGGS. According to the stories I keep hearing, people will be lined up and waiting to get in about 2 hours before the actual sale starts.
Now, being the person that I am, I didn’t want to paint eggs like every one else. After all, everyone else is doing that. Since I’m such an avid knitter, I decided to knit egg cozies instead. There are so many fabulous yarns in my stash just waiting for the right project. I’ve knit 2 dozen egg cozies, both bunnies and chickens. Every time I look in my knitting bag there are more than I remember knitting. The things keep multiplying!
Besides knitting the bunnies and chicks, I made several birds nest pins to welcome spring back into our lives & wardrobes.
Then I decided to bake. Like everything else, I can’t just do it half way. No. I baked 148 cut out cookies that were iced and decorated. It turned out to be a 6 hour endeavor. Of course, after spending 6 hours baking and decorating cut out cookies, it would be a shame to just put them on a plate with some saran wrap. Right? After all, I’m a graphic designer and design packaging for all kinds of product. Certainly I can come up with something for these sassy cookies.
So here you have it, a gallery of photos of the latest projects. Bunnies. Chicks. Nests. Cookies. Wish us luck!
(If you’d like to make a donation or purchase one of these items, just drop me an email and I would be happy to take care of that for you right here!).
Want to knit some yourself? Find the free pattern for the Chickens and the Bunnies right HERE.
