Pocket Meerkat Factory

 My grandson really likes meerkats. He and I have that in common. We made a bunch of meerkats out of paper in January. There were never enough. His parents wondered if the house would be filled with meerkats.

His birthday is coming up. I knit 4 pocket cats for his sister, so it stands to reason that I should make 7 pocket meerkats for him. Seven felt like a big number while I was working on this. Here is the factory:

And here are the kats. They are about 7 cm (3 inches) high.

You might have a hard time guessing what his birthday number will be. 

The Making of a Faerie House

 On a rainy Sunday, we pulled out the faerie house kit. We went out to the site and did some trimming on the roof and the side walls so that the house could fit snuggly up against the trunk. Then we got very busy with sticks, pine cone "shingles" and the glue gun. 

Then we had to wait for the sun to shine, or at the very least, for the rain to stop. 

A few days later it was a perfect day for an install.

We added things that sparkle and some flowers to attract a faerie:

And best of all? A faerie left messages in the mailbox for the children, so we know someone moved in.