{"id":39,"date":"2012-06-13T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkandbean.com\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2012-06-13T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T18:00:00","slug":"keep-a-toddler-busy-wip-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkandbean.com\/blog\/keep-a-toddler-busy-wip-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep a Toddler Busy &#8211; WIP Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I generally prefer to be ahead of trends rather than follow them, but there is a quilt pattern (<a href=\"http:\/\/tinyowlknits.wordpress.com\/the-beekeepers-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Beekeeper&#8217;s Quilt<\/a>) making the rounds on Ravelry. It&#8217;s adorable and it&#8217;s like the knitted counterpart to the pinwheel quilt my grandmother used to have. After much resistance I&#8217;ve finally started knitting these addictive little puffs. Once knitted and stuffed you sew them all together. <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-aMEdOhSWxts\/T9fEauYleMI\/AAAAAAAAAYk\/bn0OTgu90Ks\/s1600\/100_5412.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-aMEdOhSWxts\/T9fEauYleMI\/AAAAAAAAAYk\/bn0OTgu90Ks\/s320\/100_5412.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Aren&#8217;t they cute and squishy looking?<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ve got a pile of diapers that need finishing and 4 other knitting projects on the needles. It&#8217;s always something in progress, but with toddlers underfoot it&#8217;s not always easy to get time to work on things unless they&#8217;re sleeping. So if I can&#8217;t include them in a project it sometimes takes creative distractions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Luckily toddlers are pretty happy with the simple things. A package of pipe cleaners and a\u00a0couple\u00a0colanders make for\u00a0cheap entertainment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0XP1maHH97M\/T9fH1q9mOjI\/AAAAAAAAAYw\/c8Av29_Uc64\/s1600\/100_5055.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-0XP1maHH97M\/T9fH1q9mOjI\/AAAAAAAAAYw\/c8Av29_Uc64\/s320\/100_5055.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">It develops fine motor skills and makes a cool hat.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fST8JowS5DY\/T9fI_m_IDVI\/AAAAAAAAAY4\/7voHSVjqp7s\/s1600\/100_5078.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fST8JowS5DY\/T9fI_m_IDVI\/AAAAAAAAAY4\/7voHSVjqp7s\/s320\/100_5078.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Plus, it&#8217;s much quieter than the pan drum activity.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0LhO_CMb5yA\/T9fJlhx1lEI\/AAAAAAAAAZI\/4M2iFcaLJIQ\/s1600\/100_5079.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0LhO_CMb5yA\/T9fJlhx1lEI\/AAAAAAAAAZI\/4M2iFcaLJIQ\/s320\/100_5079.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I generally prefer to be ahead of trends rather than follow them, but there is a quilt pattern (The Beekeeper&#8217;s Quilt) making the rounds on Ravelry. It&#8217;s adorable and it&#8217;s like the knitted counterpart to the pinwheel quilt my grandmother &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turkandbean.com\/blog\/keep-a-toddler-busy-wip-wednesday\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting","category-wip-wednesday"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Keep a Toddler Busy - WIP Wednesday - Cornfed Crunchy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.turkandbean.com\/blog\/keep-a-toddler-busy-wip-wednesday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Keep a Toddler Busy - WIP Wednesday - Cornfed Crunchy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I generally prefer to be ahead of trends rather than follow them, but there is a quilt pattern (The Beekeeper&#8217;s Quilt) making the rounds on Ravelry. 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