Armies in the Fire

Armies in the Fire

The lamps now glitter down the street;
Faintly sound the falling feet;
And the blue even slowly falls
About the garden trees and walls.

Now in the falling of the gloom
The red fire paints the empty room:
And warmly on the roof it looks,
And flickers on the back of books.

Armies march by tower and spire
Of cities blazing, in the fire;--
Till as I gaze with staring eyes,
The armies fall, the lustre dies.

Then once again the glow returns;
Again the phantom city burns;
And down the red-hot valley, lo!
The phantom armies marching go!

Blinking embers, tell me true
Where are those armies marching to,
And what the burning city is
That crumbles in your furnaces!

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

 

 

Cute Glove Ideas

These are some really cute gloves I made for a friend for Christmas. I found the idea here. I meant to take pictures while making them but I forgot.

 

As you can see it's (relatively) simple. I didn't follow the pattern, I just free-styled it. Then when I was done sewing the felt pieces on I trimmed them. The hardest part was sewing the heart halves on. I had to put my hand inside the glove and keep the heart in place at the same time. But the end result was pretty cool, as you can see.

 

Here's a picture my friend took. Looks way better.