The era of the button
You will be seeing a lot more of this around here from now on…
Happy New year
A little late, I know. I did manage to finish a few knitting projects before New Years Eve… A hat for me This was supposed to be the hat that preventing me from catching my death while working in the lab early last month. Since I was in a big …
Crafts, Mice, and more
I was luck enough to have my Ipod Tape Case chosen as a prize winner for the whiplash competition. My prizes were donated by tall poppy craft and are mostly purse making supplies, and are all fantastic. Purse handles, magnetic snaps, ribbons and tags, and a quilt pattern The cassette …
It’s cold outside (relatively speaking)
Back home in the middle of the country, when the first ice coats the streets the local news goes crazy. They send all of their field reporters out to the salt barn for on the spot news. The salt barn is a giant shed where the city stores its supply …
Tis the season for receiving?
I posted this in the things i like category so I can feel free to randomly blather on about cool things I’ve found. Bear with me, you might find something that you like. Pincushions I was lucky enough to have Monique send me a package for this month’s pincushion challenge …
Sniffles – Knitted Tissue cover
The season for colds and coughs is here. I can’t head out of my apartment without a package of tissues in my purse just in case. Inspired by craftapaloola’s tutorial that I read on whipup, I thought I would knit myself a cozy for my mini-pack of tissues. I’ve seen …
Mohair Boucle scarf
When I was in Melbourne, Australia a few months ago my friends and I made a trek out to Marta’s yarn store. It was a truly lovely place, full of Marta’s hand dyed yarns. Marta was there to help us with our yarn selections and displayed infinite patience while we …
The perfect project for the yarn
Larissa needed some volunteers to knit hats using her meathead pattern, and add a cute embellishment once complete. She suggested using Lamb’s Pride Bulky double stranded, so it is a quick knit. I couldn’t believe how perfect it was that she suggested using pink as one of the colors. The …
I feel lucky
I think I may have built up a little bit of good knitting karma. Just after announcing the winners in my contest, I found out that I am a winner. I won a skein of yarn from Yarn4Socks in a random drawing for Socktoberfest. Hooray! Thanks Yarn4Socks and thanks for …
Tape Case
No one makes mixed tapes anymore. Everyone that I know has moved on to CD’s and iMixes. Most of my musical existence is entirely contained on my ipod. In fact, when I wanted to find an audio cassette I had to trek myself out to my 13 year old car …