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FO: Crochet Chicken Leg!

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:50:20 +0000

I made this sans pattern for my coworker Jenny. Let’s just say she has a small obsession with chicken. :) It’s just like some people are quite obsessed with finding free stuff on Gumtree or a certain band. There isn’t much available for chicken fans so I thought I’d make her this so she won’t feel left out when people are walking around in band t-shirts or with the things they got from Gumtree.

Thing-a-Day #23 & #24

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:18:39 +0000

Did someone say cozies w/ribbons? Why yes, I’ve made a couple more of those. They may be popping up in the shop soon…

Thing-a-Day #3

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:28:27 +0000

It turns out that I had 2 more unfinished cozies. It seems like I tend to pick up an almost finished skein of yarn and start to crochet a cozy, put it down and repeat. I’m pretty sure this is the last of the unfinished cozies. I may start new ones later in the month but will try to move onto postcard design tomorrow for the Postcard Swap I signed up for.

Shop Update: Neckwarmers

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Hello guys and gals!
New to the shop…
neckwarmers!
Perfect for chilly spring weather…
…and bringing a splash of color to your outfit.
More styles to come.
Feast your eyes on these for now :)

Check out the shop for more photos and descriptions.

Finished Object: Scarf from Ukranian Mohair

admin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:09:00 +0000

A few months ago, my friend Kat returned from the Ukraine after visiting her family. As a souvenir, she gave me the most beautiful multi-colored skein of authentic Ukrainian mohair yarn. It was so soft and wispy and I had to come up with just the right project for it.

What could I come up with that would use up one skein? That would show off the yarn’s details and colors just in the right way?
At my local knitting group, I was patiently taught how to double and triple crochet and I quickly put the new skills to good use. This is using the same pattern as the previous scarf I posted. This scarf is using a 3c and 1c in rows whereas the other used it the long way to create columns. I actually finished this one first but photographed the other one quicker since I had to give it away and therefore had to get a photo-op in.
This was a superfluous artsy shot. Isn’t it purdy? I love how it looks as if you are walking in the clouds, looking up at the sky…

Hope you’re all having a great beginning to the week! (Despite the economic turmoil lately..)

Shop Update: Cozies!

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:53:00 +0000

iPhone Cozy?

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:10:00 +0000

I’ve been dabbling with the idea of making more crochet phone pouches for the new shop.. then I started to think, why not iPhone cozies? Would these be useful? This is the first prototype mockup – call it v 1.0. It’s still up for improvements.. any feedback?

And as I said earlier to BananaBoy since this is still under wraps, “Don’t go leaking this to Gizmodo.” ;)

Busy Bee

admin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:48:00 +0000

This bumble bee softie was made as part of the recent Softie Swap from the Crafty Daisies blog for my swap partner, Lusterbee. She got it and loves it. Now I want to make another bee!

Thing a Day: 19, …, 22

admin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:59:00 +0000

This’ll be a quick post. I decided to dive into Rusted Root and start swatching – this is the first using the circulars as flat needles. I’ll be swatching another piece that’s made in the circular fashion to compare stitch gauge.A crochet blanket I’ve been working on for some time. I’ve completed about two dozen squares and now I’m ’seaming’ them together. Since it’s all done in double crochet, I’ve decided to just crochet onto the existing squares. While creating the ‘new’ squares, I’m stitching onto the existing completed squares to seam it together. It’s very improvised.. so far.. not so bad.. these are the 4 colors I’ll be using – they’ll be put together at random.

Thing a Day 8, …,17

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:04:00 +0000

It’s been quite a while since I’ve updated. This past week was just deadly – 14 hour days every day for 8 days straight. More than half of it was a combination of important things and then there were the days when I just went out to have some fun.

Some highlights from the “fun” stuff this week:
A friend and I went to see the SIGGRAPH 2007 Movies Screening at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology). It was alright – there were some amazing short films, behind the scenes footage of how ILM created scenes from Pirates of the Caribbean 3, several other short films and of course, a Pixar film. All in all, a decent way to spend 2 hours – 3D magic always makes me giddy.

Apparently Absinthe is now legal in the U.S. In order to commemorate this new knowledge, some friends and I headed down to the Lower East Side (L.E.S.) on Valentine’s Day to attend a free absinthe tasting (when’s a better time?). It’s very strong – I would recommend adding ice instead of trying to be cool and just have it with sugar like I opted to do.

And lastly, some friends and I went to see a Beatles cover band on Friday night. Out of the 3 sets, the last one was the best. The first two were mainly 60s Beatles – when they were just another boy band with catchy tunes. The last set was filled with the good stuff – Something, Revolution, Here Comes the Sun, Oh Darling! and it ended with Hey Jude. The best song they performed was While My Guitar Gently Sleeps – the synchronization of the guitars was incredible. The most fun part of evening was when an *original* Temptation was invited to sing “Mustang Sally”. The house went wild.. everyone was singing.. good times had by all.

This is starting to be a bit of a long post so I’ll get to the knitting and the Thing a Day challenge now! (before you daze out and fall asleep..)

Considering my long week, I only managed to complete the following 3 projects:
*Almost* complete: Finished crocheting the edges and sewed in the remaining yarn. Add the 2 silver buttons. All that it needs now is the lining.. but I’m almost convincing myself that the lining isn’t necessary. It isn’t, right? Yeah? Okay not really so I’ll add the lining this week.. I already have the piece of fabric picked out for it. A white cloth with cute little red flowers on it.

Complete! I sewed in all 30948234 hanging yarn ends.. (okay, there may have been only 28 total). Wore them out already and got a few compliments :D

Completed! Finally.. this has been in my stash for quite a while.. it may be almost a year actually. I worked so diligently on knitting this up (it’s a dream to knit with) but never got around to sewing in the buttons. Voila! I’m loving these buttons.. they’re so perfect and modern.

That is all. Til next time.