Wanna See Something Cute?

Hehehe, we caught this little guy and my son just thinks he's hilarious! We did release him (a long way away) after taking this video.

One Christmas Present - Done! - Updated!

My husband's niece has become a princess, apparently; so I had to get crafty and make sure she has the proper equipment!

(My son is modelling. He likes it too, and she's just a year older than him AND she's petite, so I think it will be a good fit).







The crown pattern used to be one of the free patterns listed on Interweave Knits, but I can't find it to link to it now. Sorry! If it makes you feel any better, the pattern only covered the actual knitting. I worked out the bead and ribbon embellishments.

**Update** Apparently the website for this pattern was only temporarily unavailable and when I looked today I found it. Although the link was broken and I had to cobble the correct link together by comparing it to a working link for a different pattern. http://www.interweaveknits.com/freepatterns/pdf/sum_06/Make_Believe_Crowns.pdf

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Good luck with all your Christmas projects everyone!!

Mushroom Hat

I made a hat out of some heavy handspun (straight off a washed fleece). I was trying to follow a pattern but it was apparent within the first few lines that the pattern was really really wrong and would definitely not yield the pictured hat. So I kind of winged it from there.

It is hard to get pictures of cables in black yarn when you can't use flash. Sorry!

My Favorite Design For Longies

My favorite longies pattern that I've come up with so far. Behold, army/harem pants. I guess these are army pants, since he's a boy and the pants look kind of camouflaged.
;^)







I made them super roomy in the butt and leg length, but decreased stitches and used ribbing to keep the legs from dragging on the floor when he walks. When he's standing up the fold on the legs just barely misses touching the floor.

And apparently I have taught him my dependence on yarn. He can't get to sleep without it. ;^)

Barbie's New Dress

....and new attitude.






It's quite a change, huh?


I got this idea while taking the luxury bath (husbando took the baby so I could bathe without hearing screaming or having to hurry because el husbando was late for work, etc). I wanted to punk/goth out the barbie. I really wanted to paint her so it would be permanent, but now I'm thinking that makeup really is the better idea because I am awful at getting the black where I want it to go! And I can change it out later.

But I do feel really brilliant for coming up with the jewelry. I kinda wish I had made her hoops even bigger (they're molded around US #10's).

Also, that's not my desk, it is the man's desk. My desk is relatively clean, as far as horizontal surfaces go in this household. I left Barbie there to greet husbando when he returned from his warhammer game (where he used my dicebag! Ha!).

Dicebag

Well, the title pretty much says it all. This one passed the inspection.
;^)













I love this yarn, it was so much fun to work with and I used big needles (for the yarn, not big in and of themselves) so the bag has lots of drape.

I made the cord and tassels and I can give a tutorial if anyone wants to know how to make neat and quick tassels. They look better when they're tied with contrasting yarn but I had already made them before I remembered that.

Before & After Felted Bag

I finally did it. I made a felted bag. Initially I pretended I was making the dicebag my husband asked for, but we both realized that was a joke once I finished felting it.

He was telling me that it was going to be too big all along.

Outside


Inside



So then I felted it. It didn't get small enough on the warm cycle. I switched to hot. That really did the trick. I sewed up the bottom corners, and....







Voila!!



A bag that my son thinks is a hat.