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01.05.06
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12.31.05Tie One On
Making (4)
Trippy, huh? Bright red is a hard color for me to photograph. All the iPhoto tools in the world can’t help this out. I’d take a better picture than this silly one if I hadn’t already given this to my mom. It’s her Holiday Celebapron. More here.
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12.28.05Oh, well. Who am I kidding, anyway?
Daily, Making (1)I don’t pretend this is a craft blog, but to mark my time on this planet I have to log the hours I spent making these little wee people into the wee hours preceding Christmas. Behold, Ivy Elizabeth Walker, cloaked in the safe color of mustard and in the forbidden woods with her bag of magic rocks! (Reference to the movie “The Village”)
And here are a grandmother and her grandchildren, open for interpretation; I’ve been using them to play Hansel and Grethel:
And lastly, Grandma fairy, made in the likeness of my mother-in-law (and who she forgot to take back home with her):
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12.16.05Gnomey hat
Chas, Making (4)Ford doesn’t want to wear this adorable hat made in Noro Kureyon chunky, a pattern from Hello Yarn. It was so easy and quick to knit that I’m going to make more. The pom poms seemed excessive, especially for a boy. Maybe a braided tassle might be fun?
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12.12.05I Am Not Yet Ready for Christmas
Chas, Daily, Making (0)Instead, I am knitting. Clothing is a priority. It’s too hard to fit normal pants over cloth diapers, so I have to knit my own. The solution: Little Turtle Knits pants. Noro Kureyon. He seems to like them. These won me kudos from our local knitting shop, where we left only minutes before taking this picture. Not before buying another 3 skeins of yarn for: another pair of pants.
Now, back to procrastination.
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12.02.05Show and Tell
Chas, Daily, Making (2)Knitted Little Turtle Knits soaker, Araucania Natural wool, happy model. Knitting is therapeutic and addictive. Like running, once it becomes routine it’s hard to miss a day. Then, just as easily, it’s possible to quit without looking back. I dropped the needles in May of last year and I’ll probably do the same this year. I think it has seasonal appeal, to me.
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11.14.05Sunday Tapestry
Daily, Making, Photos (0)Santa’s elf has set up her workshop upstairs:
…and is ready to open the gimongous $3 bag of vintage fabric:
While Santa snoozes outside:
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11.03.05
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10.31.05Modern Quilt Along update
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Kelp quilt. Abandoning the Redwork pattern in the Modern Quilt Along book and adopting a freestyle motif. Turquoise/olive and puffy, similar to the quilt seen here in the book by Jean Ray Laury.
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10.30.05
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