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| May. 14th, 2009 @ 08:13 pm Red and Black Trivet | |||
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Pattern: Modified Keith's Bottle Cap Trivet Materials: Size 10 crochet cotton (100% Cotton) in red and black Notes: I just could not do the decreases according to this pattern, also I learned that triple crochets in tiny yarn and I do not mix. I love the results though, and it works well. I think I'd like another one in a different color scheme. Now I have to go make Lee drink some more Sunkist floats.  | |||
| May. 10th, 2009 @ 02:01 pm Arbor Window | |||
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Pattern: Block 8 from the Desert Sky Block of the month quilt block kit Materials: Calico fabric  | |||
| May. 8th, 2009 @ 04:38 pm Mosaic Block | |||
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Pattern: Block 7 from the Desert Sky Block of the month quilt block kit Materials: Calico fabric  | |||
| May. 7th, 2009 @ 10:36 am Book Hunting | |||
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I went to the bookstore on Tuesday night, and saw that Dead and Gone had come out. I didn't even think about it. It was just a snatch, gotta have it moment. Books don't count towards budgets right? Anyway since I was already buying a book I checked to see if I could order one that I've been needing to read, for research purposes of course. I go to the information desk and ask for Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The clerks said "No way", and made me ask again. Apparently he was familiar with the book, and hadn't thought about it in years until a conversation he just had earlier in his shift that day. Weird, but notable. I enjoyed both the books. Yes ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mountainwitch, I will hand over the Sookie book the next time I see you. | |||
| May. 5th, 2009 @ 09:07 pm Country Farm Block | |||
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Pattern: Block 6 from the Desert Sky Block of the month quilt block kit Materials: Calico fabric  | |||
| May. 4th, 2009 @ 04:11 pm Texas Star Block | |||
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Pattern: Block 5 from the Desert Sky Block of the month quilt block kit Materials: Calico fabric Notes: I had to rip out the stitches and sew this one about four times to get those points to line up. I think this block hated me.  | |||
| May. 2nd, 2009 @ 12:01 pm Swamp Angel Block | |||
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Pattern: Block 4 from the Desert Sky Block of the month quilt block kit Materials: Calico fabric  | |||
| Apr. 25th, 2009 @ 08:57 pm Demo Washcloths | |||
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Pattern: Ballband dishcloth from Mason Dixon Knitting by Kay Gardner and Ann Shayne and the Garterlac dishcloth by Criminy Jickets Materials: Sugar n' Cream (100% Cotton) in Cornflower Blue, Yellow, and Hot Green for the Balband dishcloth, and Summer Splash for the garterlac dishcloth. Notes: These are some more sample projects to hang on the display at work.  ( Click for another picture ) | |||
| Apr. 24th, 2009 @ 01:18 pm Sarah's Choice Block | |||
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Pattern: Block 3 from the Desert Sky Block of the month quilt block kit Materials: Calico fabric  | |||
| Apr. 23rd, 2009 @ 10:21 am Improved Four-Patch Block | |||
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Pattern: Block 2 from the Desert Sky Block of the month quilt block kit Materials: Calico fabric  | |||
| Apr. 22nd, 2009 @ 10:49 am Indiana Puzzle | |||
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Pattern: Block 1 from the Desert Sky Block of the month quilt block kit Materials: Calico fabric Notes: I couldn't resist getting this kit at work. Three of my co-workers are also doing this quilt, and we're going to display them when finished.  | |||
| Apr. 10th, 2009 @ 09:36 am Austrian Diamond Socks | |||
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Pattern: Austrian Diamond Socks from Knitter's Magazine 84 Fall 2006 Materials: Knitpicks Essential (75% Superwash Wool, 25% Nylon) in Gulfstream Notes: I can't remember where I first saw these socks, but I probably came across while researching twisted stitches. I had to have the pattern, and eventually found the magazine on ebay. This is the second pair of top down socks that I've done, and I really like the heel on this one.  ( click for more pictures ) | |||
| Apr. 1st, 2009 @ 03:36 pm Pepper Wash cloth | |||
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Pattern: #2 Doily Dish Cloth from The Best of Lily Dish Cloths Materials: Peaches & Cream (100% Cotton) in Licorice Notes: This is the second wash cloth that I've made from this pattern. The first one was out of Sugar'n Cream Sunkissed, but I forgot to take a picture before putting it up on a display at work.  | |||
| Mar. 7th, 2009 @ 05:15 pm Patina Socks | |||
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Pattern: Basic Toe-up sock Materials: Knit Picks Felici (75% Superwash Merino Wool / 25% Nylon) in Patina Notes: I had so much trouble finishing these socks. They've been on the needles for a couple months now. You see that mint green at the top of the heel turn. I knitted the heel on the first sock and had eight stitches in that color between the red color. I just couldn't have this on the front of my sock so I frogged and knit it again. When I got to the second sock I had the same problem. I frogged the second sock heel, and reknit it. I ended up knitting it too loosely, and had too much red color on the heel. frogged again. So two socks and five heels later...  | |||
| Feb. 21st, 2009 @ 02:01 pm Works in Progress | |||
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Work has been incredibly draining. I don't have anything finished to show, so I'll post some pictures of in progress projects. At least I got my taxes done. And this is most of a trivet made from bottle caps. I have to wait for Lee to drink more Sunkist floats so I can get the bottle caps. I can never get red to photograph well.  | |||
| Feb. 16th, 2009 @ 06:35 pm Fresh Sockies | |||
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| Feb. 12th, 2009 @ 10:11 pm Mr. Big Fish | |||
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Pattern: Simplicity 9004 Materials: Blizzard and Anti-pill fleece, Warm and White Cotton Batting Notes: Two weeks ago, I noticed that my ferret Myev was not feeling very well. I twice found her curled up inside some plastic bags. After some medication and a stay at the Vet she is back to her old rotten self, but I promised her that I would make her something comfy to sleep in outside of the cage. A few years ago I purchased a Marshall Plush Hide-N-Sleep. It resembles a fish, and it will hold one ferret nicely. It will hold two ferrets somewhat comfortably, and with three ferrets someone's ass will be hanging out. Myev loved Mr. Fish as he came to be known. She especially loved to chew through the fins to get to the crinkly stuff inside, and Mr. Fish had to be put away. I had this Simplicity pattern in my stash of sewing stuff, and while searching through it realized that it has the exact same construction as Mr. Fish. I made it from fleece and batting instead of cotton and foam, because I foresaw terrible accidents due to my ferrets rubber and foam fetish. I ended up quilting the batting to the fleece in diamond and scale patterns to make sure it stayed in place. I also altered the way it was assembled as the method the pattern directions use left an exposed seem on the inside of the fish. The ferrets love it, and I have already seen it housing three finkies and two jingly balls all at once.  ( Click for more pictures ) | |||
| Feb. 2nd, 2009 @ 08:01 pm Faerie Scepter: Winter | |||
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Materials: Sculpty III polymer clay, wooden dowel, wood end caps, acrylic paint, 16 and 24 gauge silvertone craft wire, round and droplet shaped clear glass beads, round black plastic beads. Notes: This is a prop for my changeling the lost larp. I need to make a total of four scepters; One for each season. This one is sculpted to hopefully resemble a birch tree branch.  Close up of the top  | |||
| Jan. 23rd, 2009 @ 10:56 am Ollie the Octopus | |||
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Pattern: Ollie the Octopus Materials: Vanna'a Choice (100% Acrylic) in Rust, scraps of white Simply Soft and black Red Heart Super Saver Notes: Ollie turned out far bigger than I thought he would be. I was hoping to use up the rest of the ball of Rust yarn from Georgina, but I ran out just as I got to the flat part under the tentacles. I didn't like the black and brown eyes they suggested in the pattern so I used white and black instead. I thought it would make him look cuter. When I held up the finished Ollie to finkthief, he said "He looks surprised." Then he got up and ran over to his gaming books. After some furious page riffling, he came back and held up a picture of a krell (sorry I can't find a link online - think of a large brain with a bird beak attached to one end and trailing tentacles) saying "Make me this!." I asked he wanted it before or after the Dark Mantle Hat. | |||
| Jan. 21st, 2009 @ 08:31 pm Quilted Potholder - Sunny Side Up | |||
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Pattern: Sunny Side Up pattern from 101 Fun-to-Quilt Pot Holders by Trice Boerens Materials: Heidi Grace and Keepsake Calico cotton fabric, three layers of cotton batting, and a plastic hanging ring. Notes: My second attempt. I thought the colors matched up nicely when I was comparing fabric, but the end result strikes me as far too busy.  | |||
| Jan. 19th, 2009 @ 09:10 pm Georgina the Giraffe | |||
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Pattern: Georgina the Giraffe Materials: Vanna'a Choice (100% Acrylic) in Rust and Beige Notes: This is probably the first of many display projects for my workplace. It's currently zip tied up to the yarn rack. I'll let you know if it helps to sell some yarn.  | |||
| Jan. 18th, 2009 @ 09:23 am Quilted Potholder - Sun & Sky | |||
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Pattern: Sun & Sky pattern from 101 Fun-to-Quilt Pot Holders by Trice Boerens Materials: Keepsake Calico cotton fabric, three layers of cotton batting, and a plastic hanging ring. Notes: I've been interested in learning to quilt. I saw this book at work, and thought a small project would make for a good introduction. The book is nicely photographed, and is very straightforward in instruction. It uses shapes in the back of the book, instead of stating the piece sizes. This just means that I had to take a ruler and measure the shapes. As a plus the seam allowances are already included, but it would be nicer especially for the square pieces just to list measurements. The only other complaint I have about this book is that on some patterns it refers to directions on how to do mitered pieces in the glossary, but these directions a re non-existent. I've been doing really well constructing the potholder tops, and attaching the binding, but my main difficulty remains with the actual quilting of the layers together. I think it may have to do with the multiple layers of batting, but I'll practice some more to see if I can improve on this.  | |||
| Jan. 16th, 2009 @ 08:50 pm Yet More Hammies | |||
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Materials: fleece and cotton fabric ( Click for more pictures ) | |||
| Nov. 16th, 2008 @ 01:21 pm Brazil Socks | |||
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Pattern: Basic Toe-up sock Materials: Regia Bamboo (45% Bamboo / 40% Wool / 15% Polyamide) in Brazil Notes: These are socks for my Grandmother.  | |||
| Nov. 14th, 2008 @ 12:10 pm Pink Soda Tab Purse | |||
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Pattern: Original Design Materials: Sugar N' Cream (100% Cotton) in Hot Pink Cotton, batik cotton material for the lining, aluminum can tabs. Notes: I made a matching change purse with two compartments under the cut. I love the batik fabric in the purse. I have another change purse to finish in purple and then I'll list them on etsy.  ( Click for more pictures ) | |||
| Nov. 12th, 2008 @ 06:25 pm Skulls and Sweets Fink Hammies | |||
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Materials: fleece and cotton fabric Notes: I'm not into girly pink stuff at all, but I absolutely love the pink cupcake fabric that i found at work.  ( Click for more pictures ) | |||
| Nov. 8th, 2008 @ 01:51 pm Cam Shirt | |||
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I finally found some time to slap together this graphic. It is a T shirt fund raiser for my local group of the Camarilla. I uploaded it to cafe press, and placed an order for two shirts (one black, one white) last night just to see if it prints up nice. I was disappointed that they don't allow printing on the back of the dark t-shirt. The process was very simple, and I've already made another design that will make a great gothy christmas present. I really hope the shirts look nice. | |||
| Nov. 3rd, 2008 @ 10:27 pm Skelly | |||
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Materials: woodcut that I bought a couple years ago, some acrylic paint and sealer | |||
| Oct. 25th, 2008 @ 09:53 am I gnomed the in-laws | |||
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A few years ago at Michaels, I saw a christmas yard decoration of a light up Reindeer shaking it's butt. Since then, I've threatened my husband with purchasing one and setting it up in his parent's yard. I haven't seen the butt-shaking reindeer again, so the desire eventually morphed into sneaking a gnome into their yard. Recently we finally found one that was perfect, so we gnomed the in-laws.  | |||
| Oct. 24th, 2008 @ 09:34 am Hallowfink Hammies | |||
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Pattern: Original Design Materials: fleece and cotton fabric  ( Click for more pictures ) | |||