I’m working on another caper hat right now for C.A.P.E.R. - the Caper Advancement, Promulgation and Enrichment Regime. C.A.P.E.R. has as its primary goal the creation and maintenance of a caper-friendly environment on earth and, by extension, all human-habitable environs.
Persuant to this, members of C.A.P.E.R. periodically assemble caper acoutrements such as caper hats, utility [...]
Thanks to Annie for pointing this link out to me:
Katamari Damacy hat.
For those of you who do stuff like, you know, talking to people and being outdoors in your free time instead of constructively completing high-difficulty levels in video games, Katamari Damacy is a game where you roll a ball around collecting things. See, [...]
So, the Xmas projects are underway…
Here’s my first attempt at felting, which I think is turning out pretty well. I used Lily Chin design and the ever-popular Lamb’s Pride Worsted.
In retrospect, this shot kind of makes me look like a terrorist, don’t you think?
Ten minutes of agitation later, the felting was well underway.
About eight [...]
So my mom, my stepfather, my grandmother and I all bundled into the car for the very long drive to Albuquerque for Thanksgiving. A very large chunk of the family assembled there this year, and as always, my sister was the consumate hostess. Her house is right at the edge of the Sandia [...]
Just saw this over at RedLipstick. Might come in handy this winter, especially since I promised Christian and Robin some mittens.
How about that election, eh?
The English medical journal The Lancet is publishing a report that there have been at least 100,000 Iraqi civilian deaths by violence since the U.S. invaded.
Saddam Hussein wasn’t involved in [...]
Two new projects underway: a Holey Moley poncho for my friend Annalie and a felted hat for Kelly.
I just finished the test swatch for the hat. It’s 8 ½” wide and 7″ high. I’m going to go grab a zippered pillow case to throw it in for the felting and then see how [...]
All the tricky work is done on the bunny butt hat. Now there’s just a crown decrease (in the purple of the brim) and some dangly carrots that hang off the top.
I usually make fun of other knitters when they make patterns like this. I am not a fan of animal motif Fair [...]
While the satchel is on hold, I am keeping my knitting time full by working on a hat that someone asked me to make a few months back.
I am knitting bunny butts.
When we were picking out the yarn for this, I told her not to worry about getting any in a white colorway because you [...]
One thing I like about hats is that they knit up really fast and give you a little piece of knitting canvas upon which to try out new stitches. This is a quilted stitch that caught my eye. It would undoubtedly show up better on a light, solid-colored yarn, but I think the [...]
As promised, here’s the hat that I made out of the wonderful yarn Urban GypZ sent me:
And - well, I’m not sure if I should say this in public.
But, here goes.
Diego, I know you’re chilly. I feel your pain. If you ever want to, you know, come over for a while . . [...]