Friday, March 11, 2011
Red and Green Altoid Tin 70/365
Well, I used a minute fraction of my red and green trims for this. If I did 10,000 more I should make a real dent. It took me an hour (Law and Order SVU episode, I timed it) to put the green and gold beads around the rim.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Resistance is NOT Futile 69/365
Days were I would have bought all this yarn even though it's mostly just good for charity blankets.
Now I am strong...I am woman ...hear me roar...NO YARN FOR A YEAR OR UNTIL I USE MINE ALL UP!!!!
Now I am strong...I am woman ...hear me roar...NO YARN FOR A YEAR OR UNTIL I USE MINE ALL UP!!!!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
New Hat, Not knitted 67/365
Life has finally caught up to me. I haven't had time to finish any projects to show you. I did however get a new steampunk hat at Claire's today.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Understanding the Steampunk Style 66/365
http://mydisguises.com/2008/05/19/deconstructing-steampunk-designing-your-own-costume/
Please click that link. It's very informative. I am making another skirt in browns, blacks, coppers. Need more metal stuff. Gonna buy a top hat and some goggles.
The blue out fit will still be good for Territory Days dress up. Unless I find a Union Soldier coat to modify....hmmmmmmm
Please click that link. It's very informative. I am making another skirt in browns, blacks, coppers. Need more metal stuff. Gonna buy a top hat and some goggles.
The blue out fit will still be good for Territory Days dress up. Unless I find a Union Soldier coat to modify....hmmmmmmm
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Altered Altoid Tin 65/365
Altered Altoid tins are fun. I have several more in the making. I will even do the insides LOL!
This will give me a chance to use up a portion of these red/green trims I have somehow accumulated:
Saturday, March 5, 2011
The Making of the Steampunk Skirt 64/365
So I got invited to a Steampunk Art Exhibition this weekend. If you don't know what Steampunk think Wild Wild West/Sherlock Holmes/HG Wells stuff. Victorian sci-fi.
Leslie gave me a skirt pattern and I sacrificed the fabric I had set aside for a quilt back.
The art exhibit was fabulous. I didn't realize I didn't get a picture of my whole outfit on my camera but I know Erin will send me the one she took.
Leslie gave me a skirt pattern and I sacrificed the fabric I had set aside for a quilt back.
The art exhibit was fabulous. I didn't realize I didn't get a picture of my whole outfit on my camera but I know Erin will send me the one she took.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Beefy in the Music Hat 63/365
HA! I stole this picture of Beef wearing his music hat off Facebook! FEAR ME!!!!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
CQ Pillow FINALLY Done 62/365
After way too many months I finished the CQ pillow someone asked for on etsy.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Defending My Choices 61/365
Something happened to me Monday that has been bothering me. Maybe the simple act of posting it to the world will help me get over it (or make it worse...hmmmm, no worries, this too shall pass)
A friend called me about 3 PM and asked me to go down to Knitter's Kove with her. Same friend who had me go there with her last Friday to get yarn for two projects she wants me to do because in her own words "I'm not knitting now". Same friend who in December begged me to teach her to knit socks and hats but then backed out. Same friend who I know I told about this challenge on more than one occasion.
When I got into her car I showed her the hat I finished and gushed about not having any yarn left from it. Then I told her the yarn for the shrug was yummy and when I started buying yarn again I was definitely going to get some.
Her: "What do you mean when you start buying yarn again? Why aren't you buying yarn?"
Me: "I'm doing that challenge where I am using up my stash of yarn, fabric and beads." (In my mind I'm saying OMG I JUST EXPLAINED THIS FRIDAY )
Her: Silence
A minute later she asked me about fingerless gloves. I told her I had a nice easy pattern that you could work flat I would give her. Me being the non-confrontational kind of person who I am, did not bring up the statement "I'm not knitting now" nor the fact that I had told her about my challenge.
We arrived at the store. She wanted cotton for dishcloths and I pointed her to the crib full of it by the front door. I took the hat I just finished from a skein of yarn said friend bought here Friday (see the post a few ago for that) to show whoever was working. New girl, didn't know her, so I explained about the friend buying the yarn and my own personal challenge of NOT buying yarn for a year or until my stash was gone.
Friend comes up with arms full of cotton yarn and tells me she needs needles. You know why she needs needles? Because last year when she quit knitting she gave me all her needles. I would give them back if she asked. I would offer to giver her a whole damn set of every size ever made in a custom knitting needle roll if I thought she would stick with knitting. All this goes through my head in a matter of seconds. I have a feeling my gift would be futile so I show her where the needles are.
Now she asks salesgirl for a fingerless glove pattern. Uhmmmm didn't I just five minutes ago say I had an easy pattern I would give her?
Salesgirl shows her a pattern you get for free with yarn purchase. It's worked in the round with size 7 double points. She copped out on the sock and hat lessons and has no double point needles except size 10 1/2 that I bought her to do the hat. I say nothing.
Now the really disturbing part.
She asked "Aren't you going to buy yarn?"
Picture me.... with.... Deer in the headlight look.
Me: "No I'm not buying yarn for year, remember?"
Her: "What? Why? Why would you do that?" (Sincere look of concern on her face)
Me: "Because I have enough yarn to last for three years and I made a public challenge to not buy more until it's gone or Jan 1, 2012 whichever comes first" I look to the clerk and add "I'm blogging about it everyday" She nods in total disbelief also.
Friend: "Can I buy you some yarn?"
Me: "No"
Her: "Why?"
Me: "Because I'm not adding to my stash I am trying to use it up"
She's now looking at me like I just told her I have terminal cancer, I kid you not. I'm thinking "Do you EVER listen to anything I say? I have been talking about this for months, and I JUST TOLD YOU IN YOUR CAR ON THE WAY HERE ABOUT IT, AGAIN, FOR ABOUT THE FIFTH TIME" But because I am non confrontational, as I said before, I say nothing.
I'm still shook up. It was the look on her face. I should have taken a picture. She was truly concerned about it like I was dying. It's a freaking personal challenge!!! I am not crazy!!!!! I will prevail!!! I have yarn!!! I will not die from NOT buying more!!!!
It's like talking to these teenagers in my house. All they hear is blah,blah,blah.
This is most of my sock yarn. I am counting at least eight pairs of socks in there. I am guessing I couldn't knit that many socks in 10 months if someone held a gun to my head.
A friend called me about 3 PM and asked me to go down to Knitter's Kove with her. Same friend who had me go there with her last Friday to get yarn for two projects she wants me to do because in her own words "I'm not knitting now". Same friend who in December begged me to teach her to knit socks and hats but then backed out. Same friend who I know I told about this challenge on more than one occasion.
When I got into her car I showed her the hat I finished and gushed about not having any yarn left from it. Then I told her the yarn for the shrug was yummy and when I started buying yarn again I was definitely going to get some.
Her: "What do you mean when you start buying yarn again? Why aren't you buying yarn?"
Me: "I'm doing that challenge where I am using up my stash of yarn, fabric and beads." (In my mind I'm saying OMG I JUST EXPLAINED THIS FRIDAY )
Her: Silence
A minute later she asked me about fingerless gloves. I told her I had a nice easy pattern that you could work flat I would give her. Me being the non-confrontational kind of person who I am, did not bring up the statement "I'm not knitting now" nor the fact that I had told her about my challenge.
We arrived at the store. She wanted cotton for dishcloths and I pointed her to the crib full of it by the front door. I took the hat I just finished from a skein of yarn said friend bought here Friday (see the post a few ago for that) to show whoever was working. New girl, didn't know her, so I explained about the friend buying the yarn and my own personal challenge of NOT buying yarn for a year or until my stash was gone.
Friend comes up with arms full of cotton yarn and tells me she needs needles. You know why she needs needles? Because last year when she quit knitting she gave me all her needles. I would give them back if she asked. I would offer to giver her a whole damn set of every size ever made in a custom knitting needle roll if I thought she would stick with knitting. All this goes through my head in a matter of seconds. I have a feeling my gift would be futile so I show her where the needles are.
Now she asks salesgirl for a fingerless glove pattern. Uhmmmm didn't I just five minutes ago say I had an easy pattern I would give her?
Salesgirl shows her a pattern you get for free with yarn purchase. It's worked in the round with size 7 double points. She copped out on the sock and hat lessons and has no double point needles except size 10 1/2 that I bought her to do the hat. I say nothing.
Now the really disturbing part.
She asked "Aren't you going to buy yarn?"
Picture me.... with.... Deer in the headlight look.
Me: "No I'm not buying yarn for year, remember?"
Her: "What? Why? Why would you do that?" (Sincere look of concern on her face)
Me: "Because I have enough yarn to last for three years and I made a public challenge to not buy more until it's gone or Jan 1, 2012 whichever comes first" I look to the clerk and add "I'm blogging about it everyday" She nods in total disbelief also.
Friend: "Can I buy you some yarn?"
Me: "No"
Her: "Why?"
Me: "Because I'm not adding to my stash I am trying to use it up"
She's now looking at me like I just told her I have terminal cancer, I kid you not. I'm thinking "Do you EVER listen to anything I say? I have been talking about this for months, and I JUST TOLD YOU IN YOUR CAR ON THE WAY HERE ABOUT IT, AGAIN, FOR ABOUT THE FIFTH TIME" But because I am non confrontational, as I said before, I say nothing.
I'm still shook up. It was the look on her face. I should have taken a picture. She was truly concerned about it like I was dying. It's a freaking personal challenge!!! I am not crazy!!!!! I will prevail!!! I have yarn!!! I will not die from NOT buying more!!!!
It's like talking to these teenagers in my house. All they hear is blah,blah,blah.
This is most of my sock yarn. I am counting at least eight pairs of socks in there. I am guessing I couldn't knit that many socks in 10 months if someone held a gun to my head.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
My First Yarn Bomb!!!! 60/365
My new hero, VideoKnitter, took me along on a yarn bomb today...too much fun.
First gather your supplies. In my case it was swatches and UFO's. Tape measure, scissors, yarn needle, water, Fiber One Bar, camera, CHECK!
Somewhere on a trail in Colorado Springs....
First gather your supplies. In my case it was swatches and UFO's. Tape measure, scissors, yarn needle, water, Fiber One Bar, camera, CHECK!
Somewhere on a trail in Colorado Springs....
Monday, February 28, 2011
Nothing Left to Add to Stash 59/365
It finally happened. Someone wanted a hat and insisted on buying the yarn for it.
It all worked out in the end. There was only about 5 inches of yarn left LOL! NO stash adding for me!
It all worked out in the end. There was only about 5 inches of yarn left LOL! NO stash adding for me!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Sorting UFOs and Other Stuff 57/365
I pulled out the solid fabrics today to see what I had. Enough for (???) at least two nice sized quilt tops, maybe a double sided quilt would work. Also stashed in there were two nine patch wall quilt tops and some hand pieced monkey wrench blocks I got from the dreaded Put and Take Table at quilt guild last year.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Angelia's Doofy Hat 56/365
Angelia has been begging for a doofy hat for almost two years. I reckoned it was high time she got one.
Three strands of sport weight purple acrylic, one strand of shiny shiny thin metallic yarn in shades of lavenders, Black worsted weight acrylic with the metallic for tassels and by itself for the edging.
Three strands of sport weight purple acrylic, one strand of shiny shiny thin metallic yarn in shades of lavenders, Black worsted weight acrylic with the metallic for tassels and by itself for the edging.
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