Posted in Uncategorized on February 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »
i made a dress…
i got a perm…
i had bread pudding with cherries, caramel, and bacon- topped with candles and followed by midnight shots of tequila…
i played smash brothers with some of my favorite people…
and i threw myself a little party at the karaoke bar…
…i have a good feeling about 27
Posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2012| 1 Comment »
just ignore the fact that it’s mid-february if you have to, i’m going to write about christmas…
this year, due to the fact that i seemed abnormally surrounded by football fans (or maybe this is just the first year i listened while they talked and watched with them? anyway…), so i decided on team scarves for everyone. everyone being my friends jason and reggie and my pops. it was still a helluva lotta yarnin, and since i taught myself a few new tricks this year, i thought it might just warrant a (so very horribly late) blog…
humble beginnings: kansas city chiefs scarf
i sketched the logo out and traced it to graph paper…
…and then stitched it onto the finished, striped scarf, needlepoint-style (at the very last minute, naturally…)
he seems pleased 😉
in the background would be the sports bar where i had many a boozy breakfast during my first ever football season of paying attention.
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next, we have the indianapolis colts scarf, which is not very exciting considering the shit season they played this year (poor colts…), but i did something i’ve never done before: i crocheted a pattern (in this case, a horseshoe) right into the fabric of the scarf. it involved many, many ends and knots and bits to weave in later, but it was totally worth it.
this is how i kept track of my stitches- graph paper is the bread and butter of just about all my best craft undertakings ive undertaken in my memory…
this is the best after-photo i have… unfortunately the lucky recipient is a wee bit camera shy…
and heres my dad. hes a baseball man, so he got a detroit tigers set. these were super easy, i just used the blue size knifty knitter loom for the scarf and fastened it flat with the fringe (giving it a pleasent girth and cooshiness) and the giant purple one for the big floppy hat. the pompom i made on the little peach mini loom and it turned out great! seriously, i made these in like a day. love those looms!
i also tried my hand at a little doggie sweater, but im not overly pleased with the way it turned out. too tight around the middle, i think, and i would have liked to add sleeves. the knitting looms are great for fast and simple, but i would really like to learn to knit for realsies so i have a little more flexibility when it comes to, say, dog sweater sizes…
I hope everyone had a lovely christmas and all you crafters had as much fun with your christmas list as i did!
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