I thought I would try again to make this ring. It's a good 30-minute project. I thought I was getting the hang of it, and then it came out a bit lopsided and not quite right. There are a few other ring patterns I could try, but I think I'll take a break from the crochet needle for a couple of days. I found the duct tape, so I can finish my dress form tomorrow.
Found the right size needle today and a better crochet book to tidy up the second ring. I'm getting closer to liking the finished product. I'm thinking about adding some beads to the next one.
Who doesn't love a shrinky-dink every once in a while? While the kids were playing with them, I thought it would be the perfect thing to make some Batala earrings. (Check out www.batalawashington.com.) So here's the shrunken result. Forgot to punch a hole before I shrank them, so will have to drill tomorrow so I can finish.
This may not look like much, but it's a project I've been wanting to do for a long time. When it's finished, it will be a custom-made dress form for my (many unfinished) sewing projects. Couldn't finish it today because, well, we ran out of duct tape. Thanks for wrapping me up, honey love!
It was a busy day, so I ended it by starting a new knitting project. Miss Calla was not fond of the balaclava I made her a few days ago, so asked me to knit a ski mask for her. She chose one based on Jack Skellington, a favorite of hers. I love these Knitty patterns! I had to start it on circular needles that were way too long, but I found some double pointed needles I can move it onto. This will keep me busy for a bit. I haven't had a knitting project for a while, so this will be nice for the rest of my hibernation time. 39 days to PR!
Oh I just love this challenge for making me finish all my old unfinished projects! This is a pillow that I knitted from some crazy yarn about a year ago, felted it about 2 months ago, and finally today stuffed it and finished it. Yay for me!
One more pair of long johns from another found sweater. Pretty quick project. Just a little tough to sew the knits together properly. But they came out pretty well and will be super comfy for Miss Calla while she lounges around for the next snow days.
The power went out before I could sew the last seam, so I'll post the almost-finished version via phone. Found a couple of comfy sweaters at the thrift store the other day and thought I could try out this project from craftzine. They were too small to fit me, but luckily I have couple of ten-year-olds who were willing to try them out. They were a little trickier than I thought they'd be, but they came out pretty well. If there's no power tomorrow, I guess I'll be hand sewing!
Homemade. Using my new stand mixer. Dipped in butter and then in cinnamon sugar. Quite delicious, if I do say so myself! Back to non-food items tomorrow.
I think this is better photo of yesterday's octopus. And you can see the snow falling! Since there's no point of reference, I'll just tell you: it's about 10 inches tall.
I liked yesterday's octopus, but I knew I could better. Moving more into 3 dimensions helped, dontcha think?
Well, I went back to the wire today, with mixed results. I loved the first half (the left) but it went awry somewhere on the right and I wasn't quite sure how to finish it. I"ll bet if I made the head about twice as big, it would look better. I may have to work on my line drawing skills a bit before I come back to this material. It looks like we have a few snow days coming up, so I'll stock up on supplies for the weekend.
Just under the wire... and yes, it's wire! Heavy, greasy black wire that's been sitting in my cabinet for months, just waiting to come out and play. This was my first time working with several wire bending tools, so there was a bit of experimentation. I think I'll come back to this material later in the month, though, for sure. For now, some sweet heart-shaped paper clips!
I picked up these chinese and arabic language papers months ago intending to make them into envelopes. Finally got around to doing it! Thanks, thing-a-day challenge! Maybe I'll get to those thank you notes next....
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