Doodles continue
Embroidery doodles continue to be amusing... But forward progress has been somewhat hindered by the supervisory efforts of Miss Fizzy. Work will resume when she decides she has other places to be.
Distracted
I was supposed to be out taking pictures of the foxes, but I got a little distracted. I suspect you understand! But since I did, let's do a rundown of where we are with the hats. A couple of weeks ago, I showed a picture of a pointy hats. I hadn't planned to do a pattern, because they are ridiculous, even by my standards. But folks were vocal in their requests for them, so I tried a thing. I set up a one time only mailing list (meaning I'm going to send One Single Email to it then delete it [...]
Doodles
We all know I'm not a sweater knitter. Sweater wearer yes, sweater knitter no. And while I have no desire to knit my own sweaters, I do occasionally want to, shall we say customize, the cozy, comfy, easy, store-bought sweaters I wear so often. It started with mending, because why not fix what you have if you can. Then it moved on to things like adjusting the band at the bottom of a sweater (the band that causes a sweater to draw in at precisely the point my body flares out, the appeal of which I will never understand) or [...]
Improvements
So, the sweater from the other day? The one rescued from the ravages of kitten brutality? Here it is all mended (you can watch me do some of that over on instagram if you're so inclined). And here it is with the neckline adjusted so I like it better for me (you can watch me do some of that too). And just because this stuff is important to say, here is your bonus reminder that you should absolutely have your neckline wherever you want. Anyone who tries to make you feel bad about how much or how little skin you [...]
Stabby sweet
I love cotton sweaters. I love the tiny kitten. The tiny kitten loves to make biscuits on my cotton sweaters, and sometimes this happens. So I have to fix it. In this case, when it's just One Single Split Strand, you can actually fix it pretty perfectly if you tuck the yarn back in and use matching sewing thread to splice the ends back together. But that will not be quite as sturdy as I like (I know myself, I know my laundry habits, it's better if I fix this in a way that allows for rougher handling than that [...]
Crayon vibes
What's that you say? Why would I need a bunch of lovely dark gray yarn and little bits of lots of pretty rainbow yarn? Why might I need such things real damn bad and right this very moment? What sort of urgent, seasonally appropriate project might be bubbling away in my mind. Hmmm...I dunno...what could I possibly be up to that could make good use of such an array of possibilities. We'll have to wait and see... Yarn is from Ontheround. The gray is Shadow on Everyday DK, the rainbow is the ROYGBIV Nimble Sock Mini Skein Set (and is [...]
Sneak attack
"Oh," they say, "that will be easy," they say, "just sneak up on her while she's sleeping and plop it on her head," they say. Thus confirming my suspicion that they have not ever tried to do any such thing. My darlings, I'm fond of you all, but you underestimate the murder tendencies of this small ball of lint and needles. She is many things, but biddable is not one of them. P.S. This isn’t something where I’m asking for advice! I’m just sharing a cute kitten photo, so please don’t offer suggestions. I know it’s well meant! But [...]
Nope, not happening
I'm flattered you like these fuzzy little buddies as much as I do. Really I am! It is truly lovely to know that they appeal to so many of you, and it absolutely makes my day better when I hear that you like them. But I want to answer a question that keeps coming up... I'm absolutely not turning these into a children's book. In fact, I'm not turning anything into any kind of book any time soon (probably not ever again). I'll talk about why (partly to get it out of my head, partly because I suspect some of [...]
Tufted
It seemed like a good idea at the time. I mean it's knitting, right? The risk of things going horribly wrong is fairly low to begin with. And it's a tiny owl. What's the worst that could happen? The chances of fire or bloodshed or significant structural damage are very very low. But what I failed to account for was my own slightly obsessive tendencies. I mean we all knew I'd make more than one owl. But that's actually fine, having at least two lets me make sure I've streamlined the process and allows for some delightful photos. But what [...]
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