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No one is going to get that bastardized reference are they? Moving right along then. In keeping with my current thing of making creatures out of garments– sock frogs! Frogs made of socks. One of these days I’m actually going to get around to making a classic sock monkey. My soft sculpting techniques need some [...]

This little guy started life as a pair of knit gloves. Usually I find stretch gloves perfectly useless as gloves but I haven’t made a softie in a long time and the idea of a maneki neko was way too tempting to resist. The paw holding the fish is the thumb of the glove, and [...]

I finished this hat sometime in late November I think. I’m not sure, life was kind of hectic. You know, in the way that being doused in gasoline and offered a lit cigarette is kind of hectic. Maybe it was mid-December. Okay. I should say that I finished knitting it, weaving in the end and [...]

This is Hitty #7, my last doll of 2010. I lucked out and found some real coral beads at the craft store, then went ahead and made her a dress from quilting cotton. I tried putting her up on eBay last week but since there were no takers I’ve decided that it’s probably a sign [...]

I have no desire to go back to the so-called simpler times because I honestly believe plastic wrap, refrigeration and antibiotics simplify life a whole lot more than most people would credit. Still, vintage swag holds serious appeal for me. Like a crow to shiny. Like this six-20 Eastman Kodak camera from the 40′s. I absolutely loathe [...]

There is so much snow. Oodles and gobbles of snow. Snow everywhere. On everything. Cold cold snow. Lots of it. It’s a knitters freakin’ paradise, or it would be if I could find a proper LYS out here. I’m pretty much stuck to Micheal’s in Klamath Falls for yarnage. Let’s just take a moment to [...]

Mo chuisle pointed out last night that I haven’t been blogging for a while. I knew that. Really. I actually bought an HP mini to resolve the problem but got side tracked with other postponed writing projects. Then there’s email, email is a huge distraction, I have about a month and a half of it [...]

This is my first post using a phone, so please excuse the brevity and any weird formatting. I’m not used to typing with my thumbs. We are in Chiloquin now. Staying in the RV at Walt’s RV park, pretty nice place. There are some really nice trails cut for walking dogs, of which I’m taking [...]

Fact: It doesn’t matter if I’m handling carving knives or knitting needles there’s always the risk of serious bloodshed (mine.) I cut my right hand index finger yesterday, right next to the finger nail,  but close enough to the pad to make typing uncomfortable. It’s okay. The Gods of Craftopia demand sacrifices, right? At least [...]

I think I hit the oldest and most mature that I was meant to get and started back in the other direction. At least I hope so. I finished the Hitty doll, dressed her in her little chemise (the idea being that Lexi and I will make clothing for her together) and gave her to [...]