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Sooki is the main character in The Saggy Baggy Elephant, he’s happy with himself and life in general until a parrot starts making fun of him. Parrots can be such dicks. Sooki then tries ways to make his skin fit better, mostly by asking predators for advice and putting himself in harms way. Each time [...]

I designed these babies a while back after finding a nice big remnant of Berber fleece fabric at a thrift store. It screamed “Sheep!” at me, and for once I listened. The legs and face are plain black poplin and the ears are craft felt. I put a few in my booth over at Keeper’s Corner but Deb also [...]

It’s true. I’ll be teaching impressionable young minds every week, on Thursdays at Come Yarn Over here in Klamath Falls Oregon. I’ll be alternating basic small loom weaving and making sock animals. If your child happens to be conveniently located in or near Klamath Falls on a Thursday in August they will no longer have an excuse for [...]

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 [...]

Candy. Sushi. Candy + Sushi = candy sushi. I’ve wanted to do this since spotting this Make: How to. I made the rice crispy treat base, but everything else was a group effort with the kids right down to the roe eggs and oddly placed jelly & marshmallow frogs on the board. Lexi even added [...]

Disappointing for vendors, awesome for buyers. I’m going to embrace the whole “If you can’t say something nice about a craft fair coordinator don’t say anything at all.” but I will say its not a good sign when you visit with friends from bazaars past and the first thing out of their mouths is “This [...]

The final cozy felted a bit more than the gauge swatch, leaving the bottom of my tea pot exposed, but not by much. I think if I were to reknit this I’d add at least 3 more inches in length. Maybe just a squidge more. The finishing was super easy, I snipped a small hole [...]

I think the husband unit is in desperate need of an update on his operating system. Every time I try to run washthedishes.exe I get a “system busy” window. It’s really really frustrating, I’ve tried rebooting him multiple times but to no avail. Matt also needs a memory upgrade. Since he’s no longer warrantied I [...]

Between getting the kids’ curriculum sorted out, and sorting out how I’m going to manage school, the house and life in general I haven’t had much time to focus on knitting, or spinning or sewing. Oh yeah, I paid my application fee for my school today, sort of an eleventh hour thing, I should know [...]