Kung food
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 [...]
Early craft fair results
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 [...]
Felted tea cozy
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 [...]
Skulls and flowers
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 [...]
I need another hobby, no really, I do
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 [...]
Randomness and knitting
Look at the contentment of a knitter. Here’s Josey waiting for his sister’s birthday party to get underway. In a house full of gameboys, comics, books, and movies that my child chooses knitting. Sweet. And speaking of games. Darling husband decided that I should have a Nintendo DS lite, and Pokémon Pearl to go along [...]
WP updated, archives fixed & socks knit
I did that. I also made donuts, fry bread and crullers because I’m so talented. The socks are really nothing special, I’m pretty boring as socks go. Pink merino handspun, size 1 dpns, and a few evenings. They are a little baggy, but soft and comfy. Updating the blog and fixing the archives was a [...]
Hmm wax..
Wax, I have wax! I spent most of Saturday cleaning and laying out protective layers of things (like Seran wrap and newspaper) onto surfaces that needed protection, then cleaned jars while my fresh wax melted. Most of the candles are the baby-food jar kind. I like them for two reasons; they ship well, and there [...]
I share my craft fair wisdom with you
Reasons why you have to mentally prepare for a craft fair; small children with muddy hands, large adults with muddy hands, people looking to ‘ghost’ projects, people looking to barter/haggle/trade/or sell you something, thumbnail marks on candles (yes, it’s really wax people, why do you have to test it?), people that smoosh stuff in hope [...]