Thursday, August 21, 2008

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Science takes game, set, and match... this time

No fun. No knitting. Heart breaking. Just work. All the time.

Consequently, tomorrow we are taking off 1/2 a day to go to the zoo. So yay for that, at least.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Yarnalicious.

Last week, rocked the microwave.
The green and yellow is tie-dyed with hair ties. Started with green and added the yellow. I think it could look really cool knit up. The pink and orange was dip-dyed using skewers; I like that the two colors are subtle so it won't be super dramatic. I love the lavender; it was mostly blue with one fruit punch. The brown was pretty much one of everything mixed together, and it looks like it. Ew.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Fashion, Sarwish-Style.

Sarwish alerted me to these feather headbands as they appeared on Kenley of Project Runway. I was up for the crafty challenge of recreating a $48 headband. A little elbow grease, a little hot glue and I was sure we could make something nice. When I arrived at the fabric store, I realized you could purchase this for $2.19:
Um, I win, right?

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Deadlines.....

So, deadlines are fast approaching. In order of importance:
1. Credit card payment, deadline: tomorrow.
2. Abstract for CMIB retreat, deadline: Monday.
3. Handmade Arcade entry, deadline: 17th
4. Knitty calendar contest, deadline: um, soonish.

To elaborate on issue number 4, the knitty calendar submission deadline is soon and I forgot to get help from people who know how to take pictures... I was left to run around my yard yesterday with an unfinished, unblocked scarf and a camera. Below are the results.

Not as miserable as I expected, but still not a likely top twelve finisher.

Of course, I'd kick myself for not entering, given the prizes.

Oh, and I'm learning how to crochet tonight.