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sarawearsskirts  -- That is some awesome fabric!  Love it!


Since I'm off of school for a bit, I've been whipping up hats like crazy.  I just need to find the time to post them.  So...I finally made one of my Little Animal Hats:



I swear if it was bigger, I'd be wearing it right now!

What do you think?  I have a kitty and baby devil one in the works right now.

This guy was for a swap (and has been posted to another thread already), but he was also a big stashbuster.  Pattern from The World of Knitted Toys.




ohmystars -- That sweater is amazing!  I love the fairisle hearts!  can't wait to see the finished product.

I received an amazing package from radal16 today! 

The crow cacaphony shirt:


There's a crow on the back:


A praying mantis necklace (possibly the coolest bug in the world!):


The cutest lil pudgey owl stuffie:


And the most awesome thing ever, a mask -- screw Halloween, this baby's going on my wall!:


My mom says it's an owl...my dad a deer.  I've been calling it a dowel.  lol.  (But it is a deer right?  )

Thank you so much, radal.  I love everything!

I made the raccoon for the Forest Friends swap and since my partner got her package, I can finally post it!  Instead of the DK yarn, I used Red Heart (size 8 needles), so he turned out almost as big as the real thing...



Using the weight called for in the pattern, the body alone is supposed to be 13 inches long.  Next to a standard 12 inch ruler to show size...



It was so hard to send him away, but I think there's enough leftover for another one.   

I used two packets each of lemonade, pink lemonade, orange, grape, and black cherry Kool-Aid.  I absolutely love it, but just have no clue what to do with it yet.  And it still smells like fruit punch!

The only bad part was that during and after microwaving it, the room (and microwave) smelled like fruity wet sheep for quite some time.  Is there any way to get rid of that quicker?

I received my package today!!!  I love it all!

Loads of paper!  Cardstock, mickey mouse comic paper, clocks, script, burlap texture, etc!


More paper, Nightmare Before Christmas (love that movie!) printouts, tags, contact paper, and border:


Postcards, old photos, stickers, cord, gems,


Just a close up of some of the tiny things.  I love the Yellow Submarine patch and footprint stickers!


Thank you so much goatgoddess!!!  This is just the thing I needed to jump-start my ATC making obsession!

BRILLANT!!!  And to think there are a bunch of lonely boxes in the basement.  Def. better than a butter bowl!

And thanks everyone!  I was thinking of selling both of them, but can't decide if I should...

I think I'm going to leave the plying to those who do it better.  It practically drove me nuts...I think my system was just out of whack, but I still like single ply better.  This was yarn that I posted a while ago.


Plied with white and silver crochet thread.  The sparkle is hard to see.




I also spun some cotton for the first time.


The black bit is just there to hold it together.

"Hard Candy".  About 30 yards, single, thick and thin. 



Next up is my first go at plying!

["Paint House"]

On Saturday, for a photo assignment, I went out to the old Manteno State Hospital to shoot some rolls.  As always, I brought my digital along.  The place closed down in 1985 and a lot of it has already been demolished.  I only got to three of the building before running out of film, so I'm going back next weekend, although this time I'm bringing someone with.  It's a truly creepy place.  While at the Paint House, I could hear some child song playing over and over...

"Paint House"






there's a light on inside...


Cafeteria






Entrance to the tunnels








Misc.


All of the building are owned privately now, but this is just creepy




Love the reflection


Thanks for looking!  Part 2 will be up next week!
~K