It's almost hat weather here in Iowa. I found this Knitty pattern through Ravelry http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter04/PATTcrosscountry.html

I didn’t think cotton was probably a good choice for fair-isle, but of course I went ahead and used it anyway. All in the name of being cheap. This is my first fair-isle project.

The hat was quite roomy, but after lining with fleece the fit has drastically improved. Check out http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2008/06/fully-lining-hat... for some good tips on lining hats.

The only chart I used from this pattern was the snowflake chart. I was pretty intent on having a dinosaur hat, and found a chart http://www.yarn-visions.blogspot.com/2009/01/brontosaurus... for a triceratops. It looked more appropriate for intarsia, so I added some more squares here and there to make it more fair-isle friendly and avoid huge long floats. I also decided beetles would be a good addition and made up my own chart for those. The beetle legs looked pretty awful - the individual green stitches got lost in the background. So, I duplicate stitched them after the hat was complete.

Needles: size 2
Yarn: recycled cotton from thrift store sweaters









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Amy

Purchased this pattern on Ravelry http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/isaac. It's intended to be a dude pattern, but, whatever. I was going to add some side shaping, but spaced it off. The fabric drapes pretty well, though, so it doesn't bother me.

I recently made a baby sweater with saddle shoulders and decided I really needed a saddle-shoulder something all for myself. So, here it is.

Yarn: unravelled from a thrift store sweater, 100% cotton 4-ply
Needle: size 4
Plackets: leftover scraps from this purse http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=318103.0
The buttons are thrifted, also.





unbuttoned


buttoned


dork




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My friend Sarah (recently reacquainted) liked my purse http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=318103.0, so she got one too. It's weird; we're both 31, but it feels like high school all over again. Anyway...

Material is, again, two pairs of thrifted pants, lining is an old shirt, hardware/zippers were harvested off a thrift store purse. I had different stuff to work with than the first one, so I changed the strap attachment, and decided to use one of the existing welt pockets (from the pants) for one side of the front. I actually purchased a small amount of green for the piping to get the right color. I was hoping to take it easy and find some pre-packaged piping to save myself some time, but just couldn't find what I wanted. I can't decide if I like hers or mine better!















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Normally I log my knitted fo's on Ravelry. I'm rather proud of this one, though, so I thought I'd share here as well. I've crocheted for years but am pretty new to knitting. Yarn was recycled from an old gap vest I don't think I ever wore. Geesh, frogging 2-ply cotton is no walk in the park, let me tell you. This is based on a cabled cardigan from vogue spring/summer '07. I changed the shaping and cables up a little bit.

I should have just doubled up the 2-ply, but didn't think I'd have enough yarn to complete it if I did that. I knitted the 2 strands with some nylon thread for a little extra strength on size 2 needles. This was tedious as hell, but I dig that sort of thing.









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 This is my own pattern. I get tired of making clothes sometimes and worrying about whether or not they're going to fit, so I decided to detour and make a one-size-fits-all something. The material is two pairs of thrifted pants, lining is lining from one of those pairs, zippers were thrifted. The piping is just some random cotton fabric I had lying around with some narrow cotton twine. The inside has one zippered pocket.

I thought I interfaced the heck out of this thing, but it seems one can never use enough for a sturdy bag. These photos are taken after several days of bag use on a trip to Vegas with my mom. So, it's been fairly abused, and hasn't held its shape as much as I'd like.

Oh, and the buttons were leftovers from a jacket I made http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=302145.msg3451983#msg3451983













The sort of kidney shaped pieces that are also the straps are also pockets, in case that's not apparent from the photos. The construction was a little tedious and I had to kind of make it up as I went.

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I went through a ceramic tile-mosaic phase a few years back. I go through a lot of phases. It was fun; I would randomly break up tiles with a hammer and then rearrange the bits into pictures. Most of these tiles were freebies-leftovers from the local home improvement store. To get the proper yellowish skin tone, though, I had to go with some plates found at Target in the clearance section. The table I used cost something like 3 dollars at a secondhand store. It's not the greatest table because it has these little cubby things underneath, so it's not especially comfortable to sit at. But it makes a good surface to throw my keys, groceries, and other random stuff on in the kitchen.


I freehanded the characters while referencing a book.


I thought it would be appropriate for Milhouse to have the wine, and Lisa the Duff beer.


Grrrr


Excellent...



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Pattern from Burda Magazine 5/2009, fabric from the thrift store. Looks like I should've ironed it. Oh, and I used a great smocking tutorial on tumblingblocks.net









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Found this awesome 80's McCall's pattern at the thrift store. The pattern was for a long, high-ish waisted skirt. I redrafted the yoke sections to make it sit at the hips, made it shorter, and added side-seam pockets. Fabric is just a thrifted cotton sheet dyed with a mix of brown and black Rit dye. Side zip.

I started sewing some little flowers and embroidery, but quickly became bored. Probably a good thing; coulda been too much.










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Made from thrifted cranberry corduroy, part of a thrifted polo shirt, thrifted buttons, and a pink zipper from my mom's old pants. Pattern is McCall's 5142, a jeans pattern. I cropped them and added ties at the bottom. Also added the cargo pockets on the rear and at the sides. Sewed the pinstriping on the green accent bits.






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First is from 2 thrift store pillowcases.



This skirt of this one is from some round tablecloth thing I've had sitting around forever. It has some cool trains on it. Waist part is from a button-down mens shirt, and the orange piping is from a thrifted pillow case




LOLOL gotta love the dog peeing in the background.
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