my firstest amigurumi doodad.

Ohh yeah, I have a blog. How interesting that I have been soooo busy doing what I enjoy doing, but somehow forgot to take pictures and post to show the world. Because, really, it's the showing off that is the best part of the making! Right? Well, maybe sometimes. Mom got me patterns for lil crochet zoo animals and I began with the elephant. No clue why, as it is not the cutest, or the most convenient for my yarn colors... for some reason I felt drawn to begin with the eletelephony, as pictured above. I am now embarking on a giraffe. Other completed works include hats and scarves and so on... the usual. Probably I will promise to post pics but never will, as per my standard MO. And that's a mo-fo. Fo sho, yo.

No-Slip Grips

This is a really short note. But I made a discovery today that I'm sure many people have made before me. I am surely still allowed to be proud of it though, right? Right? Surely. Here's an easy way to make head wraps/bands/ties into non-slip versions. Magical and quick, it's called: hot glue! Throw it on, let it cool (I like to push it into the fabric with my thumb about 2/3 of the way through the cooling process, just to make sure it's really stuck solidly) and throw it on your head. No more glancing in the mirror to realize your hair tie has been dangling off the back of your neck for hours like an idiot! I have once again saved the day! Yay, me.

Self Striping: An Ode

My latest obsession: self-striping yarns. While on a trip to Bowling Green this week, I stopped in at the local yarn store (Crafty Hands. It is very nice. You should visit if ever in town. It is open during normal business hours) and bought up a variety for use in projects for friends (a scarf and some tiny birds... don't tell!). now I want to self-stripe everything I make. It makes a simple, say... dishtowel, amazing and gorgeous. Just knit in any pattern or none at all, and voila! a stripey dishtowel! No work, no ties, no weaving in ends, no multiple skeins of yarn. it is God's gift to knitters. Who invented this stuff? That person (a woman, I am sure) should be CROWNED!

Next up.... Verigated Yarns: The Self Striper for Caterpillar Socks