Domestic Turmoil.... and more crafts coming up!

Where have I beeeeen? One word: Finals. The last word:

I have finally gradgimicated (or the closest I intend to get for a long long time) so I was going insane finishing school, then on vacation to New England (pics coming soon, I swear). Now I am visiting my family for a grad party, as I was not the only one doing this dirty deed. I'm back on the track this week. I promiscuous. OH! I mean I promise *blushing. 

Beebee Binket

Well ladies and germs, I'm sure you're wondering where I've been. Or maybe you've not noticed. Well, at any rate... this is finals week. 'nuff said, eh? But I HAVE been busy knitting a baby blanket for my friend who just popped one out a few weeks ago. It is red with devil horns... cute! I took the pattern from a great book, so the rights aren't mine to publish, but you can find it in Crazy Aunt Purl's book, Drunk, Divorced and Covered in Cat hair. I altered the devil horns a bit, making them bigger, and worked the edging as I went, rather than crochet around when I was finished. Here's the pics!




There's Dog Train, modeling for us. And isn't he just a bundle of adorability?! I have a concern the hood might be too big. Naturally, when I was making it, I thought surely it was too small! Typical. Oh well. I guess babies' eyes don't sit on the top of their heads like stuffed animals' do. I hope.

Gone Green

Apparently, the trend these days is going "green" yet, if you're a genuine crafter like me, you know this concept all too well already. We hoard supplies (and random stuffs) like crazy... for just in case. That is to say, we don't throw anything away. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle... well, maybe not reduce. For example, I have fabric scraps in my closet from I-don't-know-how-many years back that I just can't bring myself to get rid of just in case I need that color for a quilt corner. Or a tie back. Or whatever. So they say green is the new black, but I say green is the trendy new just in case. Don't get me wrong, I think saving the planet and all that is a very good thing. I like to imagine I'm doing my part by recycling and using low-energy appliances, etc. I just want the world to know that I and my fellow hoarders have been doing this since before it was cool, before when we thought we humans were indestructible and ruled the world. When everyone else was throwing out plastic packaging by the ton, I was saving all those little yogurt containers, toilet paper rolls and cardboard boxes. I saved it for the inevitable day that just in case would become a reality. And finally, now, the revolution has begun. No longer is it just in case i need this item, but it has evolved to just in case the world should collapse. For the betterment of mankind, for the betterment of our children's children, for the betterment of our own need to fill closets full of junk, please my friends, RECYCLE. Thank you.