A Treat for Cold Weather

okay, so as an obsessive knitter (a title that anyone I know will verify), I tend to go a little overboard. The latest manifestation of this has been a ridiculously easy yet extremely gratifying pair of fingerless gloves, found in the summer 06 edition of Knitty (the best online knitting magazine EVER!). For the gloves I was feeling cheap, and instead of the cashmerino blend advised (which admittedly felt like a dream) bought a skein of Lamb's Pride worsted weight yarn in avocado green which is a personal favorite. As an added benefit, I have so much of it left over that I might just make another pair! There was some cabling involved, but it is minimal and easy, and the end result is pure magic. The pattern can be found here, and is definitely worth the effort. The only thing I modified was to extend the knuckles to accommodate my hefty hands, and that was done by repeating the last five rounds again (including the cable).

Also, please note the "Anthrax Kills" mug that I am holding - Spencer found it at Value Village last year, and it adds just the right sense of doom in the mornings... maybe it wouldn't be Martha's first choice, but it works just fine for us!

Haloween Costume Biznatch

I was a praying mantis for halloween, and this was the result:

The head was created by covering a baseball cap with green fabric, hot gluing styrofoam balls covered in sparkly fabric onto the sides, with a couple of metallic pipe cleaners to top it off.

Flannel-icious

In my never-ending quest for ways to avoid homework on a rainy Saturday, Spencer's suggestion that I make a donkey out of scrap flannel ended up being taken far more seriously than it was probably intended to be. Instead of following some sort of pattern, I cut pieces resembling a donkey, reversed them, and sewed them together. The legs, tail and ears were sewn individually and attached, with some help from the internet to find out what a donkey tail actually looks like... pretty straightforward, overall.

And I know, it kind of looks like a dog with rain boots, but it totally rocks my socks!