Category: Crafts

Craft projects of mine

  • Columbine Peak Socks

    Another FO!(That’s “Finished Object” for you non-knitters.) After doing two pairs of simple basic socks, I was ready to expand my skills. So I cracked open my copy of Socks Soar on Two Circulars* and picked out the “Columbine Peaks” pattern. The leg of the sock has a lacy pattern that forms little v-shaped mountain…

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  • The Sign of the Beast

    Behold, the Beast from Hell!I haven’t given you a knitting update in ages, have I? Yes, that’s me in a custom knit devil-horned hat. The pattern’s from Debbie Stoller’s book Stitch ‘N’ Bitch and I whipped it up in about six hours. (Pattern note for those playing at home: I used two balls of Heirloom…

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  • My sock animal repertoire has grown… It’s my first sock doggie! Snookums has named him “Snuggles”.

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  • Sock Monkey Tutorial

    Sock Monkey TutorialAs folks are always asking me how I make my monkeys, I finally took the time to document it in a tutorial. That’s everything you need to know from start to finish. A few of the pictures are a little blurry but I think you’ll get the idea. Let me know if you…

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  • Weasley Sweater

    Sorry for the silence… but I’ve been busy finishing my Weasley Sweater! It’s a seamless raglan in deep maroon with a great big gray “K” embroidered on the front. It’s 100% wool and warm as hell. It’s probably actually a little nicer than the ones Mrs. Weasley makes, but faced with a choice between filmic…

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  • Cupcakes and Monkey

    It was a creative kind of night. I finished yet another sock monkey (a Christmas gift for the daughter of co-worker Dean) and a big tray of cupcakes for our Christmas Eve office luncheon. They’re yellow cake mix – from scratch! – with flavored frosting and “hundreds and thousands” on top. (That’s what Aussies call…

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  • Two More Monkeys…

    Two more monkeys…I had hoped that this week would finally mark the end of my sock-monkey-making labours, but it’s not to be. I made the fellow on the left there for my friend Kyrenia, who’s leaving our company and moving to Melbourne with her boyfriend. (Check out his jaunty wool scarf; it gets cold in…

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  • Yet another sock monkey…At last, I can cross another sock monkey off my To Do list. This one was commissioned by a well-known blogger as a Christmas surprise for his sweetheart. (I don’t want to give it away in case said sweetheart should stumble across this.) He’s stripey white/tan/brown with blue eyes. Cute, huh? Now…

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  • Two down……one more go to. I am a Gryffindor scarf makin’ machine! These two are about to be sent off to Adrianna in Pennsylvania. I’ve got one more to finish before Christmas and then I’m taking a much needed break. I’m sick of scarves! 🙂

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  • Weekend AccomplishmentsDid I mention that it’s Labour Day here? I really needed the three-day weekend. I entertained some of my girlfriends from the office here Friday night – in case you were wondering, that wasn’t me flashing her boobs on OfficeCam, incidentally – and spent most of Saturday recovering. I also knitted like crazy. I…

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