check it out!! for manymany years i’ve dreamt of someday being on the contributors page of one of my favorite magazines… i still can’t believe i’m there! and to be on that page in a magazine with amy sedaris on the cover! truly unbelievable! in college i thought my career would be photography, and iContinue reading “Craft: 10!”
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vortex! and a journey through my design process…
surprise! the secret pattern i thought i’d get to share with you when the spring knitty went up in march just got released today as a surprise in the winter issue! so exciting! there are two different versions – with a point, and without (although the no-point version does have a little bit of aContinue reading “vortex! and a journey through my design process…”
winter sickness, go away! i’m done with you!
well well well it’s been awhile. sorry about that. so that cold i had around the holidays left, i was all healthy, then ten days ago i got hit with a fever and a whole different crappy cold that still hasn’t left completely. i spent about six days on the couch with the energy toContinue reading “winter sickness, go away! i’m done with you!”
belated 2008 recap!
2008 was a huge year for me! i quit my day job, lucked out with several dream-come-true crafty jobs, got engaged, got a kitten, made some amazing friends, really settled into my new portland home. so i put together a massive flickr mosaic (divided into 3 images) of my favorite things i made throughout theContinue reading “belated 2008 recap!”
free pattern: waving chevron scarf!
this one has been in the works for quite some time, i’m so happy to release it! super simple, it’s a basic garter stitch scarf with some increases and decreases forming the waving shape and chevron point, and 3-color striping to make it pop! this sample uses 3 shades of malabrigo worsted merino and sizeContinue reading “free pattern: waving chevron scarf!”
holiday adventures, 2008
ok this is going to be a mostly personal post, but there are a few craft projects thrown in to keep it fun. these last couple of weeks have been totally nutso, so i have quite a bit to catch up on. i’ll try to speed through stuff, but there’s a lot i wanted toContinue reading “holiday adventures, 2008”
bad movie bingo!! for sale now!
update 2/10/09: the official bad movie bingo website has just gone up! badmoviebingo.net! ok if you follow me on twitter you’ve been hearing about this for a long time now, and i wanted to release it much earlier, but i’m happy to at least have it up by xmas (barely!) so you could play itContinue reading “bad movie bingo!! for sale now!”
quicky gift idea – before and after photo
this is a gift i gave my parents a couple years ago, pre- do stuff!, and when i saw it here at the house i thought it would be a good project to share. i’m sure i saw the idea somewhere else, but i don’t know where. you could either make it in a photoContinue reading “quicky gift idea – before and after photo”
experimental sleeve dyeing!
i’m sitting on my parents’ couch right now in southern california, sick with a stinkin’ cold, blah, so i haven’t had the energy to get some things done that i wanted to have done by now. but i think i do have the energy to write this belated post. last weekend was my experimental sleeveContinue reading “experimental sleeve dyeing!”
monster hats galore! and more!
well the weather here in portland was very distracting today, but i’ve finally finished my big leethal shop update with the hats (and one pair of ninja mitts) that are left after my three holiday shows. funny thing – last year people kept asking me if i had any kid’s hats, which i did not,Continue reading “monster hats galore! and more!”