Posted in Finished Objects, Knitting on January 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Or, her. I did make the pattern up, though, as a result of a challenge: “Make a snail that can come out of it’s shell, with a tiny tail sticking out.” This was after seeing the turtle I made, which can come out of it’s shell:
The shell is acrylic, made like nautie, and then I [...]
Posted in Yarn on January 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Quite a while ago, maybe a year or more, Bernat surprised me by coming out with a line of new acrylic blends. One of them was Soy, which is 50% soy and 50% acrylic. It’s a little thinner than worsted weight and has a nice feel to it, but unfortunately, the colours are blah. Off-white, [...]
Posted in Crochet, Finished Objects, Knitting on January 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I fly too much. And I do feel bad for all the flights I take; it’s hardly green, even if it’s true that the plane would still go if I wasn’t on it. It takes 3 planes to get me from Baltimore to Charlottetown, since there isn’t a direct flight. Charlottetown is a tiny, almost [...]
Posted in Blog, Finished Objects, Knitting on January 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After reformatting the computer today, I was almost unable to get back into my blog. I didn’t remember the password, and the e-mail address is one that I don’t actually use anymore, which was disabled last year. My admin messages go to a different e-mail address, but it wanted the original one, and would only [...]
Posted in Crochet, Finished Objects on January 3, 2008 | No Comments »
A modified version of this pattern from Crochet Me magazine. It’s the Original Super Mario Brothers mushroom, with Vanna’s Choice yarn for the yellow, white and black, and some red acrylic leftovers for the spots. I first made it so that the top was a container, but I didn’t like it. It was also unstable [...]
