Alas, I don’t think making Skittles a shrug will work out. She hissed and yelled at me while I put it on and walked into the room Josh was in. She gave him a fearful look, turned around and flopped on the rug. She didn’t get up until I took it off. So, no go on the kitty shrug front. I think she’ll just be doing a lot of sleeping.

I made this one from the sweater I fulled and was using for DPN cases. Unfortunately, the cat has discovered the rest of the sweater and has taken it over. I cut the sleeve into a rectangle and sewed little three inch sleeves. In theory it works great and would probably work great on cats that don’t mind dressing up. Mine however, would prefer to just suffer her paw pain and stay naked.

How odd is it that I could absolutely see myself making one of these!?! I wonder how Josh would feel about a panther in blue?

I’m organizing my bookmark folder and thought I should post some of these. Hopefully they can be useful to someone out there.

LJ user Djinni scanned in her color cards from KnitPicks a while back and have been quite useful. She also happened to decode the animal cracker’s hat pattern as well as a pygmy puff pattern.

An easy way to make something round when knitting.

Glow in the dark yarn. Fun

Tis the season for Samhain and the harvest. We be needing crafts and recipes!

I’ve found a pattern for felted pumpkin. I’m thinking of some cute life size vegetables that could serve dual purposes. Pumpkin Toaster cover? Maybe?
Lots of Halloween and harvest related yummies are being posted in the Halloween Recipe community on LiveJournal.

I have bought the pattern for both Rogue and the Celtic cap. I figured that since the celtic cap uses the same cable pattern, I might as well buy it and practice with that and maybe Josh will actually wear it. If not, I’m sure I could get Brittany to wear one.

Just thought I would update.

I’ve decided that I want to make Rogue. I know, it’s been around forever, but I am really thinking it might be something I want to do. I will buy the pattern sometime between now and Monday, I hope. However, there are a few requirements in order to allow myself to buy the yarn for it.

• I must make a pair of socks. I don’t care if they are butt ugly, I need to try it.
• I have to practice celtic cables. I am fairly confident in myself when it comes to cabling, but it is a good thing to practice as I need to work on closing.
• I can’t start working on it until after I finish my current freelance project. As tempting as it may be, I have a very tight deadline. I mean VERY tight.

Josh had a wool sweater sitting in the closet that was never going to be worn. Being the recycler that I am, I insisted on using it for something I had been thinking about for a while. I made individual double pointed knitting needle cases!

After the sweater was shrunk, I cut strips of the appropriate length and width for each size and quantity of needle. Then I placed some inexpensive plastic I purchased from the remnants bin along the bottom. This was done to block the needles from possibly poking through over time.

To seam up the sides I just used some bright embroidering thread and did varying stitches to add a bit of fun mixed with functionality. I just made a snip on the flap and an appropriately sewn button was added.

To distinguish which size needle resided in the case, I did some super-quick (ghetto-fied) embroidering on the flap.

Materials Used:
Old wool sweater (shrunk)
Clear plastic (bottom liner)
Embroidery Floss
Embroidery Needle
Button

Yarn storage idea… Hanging sweater or shoe organizer (Closet Rod Storage). This would of course be if you have room in your closet.

Paper Wallet Tutorial – Make your own paper wallet or magazine wallet, etc…

Felt Purse Tutorial – Make yourself a reversible felt purse.

Knitting Progress Tracker – for you knitters, here’s a nifty idea to let everyone know just how much more work you have left to do on your works in progress.

#6 Shrinky Dinks – Use #6 Recyclable materials to create your own contracted plastic (Shrinky Dinks)!

A Beadwork Pentacle – Nifty ideas for making a lovely pentacle.

Cheap Silk Screening – How to silk screen on a budget.

Snuggles Pattern Library – Assorted Crocheting, knitting, and sewing patterns for pet beds and toys. (List by Hugs For Homeless Animals)

My sister-in-law collects shot glasses. She has them from around the world. She has always had a problem putting them somewhere until I came to her rescue.

For her birthday I built her two shot glass shelves. Only one is pictures because the other one is black and doesn’t photograph well.

She was quite happy to get these and actually had room for two more shot glasses.

Go Me!