Grassimesse Teacup, via Designer’s Block.

I thought I had published this FO report, but it turns out that Wordpress ate it or something. So I’m publishing on their 11-month anniversary! Bon Anniversaire, ornaments!

Sweater Ornaments, started December 21st, 2007, finished December 27th, 2007
Pattern: Rough guideline to Sweater Ornaments from brooklyntweed.
Yarn: I think it was Bernat Satin Sport. It’s not bad in terms of sheen, but it is acrylic so it isn’t as flexible as a natural fibre.
Needles: 5mm circs
Modifications: I adapted the recipe for knitting flat because when I decided to start them I only had bigger circs on hand.
Would I knit it again? Yessirree! These are great gifts. I gave these to my aunt and uncle, whose initials are R and C, hence the letters. I also made a pair for my other aunt and uncle, but I forgot to take pictures before gifting them. I knit the base colour first, and then either duplicate-stitched the letters or embroidered them. It was really fun!

I got the hangers at Michael’s. They’re for doll clothes. Idunno about you, but when I had dolls (only one or two, but I still had ‘em), I kept the clothes rolled up in a ball. Once a clothes-baller, always a clothes-baller. These were about a dollar each.

Oh man! Threadless is having a Christmas sale and there are shirts for $5! Not even the crappy ones, either! The honest-to-goodness awesome shirts! Par example, some craft-themed shirts for $5:

For $15:

And here are some of my favourites that are still on sale

Awesome!

I like this Padded Envelope via Creativadoration. I don’t know about you, but recycling and reusing things has turned me into a packing supplies pack rat. I have random padded envelopes everywhere, because I always imagine myself reusing them to mail things out. But I’m not much of a mailer, so they just sit there in random crevices. I imagine I could cut apart a few of those old ones I’ve scrabbled away, tear off the bubbly part and recover them with brown paper, then zip up the sides with a little sewing machine. Voilà, a pretty new envelope for mailing things out.

I won’t, though, because I’m still not much of a mailer.

I Was Featured in Craftier! I’m a little late in reporting this. Head on over to the magazine and read my extremely long-winded interview. Most of it was about how to handle crafting and school-work at the same time. I must say that I haven’t really succeeded in this for the last few months, but I’m getting back into it and I’m almost done a project! But enough about me, let’s talk about me in interview form! Head over to Craftier and check out the whole magazine; there’s a whole bunch about bags and back-to-school crafts for young and old.

I am reanimating Yarnival! If you don’t remember what that is, it’s a Blog Carnival for fiber lovers. Here’s a quick intro:

Blog Carnivals typically collect together links pointing to blog articles on a particular topic. A Blog Carnival is like a magazine, in that it has a title, a topic, editors, contributors, and an audience. Blog Carnivals are much less formal than regular online magazines, though, and anyone can submit to them. Essentially, every month you submit the post you think represents your best work on your blog (be it a really cool FO or an explanation of a technique you learned, or even just a post complaining about how noisy your dogs are), and the best are selected for publication.

Here is a list of all past Yarnival!s. If you’d like to submit, submit your article here. The next Yarnival! will be at Knits and Giggles. If you’d like to be an editor for an upcoming edition, email me!

If you are knitting or have already knit a pattern that I’m talking about, leave me a comment and I’ll update my post with a link to your version. If you’ve written up a pattern and you want me to link to it, send me an email or leave me a comment and I’ll post it! It makes the list longer and my job easier.

• Some cloudy day reminds me of Kurt Cobain.
• Both the name and the pattern look like they’ve sort of been smooshed together from bit and pieces. But it looks great! Gelsomina by Berroco.
• Cris the star-nosed mole is hilarious and adorable.
• If you are looking for a classy cowl neck sweater, might I recommend Francis Revisited, PDF here.
• I love the palm to these Vineland Mittens. Back, too!
• Spruce up your table with some Holiday Napkin Rings.
• Give a Hoot!
• My friend who is a huge Naruto fan assures me that this Naruto Hat is both awesome and accurate.
• I assure you that these Baby Moccasins are the bee’s knees.
• So is this Tracker Hat.
• These Vinterblomster are a perfect combination of quaint, modern and pretty.
• The Lacy Girly Fancy Hat is certainly lacy, girly and fancy.
• I don’t know where the name Shower scarf comes from, but I love the end result!
• If you are (or are the proud owner of) a fisherman, you’d be well served by some Fisherman’s Luck Vest. Snazzy.
• If you prefer argyle to fish, this Geek Chic Argyle Vest will do the trick.

Junk Mail Art, via Crafty Crafty.

Heartbreakingly adorable, that is.

Aloitus button, via Viiniä ja villasukkia.

I’m going on a Value Village trip tomorrow, so I’ve been looking around on the net and trying to teach myself a little bit about how to shop for vintage doohickeys*. I’m a little afraid now that I am going to poison myself with lead if I ever have the fortune to find Wedgwood china. I love the look of ironstone, though. Maybe I can risk a few neurological disorders every now and then during the Holidays?

On my travels on the internet, I found this neat Vase by Gunnar Nylund at Nymolle and Holmegaard neck glass. The neck glass cracks me up; I am not sure if I would buy it if I ever came across it. I’m supposed to have put clutter due to hilarity behind me! But this neck glass is so darn tempting! Maybe I could use it to hold potpourri or flower petals. Then I could bring it out and bask in the hilarity of the neck glass whenever someone mentions how stylish my decorative potpourri holder is.

* Apparently “doohickeys” is in Firefox’s Canadian dictionary because there are no wiggly red lines under the word. I am surprised by this.