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Jan 25, 2012
@ 10:00 am

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The only ones I made Christmas presents last year were cats. :D

Sep 26, 2011
@ 10:00 am

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Actual finished items! Specs for felted & crocheted slippers: Pattern: Hissukka (Ravelry) by Sanna Kovanen Yarn: 307 yards (281 m) of Novita Puro in colorway #832 (Woods) Hook: 7 mm Other: felted in the dryer, then accidentally felted again in the washing machine which made the slippers fit even better And some more: catnip balls for the kitties Pattern: Cat Toy Cover (Ravelry) by Debi Brennen Yarn: scraps of Novita Puro in colorway #801, leftovers from a scarf Hook: 4 mm Mods: half followed the pattern, half winged it. Stuffed with polyester filling and catnip. The kitties went nuts!

Actual finished items!

Specs for felted & crocheted slippers:

  • Pattern: Hissukka (Ravelry) by Sanna Kovanen
  • Yarn: 307 yards (281 m) of Novita Puro in colorway #832 (Woods)
  • Hook: 7 mm
  • Other: felted in the dryer, then accidentally felted again in the washing machine which made the slippers fit even better

And some more: catnip balls for the kitties

  • Pattern: Cat Toy Cover (Ravelry) by Debi Brennen
  • Yarn: scraps of Novita Puro in colorway #801, leftovers from a scarf
  • Hook: 4 mm
  • Mods: half followed the pattern, half winged it. Stuffed with polyester filling and catnip. The kitties went nuts!

Sep 4, 2011
@ 10:30 pm

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Crochet owls, too cute! (via ♥ tuto chouettes au crochet ♥ - Tournicote…à cloche-pied)

Crochet owls, too cute!

(via ♥ tuto chouettes au crochet ♥ - Tournicote…à cloche-pied)

Jun 5, 2011
@ 12:06 pm

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Re: Attention knitters…

reblogged from rainabloom

rainabloom:

Ravelry got hacked. Though they don’t think a significant amount of information was compromised, they’re asking everyone to pop by and change their passwords. When you log in, there’s a detailed, helpful message explaining what happened and what sorts of changes they plan to make to protect users’ information going forward. They never stop impressing me.

More information in the newsletter and tips for password security in the this thread. So sad that this happened but the Ravelry staff are being extremely professional!

May 20, 2007
@ 02:25 pm

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What’s on my needles (and hooks) these days: I just know I’ll have a super crappy and busy week next week cooped up in a classroom so I had to cast on Rainy Day Socks as comfort knitting. We had *one* rainy day last week but after that it’s been nothing but gorgeous, sunny spring days. On that socky note, I’ve considered joining in the Summer of Socks 2007 but haven’t signed up yet cause I’m such a procastinator. Other projects: cable purse from DROPS, toe-up toe socks that are totally suffering from the dreaded Second Sock Syndrome, and an amigurumi bunny in the softest bamboo blend yarn. I’ve also done some dye experiments with food dyes…

What’s on my needles (and hooks) these days:

I just know I’ll have a super crappy and busy week next week cooped up in a classroom so I had to cast on Rainy Day Socks as comfort knitting. We had *one* rainy day last week but after that it’s been nothing but gorgeous, sunny spring days. On that socky note, I’ve considered joining in the Summer of Socks 2007 but haven’t signed up yet cause I’m such a procastinator.

Other projects: cable purse from DROPS,

toe-up toe socks that are totally suffering from the dreaded Second Sock Syndrome,

and an amigurumi bunny in the softest bamboo blend yarn. I’ve also done some dye experiments with food dyes…

May 13, 2007
@ 02:23 pm

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Monkey see, monkey do For a while now, I’ve had the desire to make knitted monkeys. There are a couple of great monkey patterns online, like Mr. Dangly or Tucker the Monkey. In Kath Dalmeny’s World of Knitted Toys, there are three species of primates, and I have a small amount of burnt orange yarn in my stash that’d make a great orangutan. But then I saw puchitomato’s crocheted amigurumi tropical monkeys and I just had to make one (and I’m not alone). The pattern is my own concoction with some heavy reverse engineering based on the pics. This little guy is made of worsted weight yarn with two craft eyes, polyester filling and peas, a pipe cleaner inside the tail, and a pink bead for belly button. He measures about 17 cm (6.5”) sitting down. (Source: ravelry.com)

Monkey see, monkey do

For a while now, I’ve had the desire to make knitted monkeys. There are a couple of great monkey patterns online, like Mr. Dangly or Tucker the Monkey. In Kath Dalmeny’s World of Knitted Toys, there are three species of primates, and I have a small amount of burnt orange yarn in my stash that’d make a great orangutan.

But then I saw puchitomato’s crocheted amigurumi tropical monkeys and I just had to make one (and I’m not alone). The pattern is my own concoction with some heavy reverse engineering based on the pics.

This little guy is made of worsted weight yarn with two craft eyes, polyester filling and peas, a pipe cleaner inside the tail, and a pink bead for belly button. He measures about 17 cm (6.5”) sitting down.

(Source: ravelry.com)