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I gave in.

I loved making this. The yarn is Beroccho Flicker and it is STRETCHY. There’s metallic silver woven in so it has a little bit of sparkle to it. I didn’t notice the eyelets are in the shape of hearts until I started to make them. Love it! Click the picture to get the pattern on Ravelry!

I loved making this. The yarn is Beroccho Flicker and it is STRETCHY. There’s metallic silver woven in so it has a little bit of sparkle to it. I didn’t notice the eyelets are in the shape of hearts until I started to make them. Love it! Click the picture to get the pattern on Ravelry!
My latest piece of embroidery. It’s a kit from Michael’s I bought to practice basic stitches. It hasn’t been blocked yet, eventually it’s going to be framed and put in the reading nook in the new apartment. That last sentence was the most uncool thing I think I’ve ever said. Adulthood, yay!

My latest piece of embroidery. It’s a kit from Michael’s I bought to practice basic stitches. It hasn’t been blocked yet, eventually it’s going to be framed and put in the reading nook in the new apartment. That last sentence was the most uncool thing I think I’ve ever said. Adulthood, yay!

“There are various reasons why an individual might habitually consume large quantities of alcohol, but they all effectively boil down to the same thing.”
—   Haruki Murakami - A Wild Sheep Chase (via murakamistuff)

Just finished a new hat and in the process learned how to make a pompom! I don’t know if I’ll ever wear this and I don’t know who will want a neon pink hat but I’m very pleased with it and I have the feeling it’s going to keep my head warm.

Note: I initially took pics with my skull piggy bank because I couldn’t get a good pic of myself with this on. Then I realized my laptop has a camera, who would have thought in this day and age!? Of course I had to include both pics because who doesn’t love a skull piggy bank with a pink hat on it’s bare head? You can think of it as a macabre before and after I suppose. 

My first embroidered thing! A pessimistic cat balloon? Lessons I got from making this: pin the transfer before you iron, keep the hoop very tight, do the outline last, I have a lot to learn.

My first embroidered thing! A pessimistic cat balloon?

Lessons I got from making this: pin the transfer before you iron, keep the hoop very tight, do the outline last, I have a lot to learn.

First try at embroidery! This takes more patience than I expected, and when my cats wake up I’m expecting them to completely freak out over the thread. Youtube how-to videos were a huge help with the french knots. When I actually make something I will be sure to put it up. 

First try at embroidery! This takes more patience than I expected, and when my cats wake up I’m expecting them to completely freak out over the thread. Youtube how-to videos were a huge help with the french knots. When I actually make something I will be sure to put it up. 

These are so incredibly small! “To achieve this in so small a scale, ridiculously thin knitting needles are required. I make my own knitting needles out of stainless steel wires that are so thin (.001”) that they can accommodate more that 80 stitches per inch. The gloves I make are 1/12th scale which means that 1 inch =1 foot in the “real” world. That means a finger the size of a grain of rice would be about the right size to fit inside a pair of my gloves.”

These are so incredibly small!

“To achieve this in so small a scale, ridiculously thin knitting needles are required. I make my own knitting needles out of stainless steel wires that are so thin (.001”) that they can accommodate more that 80 stitches per inch. The gloves I make are 1/12th scale which means that 1 inch =1 foot in the “real” world. That means a finger the size of a grain of rice would be about the right size to fit inside a pair of my gloves.”

(via truebluemeandyou)

Just finished my owl hat! It was very easy, if I hadn’t messed up the decreases and needed to redo a few rows this would have taken me one day to do. The buttons look a little wonky but when the hat is on they look fine. Click the photo to get to the pattern. 

Just finished my owl hat! It was very easy, if I hadn’t messed up the decreases and needed to redo a few rows this would have taken me one day to do. The buttons look a little wonky but when the hat is on they look fine. Click the photo to get to the pattern. 
This is why I need my hair to grow about three more inches. The waiting is killing me.

This is why I need my hair to grow about three more inches. The waiting is killing me.

(via robot-heart)

I made these for my family for Chrismukah this year and now I can finally make them public! I got the patterns from Subversivecrossstich.com. I highly recommend these kits, there’s also a lot of helpful links on the site as well.