Recent Projects

A gift for Narboo.

Megan's birthday gifts. She really wanted me to knit gifts for her, but in the end they were no match for the store-bought gifts. Oh well, she's 5 so I'll try not to take it too personally.

A baby shower gift. I didn't get a single decent photo of this matching hat and doll. Maybe I'll get a picture of the little guy with them after he's born!

My contribution to the National Gallery of Australia.

Found on the Oregon Coast

We spent last weekend at the Oregon Coast. I found some great stuff!

I found these market bags at the Sunday Market in Astoria. I bought the pink one first and couldn't stop thinking about the orange so I ran back and got that too! My photo is no good, you really should check out her etsy shop to see all their glory!

While in Astoria, we also found the Lunar Boy Gallery. If my kids were somewhere else, I could have spent hours here. This is where I discovered the Girl Band. Unfortunately we were on our way home and the spending spree was officially over. I must get one ASAP.

I picked up a few yarns at Creative Beginnings in Seaside and Coastal Yarns in Cannon Beach.

We arrived Thursday afternoon, my 5 year old broke her arm Friday morning. She is very brave and we still managed to have a nice trip.

Links

Today is my oldest daughter's 5th birthday, so here is a picture of her with a jaguar!


Here are some links I have been saving. I figured why save them if I'm not going to share them? Mostly family-related, not knitting or crafting, but interesting.



I love the concept of paperless mail.



Any ideas I can use to move toward a simpler and more sustainable lifestyle are welcome!



This tiny kitchen is amazing.



Two pieces on parenting, here and here.



That's all I've got!

Guerilla Knitting & New Monster

My first time out guerilla knitting was so fun! I hope people enjoy seeing the cozies around Greenlake. To see all the pictures, go here. I have lots of acrylic yarn in my stash that has been given to me from various friends cleaning out closets, this is going to be the perfect use for it!



This monster has been done for a few weeks, with all the computer drama I haven't been taking many photos. She still needs a good photo shoot for the shop, this is just a little preview. I haven't measured her yet, but she's pretty tall. Maybe around 15 inches?

I have a couple of cute ideas rolling around my head for some novelty items. This week is dedicated to knitting up some gifts so the new stuff will have to wait until next week.

Relay for Life & NGA

Tomorrow I'm going to be at the Greenlake Relay for Life in Seattle from 2 to 8 pm. I'll have all my current creations with me, including some brand new pieces! Stop by and say hi!

Here is the piece I'm working on for the National Gallery of Australia. I need to finish up embroidering my name on it this weekend so I can send it off. I hope that I can identify it in photos of the finished project.

Recently, I lost everything on my computer. It has been a major pain getting up and running again. I am hoping for sun today so I can take new photos of all my creations, I have lots that I haven't shared yet. Fingers crossed that the ongoing computer problems come to an end soon and I can begin posting regularly!

Stay tuned for pictures from tomorrow's event!