Little Fuzzy Thingies

I have little black fuzzy things on my carpet. They come from this:

A little throw pillow. With tassels. As it turns out, I hated them, so here's what it actually looks like:

Inside of it I put a little stuffing pouch, to avoid leakage through those little holes next to the cables. Once I had this brainwave (not that impressive, I know) I searched through my fabric, only to find I had no black. So I did what any logical person would do made up my own solution. A gray bandana! Covered in black Sharpie scribbles. Not even fabric paint. Sharpie. That's what I call "Classy." But it's done, so who really cares?

I am going to start this beret (Scroll down a bit. Just a little more. If you're at the baking, you've gone too far!) I actually already did, but I tried to do it on DPNs. Trust, me, it's a bad idea, and I hadn't even gotten to the increase section. So I'm biting the bullet, and I will go buy myself the right length circular needle. And I will make myself use it! What yarn, you ask? Funny you should mention it....

Look familiar? Yes, that is the very yarn that I had an internal (and Blog-wise) debate about whether I should return it. I decided I would, but then I realized it would make an awesome slouchy beret thing.


And now, your "Awwwww" moment for the day:

The cutest bunny ever! Or, one of them.


Just a note, I know the pictures in this post are worse than usual, and that's because I took them in the dark. It's a bad idea. I promise you that.

My New Favorite Thing

That would be paper piecing. I know, odd that it comes on top over things like chocolate and yarn. But right now, I am in love with this little guy:

Here is a closeup of my little teensy tiny stitches (why does the computer have a problem with 'closeup' and not 'teensy'?): 

My grandmother made my brother and I bookmarks like this one when we were younger, which I used as my model for this one. Here's mine with the one I made:

As you can see, I made mine a bit shorter, because I prefer short bookmarks. I also took out the cardstock (again, why the red line?) triangles, which I don't think she did. Then I decided it was too flimsy, so I slid a piece of paper in before I closed it.

I have also made a little progress on the amigurumi doll I was making; at this point I just have to assemble and embellish. Right now, she's sitting in timeout. I might take her out tomorrow. If I'm really bored. :)

I know what you're thinking. That is the shortest scarf ever! And you'd be quite clever, if it was a scarf. Which it isn't, at least not anymore. I decided, between the sweatiness trying to work with wool in July, the lack of something to do with it, and my boredness with the pattern, I was going to get creative. So I'm making either a pillow or a bag, depending on how big this blocks out to be. You can see the little white spaces where the styrofoam shows through holes. Those are right next to each of the cables, and I'm not sure how they got there. I definitely didn't invite them! It's fate will be decided once it's done blocking.

Have a great evening!

Cable Visions

I'm having a vision...... No, seriously, I am!

For my first foray into the world of cables, I'm making this scarf from Red Heart. I'm making it in black, which may not be my best decision, but after four rows of the cable pattern, I think it's going pretty well. I have noticed that I have to knit a little looser when I am doing the actual cabling. I don't know if that's normal, but I'm going with it!

I've been in a weird position these past two days. I don't have any projects going right now (how did that happen?) so when I finished Branching Out, I didn't have anything I could just fall back on. I was a little tired of lace, to be honest, so when I started the Zigzag Lace Scarf, I ended up frogging it after just a few rows. There just wasn't a project that really interested me, and the few that caught my attention require yarn acquisition. I think part of the problem is that I hate clutter, so I feel like anything I make needs to be a gift or have a real purpose. Obviously, this limits me, so I may make an effort to break that habit with a few toys. Purposeless, frivolous, toys. OK, now I'm kind of excited......