This hat is an ego boost. It took me less than a day to finish it, I used up some leftover scrap yarn that was just going to sit in a pile anyway, and it’s slouchy and lovely. The pattern is called Hello New York and it’s really quite simple.…
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Harry Potter apparently leads to knitting obsession.
Usually sewing is my thing. Usually knitting is something I do when I’m away from my sewing machine and so bored I can’t survive without making something, anything. But then again before three weeks ago, really the only thing I knew how to do was knit, purl, and decrease. I…
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Christmas in France.
It’s my last full day in France! I’m going to peel myself out of bed at some point and head to town for some shopping for chocolates and whatnot for people back home. Tomorrow afternoon I’m off to London again and I’ll be there for a week before going back…
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New camera squees!
I’d been eyeing the new Casio Exilim for ages and finally caved and ordered it on Saturday. This morning I woke up, stumbled out of my room, and there it was waiting for me outside my door. Anyway, the point is I can take decent pictures of costumes now. Huzzah!…
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I start on Halloween costumes ridiculously early.
I somehow managed to get the bodice right on the first try. This literally never happens. The headband took me about ten minutes to make. I literally just took a thick plastic headband and attacked it with thick red ribbon and a glue gun. There was minor stitching on the…