Dragon Scales

Sorry about the dim quality of the first photo.  I’m still messing with this digital camera to figure out how to get the best photos.
I actually finished this a few weeks ago, but I really had a hard time looking at it after it was finished. I was cleaning off my craft table the other [...]

I’ve been dreaming of sock knitting machines

Not literally… though I have been fascinated with the motion and mechanics behind machines that craft. The irony is we can teach or design machines to do the things that we do but they can never master our ability to change how something is produced. Machines may be able to produce things far [...]

Knitting Bunny

Untalkative Bunny goes to a knitting circle:

This is why I knit…

When I first started mastering knitting and actually making objects that were aesthetically appealing… I had a hard time giving away what I made.  Lately, I’ve been finding more joy in making things for others. I gifted a little vest I knit for a friend of mine who is expecting. Sorry, I didn’t take a [...]

I signed up for the Amigurumi class at Twisted

The photo is from a Japanese book I found at Uwajimaya.
I was at Twisted yesterday for another PDX knitters gathering (see Fiberqat posting for photos). Naturally, I decided to check out their class offerings.  If you haven’t noticed, I have a weakness for cute little toys.
Yes, it’s a class for crochet not knitting, but [...]

Pac-man head

I know it’s crazy but I think I want to knit (or posssibly crochet) one of these for Halloween.  I have a whole bunch of bright yellow acryllic yarn that might do the trick.

Pac Man Head

Sew(knit) little silkworm, sew(knit)…

Remember that old cartoon where a familiar cartoon pig has the little silkworm that makes all sorts of silk dainties when he says the word “Sew (So).”  This was probably one of my favorite cartoons from my childhood. Though admittedly the little oriental caricature of the silkworm is a little irritating. But what can you [...]

Floppy Bunny

Other than the scarf the bunny is all done in crochet. I’m currently hurrying to finish his little aran sweater. The kimono behind him is done in the the Bare-Merino from Knit Picks. Hopefully, I can put more details and photos up later.

Floppy Bunny
Yarns: Spinnaker (KnitPicks), Scarf and Sweater (not shown above) [...]

Knitting Haiku: Bonsai Stole

Sorry… our digital camera is out of commission, so I used the web cam to shoot. I feel so technologically deprived. I’ve got two more skeins of Berrocco Bonsai to knit up for this stole. That will make 7 skeins total for the stole. Unknit, this yarn has a wonderful texture and the [...]

Nanatoo the knitting demon

I got on one of those sort of fixes tonight…. I wanted to find stuff on knitting humor. In my efforts to collect knitting humor and pop-culture lore, I remembered one of my favorite episodes of the Mighty Boosh, “Nanageddon.” Nanatoo is one of the most feared demons of them all… she knits [...]