Socks and box

I finished my dad's birthday present, a pair of slippers. I have not yet felted them, but I plan on doing that tonight. They are SOOOOOOO easy to knit and knit up really quickly. I did one whole sock in 2 hours while watching Court TV.

Also, I finally started using my lovely bento box. I will try to post photos of them regularly. Here is today's bento (more info on flickr):

w00t! Actual crafts in a craft blog!

So I started to feel guilty about all my WIPs. It got to the point where I was comparing my progress in life to the basket of half-knitted shame in my living room. SOOOOooooo I finished Knucks. I have to also guiltily admit, I also finished them because it's getting cold here at night and I can't be pursuaded to leave the computer when my hands get cold.

I made these out of Reynold's Odyssey 100% merino on size 6 needles. This yarn is awesome, super soft, and the camera doesn't do the colorway justice. It's color 441 Purple Mix. I'm definately going to start making more of these. I think there are a few ways to improve on the pattern though, so I'm going to try that next time.

Joy in knitted alien form.

First of all, let me give credit where credit is due. The photo pictured is an example of what mine looks like, and is actually the photo from the Alien Dishcloth pattern. As the caption suggests, I will post the photo of the one I made in due time. Still, I'm pretty proud of it. Mine isn't as pretty, as I didn't have cotton and had to use acrylic yarn (ick!). Still, it's awesome. I am trying to cut down on my massive paper towel usage. I'm cheap, what can I say? It's not for love of forest lands. No. It's for love of being able to buy more yarn and crafty goodies.

Wow, a real project!

Ok, here is a purse I knitted awhile ago. It hardly took one skein, knit on size 13 circulars. I believe it is Wool in the Woods brand (if my memory serves) and it is a llama/wool blend. Colors are gorgeous, although quite faded in the final felting. Straps turned out all stripey and awesome.

I think it took me about 2 days to finish. Knitting it up on such big needles went really fast. I messed up on the sides though, and tucked them all weird. Looking back, I think I should have ignored the tucks, and just felted it and shaped it square. Still, unexpectedly it turned out kind of a strange oblong squareish shape, which I dig heartily.

Because of the llama, the bag turned out REALLY hairy. I wasn't too happy with that, so I shaved it. Yeah, I shaved my bag. You wanna start somethin'? It's not that I hate the hair, I just didn't like the amount of furryness about the thing. No worries though. The bag sheds like my three cats combined, so it is progressively becoming less hairy. Here is a closeup of the hairyness in all its glory. The pin says "A fat ass is a sign of a life well lived."