I use the quotes because my creative contribution to this project included getting the needle-nose pliers out of the toolbox in the closet and using them to pry apart little figure eight connectors. These are some fun stitch markers that I've had in mind for a while. The purple charms came pre-made, and cost $1.47 for a pack of 4 at Hobby Lobby. The turtle was more expensive at $1.79, the figure eight connectors were 99 cents for a packet of 60, and the clasps were $2.94 for a packet of 10. So, I paid $8.66 total, or about 96 cents each, for 9 stitch markers. I like the clasps, because they're easy to clip on to the yarn or the needle. The ones I bought easily clip on up to a size 7 needle, but they make them in different sizes. And maybe someday I'll make my own charms instead of cheating!
I haven't seen the show "Firefly" or the movie "Serenity." In fact, I just had to go look up which is which. But when my friend Amanda needed a Jayne Cobb hat, I was up to the challenge, and here is the result:
She. loved it. I think it's a really cute hat, but the colors are ghastly. I might be up for making one again, just not in those colors. My favorite part is the pom pom, the first one I've ever made. Yay me! The pattern for this hat can be found here. The yarn is Lion Wool - I had the orange, and it was about $10 total for the yellow and red, but I ended up just paying for it all myself (instead of having her pay me back for the yarn) because I didn't even use half of a skein of each color. It was a really quick knit - after I got the gauge figured out, it took me about 3 days to get it done.
Last weekend, I made a very, very yummy carrot cake. It turned out really well, and the day after I made it, as I sat staring at my yellow thumbnails (caused by grating carrots into three cups of usable goo), it occurred to me that this might make some pretty yarn. I was further inspired by a) this article, conveniently e-mailed to me the day before I made the cake; and b) the story in one of the Little House on the Prairie books where Laura and Ma dye their freshly-churned butter with finely grated carrots to make the butter (and the table) prettier. (Incidentally, I spent a lot of time with my cheese grater and appreciate the effort that Pa put into making theirs - he put a bunch of nail holes at an angle in the top of a tin can. Brilliant.) Up until this point, I've only had a passing desire to ever dye my own yarn. A Google search came up with one person who had attempted to dye yarn with carrots, in a blog entry with little to no details about the process. On that far off day when I get ambitious, this is what I will attempt.
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