My friend Floyd is running for Taos County Commissioner. I think he’s a great guy and will make a great county commissioner. If you live in Taos County and live in District IV I encourage you to vote for him. He’s #2 on the ballot.
Remember my monsters bags? I finished all four of them.
Here they are cheering:
I’m a fan of pockets so put in four in the big monsters and two in the baby monsters. These were all made to sell.
This purple baby monster is already sold.
This pink baby monster is currently for sale at Lori’s Yarn Store.
This pink monster is already sold.
This orange monster is currently for sale at Lori’s Yarn Store.
I had so much fun making these. They each have such personality. I already have another one on the needles.
Sieben and I went for a walk the other day. He loves going into the forest.
Here he is exploring.
I’ve made some new creations. This ladybug bracelet is on elastic thread.
Originally I made it to match a specific outfit but it’s so cute I’ll be wearing it a lot.
Abbey took to me a Goodwill store that sold clothing by the pound. The shopper energy was intense. It reminded me of working retail on Black Friday. My social anxiety got a little worked up but I stuck it out and got some great clothes for refashioning. First up are some armwarmers. Here’s a before shot.
This was an easy project. I first cut off the arms. Then sewed a new seam to make them the same width throughout. I folded over the raw fabric at the end to make a new seam. I handsewed a few stitches to make a thumbhole.
Super cute! I see myself making more of these in the future.
Yarn Bomb Taos is still going strong. We had a yarn party down in ABQ this month. Here’s one of my latest:
It says “Love Taos” because I do!
We had visitors this month! Years ago when we lived in MO we became part of E’Light, a hippie phamily. Mikey and Dutchess and their son Devlynn were traveling to CO and drive down to see us on their way home.
When Devlynn was born I made him a baby blanket. I like to make baby blankets larger than baby size in hopes they’ll get more use. Devlynn not only still uses it he brought it on the trip to show me. I was so touched that I decided to make him a hat. All the yarn came from my stash.
This is one of my favorite quickie hats-the Hothead from Stitch ‘n Bitch. I made it so it fit snug on my head. It fit him perfectly!
Project: Devlynn’s hat
Pattern: Hothead
Source: Stitch ‘n Bitch
Yarn: Knit Picks Swish DK in Bark, Nutmeg adn Pampas Heather
Needles: 4.0 mm needles
Size: small
Modifications: N/A
Started: May 2012
Finished: May 2012
I’ve been making some items for my future Etsy store. These are fun little knit bowls to store random items in:
These are made without a pattern, always my favorite way to create.
I’ve also been making more from the GAPS Diet cookbook. These are Honeyed Nuts:
These are good. They’re not OMG great but still make a good alternative to plain nuts. Yesterday I made Orange Creamsicle Milkshake:
Now this was OMG great! Despite the name there is no dairy in this recipe. I’ll definitely be making this many times this summer.
Thebes designed my business cards. Didn’t they turn out cute?
And the back:
I’m planning on launching my Etsy store this summer. In the meantime if you’d like to buy a monster bag email me at twilly23 @gmail .com
I’ve started a new art piece. It’s actually a series of seven smaller pieces. I’m making them smaller to challenge myself. Plus I’m running out of wall space for my art!
This year I’ve been volunteering at a local garden. I’ve been learning so much about plants and gardening plus I’m getting yummy food. One night I had a dream about weeds. A Weed Spirit visited me. I asked her why she grew in a place where she would just get ripped up. Isn’t that just a waste of life? She smiled knowingly at me and said, “Just because you don’t know our purpose doesn’t mean we don’t have one”.
That really struck me. I’ve been thinking about weeds ever since. Often we humans just view them as a nuisance but in reality weeds are quite useful and beneficial. I’ve decided to make a series honoring seven weeds and the wisdom they can teach us.
In other news, Sieben and I took a hike somewhere new-Picuris Trail.
This was a wonderful hike.
I’m almost done with a new skirt. This was a make it up as I went along pattern, my favorite kind of pattern to make.
There’s this new ruffle yarn that I fell in love with. Most people make a simple ruffle scarf. I tried that but it just wasn’t me. Instead I used it for the ruffle.
Check out the poof!
Finished pics soon.
I’ve been exploring more of my GAPS Diet cookbook. This is banana and peanut butter fruit leather:
This was dehydrated in my solar food dehydrator-my new favorite cooking tool. No electricity required. The other day it was up to 130 degrees.
It turned out delicious and is my new favorite snack. I’m going to try different nutbutters and fruit next time.
Guess what? It turns out that I really like making jewelry! Here’s my latest:
Another leaf necklace with matching earrings
Next up is a pearl and shell bracelet. I had bought the shells as stitch markers but the rings snagged on my yarn. The pearls were a cheap necklace I bought in Hawaii.
These earrings turned out super cute!
This last set is my most recent.
I love these rock beads! I restrung the bracelet because I forgot to put jump rings before the clasp. The clasp actually was shredding the wire. But that was an easy fix.
Now I have new accessories. Jewelry making is so much fun.
I use a metal chair to sit on while spinning. After awhile it gets uncomfortable so I made a spinning cushion to comfort my booty. First I started with the inner pillow.
This is an old turtleneck of Thebes. It’s t-shirt material. Every time I work with t-shirt fabric I remember why I don’t like using it. It’s stretchy and moves underneath the sewing machine foot. But hey it works for an inner pillow. I stuffed it pretty full knowing it will flatten out over time.
Since a pillow needs to be washable I made the outer liner with a zipper to easily throw it in the wash. I wanted to make it match my desk chair so I used the leftover fleece flower fabric. There wasn’t enough for a full pillow so I went with tried and true hippie patchwork.
Granola was a good little helper.
Here’s the finished pillow:
A snapshot of the zipper in action:
I’m so happy how it turned out! And my ass will be happy next time I sit down to spin.
At last year’s Taos Wool Fest I bought 4 oz of raw sari silk. I recently finished spinning it.
This fiber was a challenge! It’s tough on the hands, is very inconsistent and hard to draft.
I have no idea what to make with it though!
Since I only had 4 oz I decided to ply it with some thin yellow yarn to stretch the yardage as much as I could.
I have 196 yd total.
