end of winter...one more hat!

 Winter's almost over! Pretty sure I'm one of a very few people in Chicago who loves winter. I just really love hats, and layering, and snow, and all that jazz!

Also, now I can look even more like a Gelfling/Hobbit/elf/Whoville resident...take your pick.

Pattern: Capucine by Adela Illichmanova

tea time!

It's finally finished!

That is all.

in which I recycle for nostalgia

I don't get to go to the library as much as I want to, mostly cause I constantly forget to return books, cause I'm bad at setting deadlines for myself.

But excuses aside, I love libraries. And do not like that library cards are no longer the way to mark when something's due. I don't know about other cities, but here in Chicago, we now get receipts. Really? Receipts. I lose those in the bottom of my bag and under my bed when tossing them out of my pants.

I miss library cards.

So, this happened!

I bought t some recycled, multi-colored library cards and made these cute-sy bookmarks. Inspired by Hogwarts house colors (if Hogwarts was more pastel).

Here they are!

The cards are from Knot & Bow, which has so many cute things, it took a lot of will power not to buy half the things on there.

Step 1: Trim them down to what seemed like a good "bookmark" width. Luckily, that just so happened to be enough so you can still see all the important bits.

 
Step 2: Punch some holes!

 
Step 3: Add ribbon. I also used a little fabric glue to keep the parts where the ribbon attached together and sturdy.

with eyes like the sea after a storm

As I'm currently saturated with a zillion shows spinning in my head, I decided I should try to be somewhat productive as I get lost in a sea of fictional drama.
So I started this. The design is from a t-shirt I see floating around whenever I try to find Princess Bride things (cause I need more in my life).

So far, it's only ok (holes up the wazoo!), since I was too lazy to walk the twenty minutes to JoAnn's for proper embroidery fabric and new tools.
One of these days I'll get the hang of it.

look mum, a craft post!

I'm still working out all my possible goals for this year. Some silly, some serious business.
But I have decided to finally use all the Sugar N' Cream yarn that failed to make a top last year.

I'm pretty stoked about the new project.

Abalone by Beata Jezek

And almost sure I'll be dying the sweater afterwards, cause I'm not liking the bright yellow as much. I've been looking up dying already colored cotton, and I think I'm going to add either green for a lime-yellow-ish sort of color, or grey to tone down the yellow.
I'd love it to be purple, but not sure if bleaching then dying will work with the yarn. And adding purple will just make it brown. Do not want.
Any advice? My sister's probably gonna be tired of me constantly asking for basic color chart advice.

Stash Related

I've finally gotten off my somewhat lazy and cold bum and posted new items to my Etsy shop,
I've apparently been on a red kick lately.

Ladybug Scarflette

 Rasberry Beret

 Aviator Cap

 Christmas Mitts

All new and old items and my super awesome $15 holiday sale can be seen at my shop.

Geektastic Thursday: Potter you Rotter

First off, I'm to all over the place to fully explain how EFFING EXCITED I AM!! Mere hours. HOURS! Till Deathly Hallows.
So apologies if this post is overwhelming.
Also, I'm not gonna even try and pretend I'm about to cover all my bases with catching some crafty Potter...things.
Look at this cute kid!

Now...ONTO THE SPAM. And no, there will be no order to these. I've also bypassed all the standard HP knitted gear. You know what it looks like and all that jazz. And if you don't...well, best skip this entry entirely since it's clearly

 Strangely, our hero is the only one not in knitted wear.

 Ravelry links for Ginny hat and twins hat.

Ravelry links for Luna scarf and sweater.

 Ok, I mainly wanted to post this cause I've been scouring everywhere to find a sweater like Hermione's...

Onto some projects...

 Pattern by my awesome friend Rosemary. She has an great blog you should check out.

Reworked a fingerless glove to make a Death Eater mark.

My sister made me this last year. I sadly don't wear it that often cause I can never quite button it right.

 And my Potter puppet hanging out with my Puff tie.

Came across this at another fantastic blog...perfection.

I also found a while ago a HP scarf someone was making using the pattern from the Doctor Who scarf. Which I can't find now, but will share if I ever come across it.

And a bonus Rickman and Grint, cause, well, cause I want to. 

Now off to waste time until we leave for the midnight show....GAH!

Geektastic Thursday: Portal

Taking a detour this week on knitted and crocheted geekery for Portal. One of the few games I can play without screaming(too much) in fear at the TV. And it makes for some creative crafts.

I want these bookends.

A DIY mirror that would be an awesome project to undertake.

I couldn't find one I liked best, but if you google or search Craftster or Etsy for portal or cake is a lie t shirt....oh boy, the possibilities.

The companion cube makes for a slew of different crafts.I've seen mostly plushies, pillows, and the occasional baked goods. But I'm still trying to find a way to make it into a messenger bag. Geeky AND practical. 

 Though this rubix cube is possibly my favorite creative companion cube project I've seen.