In charity, crochet, homeless on
7 February 2012 with Comments Off
I know this post has been a long time coming this season, it just hasn’t been that cold in Northern Nevada! We’ve only had one storm, and the poor mountains are bare – not the best news for our local tourism, but it isn’t so hard on the homeless. Nobody wants any hats here.
I have been making hats since November, and some people have sent me a few – they’ve been in a bag by my front door, waiting for cold weather. Yesterday, after seeing some rain in the forecast for Ft Worth I decided to ship off a box of about a dozen to the shelter my dad stayed at in Texas before his death.
The ladies (and I’m sure, men) who work there are very nice, and I enjoy supporting their organization in my dad’s memory. I like having the shelf near my front door clear of hats, too! Their shelter could use a lot of other things, as well – check out their urgent needs list or send a donation online.
Past Years:
In crochet, family on
5 February 2012 with 1 comment
I adore this granny square cowl featured on the Purl Bee today, in one of the most popular color combinations from my childhood… pink & grey! Doesn’t it take you back to about 1987?
I am thinking neon green + grey might be pretty rad as well, I already have yarn to use too! If only it weren’t in the high 50′s today, I’d get started (okay, I’m not really complaining…)
Pink & grey played a big part in my childhood color scheme, and I wore these colors as much as my Value Village wardrobe would allow. My grandpa bought this pink & grey Huffy Capri for me in 1987. Most girls would have been THRILLED to have this 10 speed, but I *hated* it. I wanted a dirt bike. (cue pouting) But, girls weren’t supposed to have dirt bikes, right? *twitch* Pink and grey were this bikes only redeeming features. I didn’t get another bike until I found a yellow Schwinn Breeze at a garage sale a couple of years later, and fixed it up myself. By then I didn’t mind at all that it wasn’t pink or grey.
This was my pink & grey cassette player, with shoulder strap! (I am pretty sure I had that same
Wham! tape, too… ) Oh, how I loved it! My best friend from elementary and I would spend many hours making prank calls, recording & playing them back on this little machine. Our favorite prank to make was to look up “Whitehead” families in the phone book, and call asking for Mr. Blackhead. When they would say “Sorry, this is the Whitehead residence” we would reply… “Sorry, Wrong Pimple!” haha!! Such dorks! We called her piano teacher a lot, too.
1987 may have sucked in other ways (I was bit by a dog, and my grandparents got divorced) but it was always slathered in pink & grey.
In collage, embroidery, mail art, sewing on
4 February 2012 with Comments Off
I made these for a few mail art friends, new & old! Aren’t they sweet?
They’re made with vintage papers, cancelled stamps, wool felt, lace scraps, vintage buttons and embroidery floss – hooray! The pinbacks are sewn on tightly, and nestled in punched out holes through the cardboard.
I had to box-drop them (with what was plenty of postage!) under cover of darkness, after they were returned by my postal carrier with a note wanting me to send them at a parcel rate. Boo, they’re postcards! Sewing a small piece of bubble wrap* onto the back of a 4×6″ piece of cardboard does not a parcel make.
Still – I hope they don’t arrive with postage due…none of them are travelling very far!
* CAUTION: Sewing with bubble wrap may be startling.
In books, contest, sewing on
3 February 2012 with Comments Off
Yay!! I won a yard of Amy Schimler’s beautiful new butterfly print from her most recent “Fly Away” fabric line with Robert Kaufman, how exciting!
Isn’t it a lovely print? I love Amy’s illustrations, and how well she can design a random-looking pattern repeat! The colors are so vivid and happy, too! Hooray, hooray! (*hands clapping*)
Now to decide what to make for Annabel from it… this is always the hardest part! Maybe this is a good reason to finally order a copy of One Yard Wonders? My cousin Alyce has a pattern published in it, she’s so cool! I wish she had a blog…*hint hint*
