gwen hat, backI have 2 boys
& no pets.
I love wool
& cupcakes.
I like to make things.
e:lisa@goodknits.com

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completed amigurumi bear

I finished attaching this guy’s little limbs, in the car on the way to the park, yesterday.

Pattern: Bedfellows by Camilla Engman, in The Happy hooker
Yarns: Lion Wool (pumpkin), Hobby Lobby Bamboospun (sea blue), and Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn! (old leaf)
Hooks: 5.0mm (H) and 6.5mm (K)
Mods: I made the bear, but used the [...]

when I’m too lazy to knit…

I do something else. I can’t NOT do anything with my hands. I’ll try to make anything you show me the directions to. I’m not all that creative, I just kinda have to make things. Show me how to do something and I will do it.

I knew the basics of weaving, but I didn’t [...]

dinero: a coin purse

I made this back in September, I believe. I am rearranging my craft area and I came across a tote bag and this was in it! no, there wasn’t any money in it, just my tiny sansa clip mp3 player. I should take up cross-stitching again.

the yellow fabric is, I believe, linen. It came [...]

little things

I made this little zippered coin purse for my sister for her birthday. I’ve been really lagging on crafts lately. It has to do with my oh-so-clingy-but-lovable baby. Even though I can knit while I nurse, I haven’t been doing much of that either. A knit hat that could have been done in a day [...]

My loot

My mother and I visited the previously mentioned JoAnn, this morning. They had a phenomenal sale going on–95% off of everything! This is my loot:

neglect

I apologize for the neglect of this blog. It’s just hard to sit down and post when you have a chubby little guy pawing after you wanting milkies and lovies all day. I end up making things while I nurse him or when it’s late at night and all the boys have finally…finally!…gone to bed.

my [...]

starting a hex quilt

Thanks to all the awesome photos in the English Paper-Piecing Flickr group, I started a hexagon quilt on Sunday. I bought a set of coordinating fat quarters (there were a lot, in a cute little tin) and decided on a cute pattern to put them in. I’m using freezer paper to stick my hexagons to [...]

Dyeing

dyed using low water immersion technique.my baby is 12 weeks old, now! he’s getting SO big. he’s wearing a size 6-9 month onesie. :-O

Painted Fabric Silhouettes

I watched the demonstration by Anna Maria Horner on Martha Stewart about making painted fabric silhouettes and was inspired to make some as Mother’s Day gifts (and also one for myself!). However, I decided to tweak her process a little.

Materials (specifics I used):

fabric (some fat quarters I had)
canvases (one 12″x12″, two 10″x10″)
mod podge [...]