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In honor of Independence Day (and the fact that my right hand/arm is still not up to knitting*), I made a banner with some scrap fabric plus new fabric the kids helped to pick out.

Looks ok here. I really like it. In spite of the fact that the machine was totally misbehaving, it did get done and I kept my cool.

Happy 4th of July!

*I was almost all better when I bought and helped hubby lift and set up a rug for upstairs. This rug is the third (and hopefully) last one in our saga of rugs. The first wasn't working with the vacuum which has since been returned. The second was the no-end-to-shedding-ever rug so it went back. I like this one and I hope that it flattens out soon so we don't have to exchange that one either. But now my right arm needs to relax a while again.

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I'm at my parents' place for the week, and it's been really awesome so far. The most obvious reason is because I'm not in Ohio. Also, because my mom keeps giving me money for stuff. And Cory (my brother) and I went to the White Sox game last night. And today I went to my favorite yarn store ever, Knitche. And I went to World Market for the first time ever and it's pretty much my favorite store now, besides IKEA and H&M. Hooray, stuff!

So first was my visit to Knitche. I wanted to get a skein of Malabrigo to make another One Skein Wonder, and two skeins of Rowan Pure Wool DK. I got the Malabrigo, but they don't carry Pure Wook DK yet. So I got Norah Gaughan vol. 3, two skeins of Blue Sky Alpacas Skinny Dyed Organic Cotton, and two skeins of Katia Colibri.

holiday yarn, hooray!

close-up of the katia colibri

blue sky alpacas skinny dyed, 308 mallard

jelly babies!

world market swag

world market bag

THEY CARRY JELLY BABIES! I bought two bags. I'll probably go back and buy a few more before I leave on Saturday. They're the Doctor's favorite treat! And I have to say they are pretty tasty. I also found a fantastic woven scarf, a really neat over-sized coffee mug (perfect for ramen noodles), and awesome pub coasters. Hooray stuff!

Then when I was at home I found my mom's collection of old juke box 45s.

45s

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Santa Clarita Craft Lab

July 1, 2008

Spend Every Second Wednesday of the Month with us during our Open House Nights. It's free! Each month a different theme! Make a Fun and Easy Craft while spending time with your friends or making new ones!

Santa Clarita Craft Lab

Tuesday - Sunday
Closed Mondays

Hope to see you all at the Studio!

Give me a call for directions, information, and cool conversation! ;-)

Thanks to all for your support!
Cyndi Garcia
Owner & Fellow Crafter!!!!

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New teddy bear a la China!
Some of you might recognize this fabric here.

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Family gathering...:)

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I'm on a knitting role lately. I think I mentioned earlier that I got an informal commission to make some hats. Well, I made some hats.

I made the first one, Stella's Hat, today while at work. Very quick project, and I really like how it turned out. The yarn doesn't give much stitch definition (Knit Picks Swish Superwash) but it's light and you can wash it in a washing machine. Gotta like that. The second is a Twirly Top Toque from One-Skein Wonders. It's a great pattern, but not the best yarn for it. I still like it, though. I'm hoping the woman I knit it for likes it too. She probably will; she seemed pretty jolly. These bring me up to 34 projects this year. Hooray!

Now I'll leave you with the TILT I made yesterday and forgot about. Oops.

Things I Like Thursday, a day late (oops)

1. raspberries, 2. tea, 3. doctor who, 4. robots, 5. pinhole cameras, 6. cupcakes, 7. jellyfish, 8. corn on the cob, 9. reading

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ETA: I finally have a decent picture of my Aspen Neck Cowl. So here it is.

apsen neck cowl

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olympic shirts for Pullip and Blythe
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yaay olympics! Here are some sports that i put on the t-shirts, but I only have one of each so get them while their hot!

I think the sports are skiing, track, hockey?, gymnastics

http://www.myspace.com/variouscolors

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I wanted something quick to knit, and it turns out this was incredibly quick to knit.

calorimetry 2

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sorry have never done this before.   i'm Rosie of  Rosie's Geese. 
Just wanted to say HELLO.   Can anyone come up with something to work on that doesn't require ALOT of sight?

thanks.

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Because of everything that's been going on, I've packed up my sewing machine and put away the stuff I had in my quilting studio.  I have bins and bins of beautiful, rich cotton fabrics that are now in storage.  I can hear my entire stash screaming, telling me that their colours won't wait for me to pull them out, and when fabric screams to you and you are a quilter... you hear it.

I didn't realize how much I missed making my quilts until the other night.  Smike and I were bored with what was on television so we were cruising the channels.  We settled on an episode of Penn and Teller's "BULLSHIT!" in which they debate the theory that pornography is harmful.

During this episode, they are showing various images from different porn films and commenting on how much fun it is for them to watch the boobies, etc.  Me?  I'm hoping they will get back to interviewing the gal with the flowchart, because she has a giant rainbow-hued quilt behind her and I can't decide if it's string-pieced or a pattern of some sort.

So basically, there are people fornicating right in front of me, and I am just waiting it out because I want to see the quilt.  Not likely to be a normal reaction from most folks.

Maybe it is true that porn doesn't cause adverse effects, but sewing fabric can sure make you an addicted quiltaholic.

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My new addition to the Futurama family:

Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs

Futurama DVD collection

WOO! I can't wait to watch it tonight with commentary. Wait ... why wait until tonight. I'm doing this RIGHT NOW.

Well, after I post this.

parallelograms scarf

parallelograms scarf

This is the Parallelograms Scarf (no, really?) from Knitting New Scarves. The whole thing, 70 inches worth, only took two days to knit. What a lovely and quick project. I checked the book out from my local library and may-or-may-not-have copied a few patterns out of it ... but I caved in and ordered a copy fro Knit Picks. I mean, they're having a 40% off sale. Why wouldn't I? I also picked up the Harmony Guides: Cables & Arans book. I have a few scarf design ideas. I really really want to start designing my own patterns.

Next up is a hat or two for a commission. The story goes like this. Ever since I finished my thesis, I've been at a loss of what to do at my computer lab job. I mean, before, I could write and research. But now I just sit there for seven hours. So. I started hard-core knitting while on the job (hence so many FOs lately). A woman saw me knitting, and asked if I'd knit for her. Pssh, why not? Easy money! And motivation to use up my stash of yarn. So my first project is the Twirly Top Toque from One-Skein Wonders.

Now I'm off to watch some tentacle-filled-sci-fi-cartoon-action-adventure goodness!
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