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Finally Finished

I finally sewed the Fiber Trends suede slipper soles on the fekted Fiber Trends clogs I made from Patons Classic Wool in December.

Felted FO

I felted my hot pink/teal Fiber Trends clogs this morning. Wonder how long they will take to dry in this rainy weather? We just had a thunderstorm. I want to make another pair.

Night Before Felting

Well, actually, day, but I couldn't felt last night due to a  full washing machine and it was after midnight when I finished the second clog. Here are both clogs unfelted. This image is coming from Flickr, as Typepad did not display it.

I made ambrosia yesterday because that is what we always had at Christmas time. It is oranges and coconut in our interpretation, with a bit of sugar.

One Clog Done

The Fiber Trends felted clog pattern was not as difficult as I thought. I finished one yesterday. This is pre-felting in stash double-stranded Patons Classic Merino in That's Pink and Too Teal.

Lil Pink Thing

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This is my new Acer Aspire one netbook itty bitty notebook computer. It is not really in focus because my digital camera died after a couple of shots. I just charged the batteries, arrgh. It is pink. I am blogging from a hotel room at the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, MS.

I have been knitting a little on another to be felted pumpkin. Here is a photo with the Acer's webcam. I put the Halfobi aside because I was itching on my hands, arm, head and neck and thought it might be mohair.

Punkin, Felted

I stayed up far into the night, with the aid of House, Law & Order and NCIS reruns, in order to finish the pumpkin because I was tired of knitting it.

DH looked more like Carnac the Magnificent when he wore the "hat." (edited 'cause DH said it was spelled wrong.)

Finally, the felted finished punkin

Punkins and Other Produce

I am still plugging away on the Woolly Pumpkin, when I am not cooking apples or feeding Cookie. I couldn't get a photo of her. She wouldn't sit still long enough, and she knocked me over going for a treat in DH's hand. We think she is happy to be home from the vet.

I forgot to mention Mouse's pumpkin stitch marker. I had to have these last fall.

The lettuce has sprouted, and we have baby squashies.

Punkin, Phase II

Phase II? Because I went nuts knitting and felting various sizes of pumpkins last fall. I am still working up the nerve to needle-felt the pumpkin basket for Halloween. Michael's had Lion Wool in Pumpkin for $1.00 a skein, and I tried real hard to buy it all. Here in said wool is the Woolly Pumpkin. I saw the Harvest Pumpkins on Carrie's blog and found the larger pattern at the Yarnery.  (they just sent e-mail to say the Harvest Pumpkins pattern shipped.) I think this one looks vaguely brain-like in its unfelted state. I couldn't find my 24" 10.5 needle, so it is squashed (get it?) onto a 16" needle. Click to see photo gallery from the designer. In the back are my baby Butterbush butternut squashes. This morning, all those blooms looked good.  They have got to go in the garden. You can just see a little red in the background-that is a planter with lettuce and Mesclun seeds in it.

More Hearts

I finished the itty bitty hearts. I sewed them up and stuffed them. I also felted a basket. This is a Carol Bristol pattern that is no longer on the Web. I saved a copy last year. I saved a lot of seasonal felting patterns that I am just now getting to. The base is Lamb's Pride in Lotus Pink, and the sides are one strand of the Lambs Pride and one of the Patons SWS.  The garter stitch base still has a bit of stitch definition, but the SWS felted well.

I blocked Mr. Greenjeans in blue. I still need to sew a button on. I have plain periwinkle buttons. Here it is modeled by Maud, my new toy, a Singer dress form. I need to set her adjustments. I need to unsubscribe from Joann Fabric's e-mails. The Ott Lite should be here tomorrow.

It is still cold here. I have been wearing handknits and my Merrell Chill fleece-lined clogs.. I did not get any knitting done today, as I had to call both  Verizon and Hewlett Packard tech support.  I am printing again and downloading ringtones.

Heart Felt

Hee hee. Not only do you have to suffer bad puns, but a also a kinda bad photo from my brand-new LG 8350 (in red) cell phone. I have been using up stash yarn, and made a case for my little clip-on sunglasses from Patons SWS in Natural Plum. Them soybeans felt purty good.  My first attempt at this fits my Nikon Coolpix camera perfectly, so I can carry it in my purse to be prepared for the next blizzard.The hearts.are from Mochimochi Land, if you can get past the knitted toilet paper, and I found them on the Hot Cocoa Swap site sidebar. They were also featured in Lime and Violet's Daily Chum.