Look what we saw early one morning last week:
This determined little mama climbed out of the swamp (what looks like a whole mess of weeds above, not to be confused with the GIANT THISTLE that’s about to take over our grill) and up a fairly steep slope to dig a hole in our backyard to lay her eggs.
I don’t think she much appreciated me staring and taking pictures while she was hard at work…or maybe it was the two fixated kitties at my feet who were just BEGGING me to open the door so they could go investigate.
Okay, Madre, what type of turtle babies should we be expecting?
Throughout the month of May, my friend Elisa and I spent our Saturdays at the Weaver’s Guild taking a wonderful class on woven shibori taught by Traudi Bestler. Woven shibori was developed by Catharine Ellis and it was her book, Woven Shibori, that we worked from throughout the class.
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Back in April I took yet another class at the Textile Center, this time taught by Susan Stein on silk fusion (also known as silk paper, but silk fusion sounds cooler, doesn’t it?)
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These last few months have just FLOWN by and I am so behind on so many posts. So without further ado, here are some long overdue photos of the awesome weekend workshop I took at the Textile Center back in March, entitled Artful Knit: A Sculptural Approach to Knitting taught by Adrienne Sloane.
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Several of my good friends at work are having babies! Here are two little critters I knit up to help welcome home their new bundles. First up, meet Jarvis the Jellyfish (Rav pattern link), knit with love for Baby Lucca.
Lucca’s mom has been asking me for a jellyfish since she saw rhymeswithfun’s Julius back in the day. Jarvis now hang’s out over Lucca’s changing table and is sure to make diaper changes much more fun! (Well, at least for Lucca anyway…)
Baby Quiba will be welcomed home by Herbert once he arrives mid-June.
Herbert was knit from the free Ribbit pattern with no real mods except that I only used fiberfill instead of the recommended tennis ball for stuffing. Can’t wait to meet you next month, Kai!!
Phew, it’s been awhile! I have been busy busy busy lately and there has been so much crafty goodness going on around here lately that I’m not even sure where to start. So….how about with something totally NOT crafty? Here’s a pic of the BEAUTIFUL tree in our front yard that decided to blossom this weekend, just in time for May Day. Gorgeous!
My friend Kevin is getting married in May and since he loved my table-runner-turned-wall-hanging when he was here last September, I decided to make one for him and his lovely bride, April, as a wedding gift.
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Introducing rhymeswithfun‘s loooong over due 2009 Christmas present….Herb!
Herb, named by ms rhymeswithfun herself, was knit from the Octopus pattern out of Hansi Singh’s amazing book Amigurumi Knits: Patterns for 20 Cute Mini Knits. Look at those cute curly tentacles!
First Julius and now Herb. What shall I knit for my favorite foodie next? 
Sunday afternoon, a few hours before the closing ceremonies, I finished my Skewed Socks earning a Gold medal in the 2010 Knitting Olympics!
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I took a break tonight from Olympic Knitting to finish up my Market Bag at my last night of crochet class at Crafty Planet.
I also encountered a bit of unsolicited photography help from a certain camera hog…
SWAMP THING KNOWS WHERE YOU SLEEP !!!
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