On the Nails: Accessorize Pink Spice
In the Belly: ice cream sandwich
Showing posts with label affection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label affection. Show all posts
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Right Now
In a Tangled Mass: Classic Elite Silky Alpaca Lace. I'm going to just cut it.
On the Nails: Accessorize Pink Spice
In the Belly: ice cream sandwich
On the Nails: Accessorize Pink Spice
In the Belly: ice cream sandwich
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Right Now
On the Needles: another Color Affection
On the Nails: nothing!
On the Speakers: Garden State album. It's one of my faves, and it's keeping me company while I wait in a car line that won't move for a little while yet. Don't worry--I never knit and drive!
On the Nails: nothing!
On the Speakers: Garden State album. It's one of my faves, and it's keeping me company while I wait in a car line that won't move for a little while yet. Don't worry--I never knit and drive!
Friday, April 27, 2012
Bitten by the Bug
I know you were starting to wonder, but yes, I do still knit! I just have been juggling lots of other things, so knitting has been a more rare luxury.
Several of the ladies in my knitting group have knit the Color Affection shawl, and I got caught up in the buzz. Initially, there was just a little sting of interest as I admired my friends' beautiful projects. But then, a welt of an idea formed and I got the itch to flick through some Ravelry projects. Next thing I knew, I was feverishly scratching at countless pictures, and I knew I had to make one myself.
This was a wonderful mindful knit. No wonder so many people have made one! At the last meeting I was able to attend, more than half our group was working on one, each unique. I enjoyed it so much that I've since gotten yarn for a second one. I'm feeling a little twitch right now. I might just go cast on!
Several of the ladies in my knitting group have knit the Color Affection shawl, and I got caught up in the buzz. Initially, there was just a little sting of interest as I admired my friends' beautiful projects. But then, a welt of an idea formed and I got the itch to flick through some Ravelry projects. Next thing I knew, I was feverishly scratching at countless pictures, and I knew I had to make one myself.
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This was a wonderful mindful knit. No wonder so many people have made one! At the last meeting I was able to attend, more than half our group was working on one, each unique. I enjoyed it so much that I've since gotten yarn for a second one. I'm feeling a little twitch right now. I might just go cast on!
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Right Now
On the Needles: Color Affection in Isager Strik Alpaca 2
On the Nails: Girly Bits Shift Happens. This is such a pretty multichrome polish!
On the iPod: Perfect by Pink
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Eggs-citing
We went to a local children's museum yesterday and discovered a different way to dye eggs to create a swirled or marbled effect. It was a lot of fun, so I thought I'd share it with you! You can use the tablets of egg dye, or you can make your own dye. For the latter, I usually use 1 tablespoon of vinegar to 1/2 cup of water and add food coloring to that. There are also lots of recipes on the internet for natural coloring options. In addition to dye, you also need shaving cream. Warning: this is messy!
Squeeze out a little mound of shaving cream and squirt on your dye.
Squeeze out a little mound of shaving cream and squirt on your dye.
Then, place your egg into the shaving cream and swirl it around. We left ours on for just 30 seconds or so. Rinse off the egg in water, and you're done! At the children's museum, they had plastic sheets on top of tables and just squeegeed off the shaving cream residue after each child was done. At home, I would use a rimmed baking sheet or plastic container to corral the mess.
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