Kodama!

The Kodama is finished! It was a pretty simple project, but it’s packed full of personality. Let’s review how it came together… This is what I was aiming for: How close did I get? I took most of the finished photos in its “natural habitat.” It rattles too!  

I Couldn’t Resist…

Penguin decided to have a few adventures before heading off to his new home. First he flew to Paris (on a plane of course, stupid wings).   Then he went to Egypt to see the Pyramids.   Then he got sick of his flightless-ness being mocked, so he stopped traveling by plane and did the…

The League of Extraordinary Knitters

There’s been some very interesting chatter going on in the Designers group on Ravelry. It started off with someone asking if there were any active professional organizations for designers. There was once – the Association of Knitwear Designers – but it doesn’t exist anymore. The conversation that followed was fascinating. For those of you with Ravelry…

WIP-Cracking Wednesday: The Day I Ran Out of WIPs

Well, this is awkward. I don’t really have any WIPs to show you. At least nothing I haven’t shown you before. As of Monday I had two un-blogged WIPs, but I have since finished them. Or, nearly finished them anyway. One needs to be blocked, the other needs a few buttons sewn on. Truth is,…

The One Pen to Rule Them All

Originally posted on Colour chat:
The idea is that you can use this pen to point at any object in the world, the pen then ‘extracts’ the colour, and then is able to write in that colour using a mixture of RGB inks that it contains. Unfortunately, it’s just a concept, designed by Jinsu Park. As…

Sketchbook

Like any self-respecting artist, I have a sketchbook. Since my chosen medium doesn’t involve paper I don’t draw in it as often as other types of artists do, but I do use it to collect ideas and inspirations as they come to me. I’ve been catching up on Downton Abbey, so this is what the…

Knit Fit: Day One

Last weekend I trekked to Ballard, WA to attend the very first Knit Fit! This is the third knitting convention I’ve been to, the others being the Sock Summit in Portland, OR and Knit City in Vancouver, BC. Knit Fit seemed smaller than Knit City, but it was very cozy feeling. The main hall was…

In Which Technology Hates Me

I know I promised to blog about Knit Fit today, and believe me, I really want to. Unfortunately technology has conspired against me. I took some awesome photos while I was there and I’m still struggling a bit trying to figure out how get them onto my sister’s computer and formatted and edited properly. It…