Pysanky!!!

I got my deluxe Pysanky kit for my burfday, hooray!!!

I've been Pysanky-ing it up once Silas goes to bed each night. It's harder than it looks. I'm having a hard time figuring out how to do the dye baths in the right order. Oh well! I'll just keep on trying :) The results so far look pretty decent. I did a 40 triangles in blue last night and it looks good. I'm sure I've seen somewhere a picture of an egg with red and blue dye on it, but I'm not sure which blue or red to use and in what order. I think you have to use light blue, then the orange wash before the red.

More experimenting later.

On My Needles

So, I've got Sherwood on my needles in size 2.5 (my gauge is off) for my boy! Here's an in progress shot!

Self Portraiture

So, I've been part of Flickr for quite some time, and have once before tried the infamous 365 Days challenge, but failed after 6 days. Lame-o, I know.

Oh, you don't know the 365 Days challenge? Well, its quite simple. Take one self-portrait each day for 365 consecutive days. Good fun, good challenge, good learning opportunity, and a good community if you can get in on it. It's so easy to get lost in the masses.

Today is day four of my second try. Not exactly sure what I'm going to do for today's, but it'll come to me. I pine for a better camera. Thank goodness for Photoshop, at least.

This is my Day Three. I call it P is for Pickle. It's a spoof of Cookie Monster's C is for Cookie. Visualized.

The rest of my self-portraits are available on my Flickr stream with fresh new shots each day!

Mini Project

Well, I decided on a tiny little project that I'm going to do, knit my boy (toddler - 2yrs) a pair of slippers! What fun, and it will be quick and satisfying.

I'm using a free pattern I found online called 2-strand Shaker Knit Slippers.

UPDATE:

I finished the slippers, they actually only took a few hours. Except, the first pair I knit was too small, so I had to knit two pair. But, that was just another couple hours. I added a couple extra rows at the toes and made them pointy. My little boy looks positively elfin :) I'll update with a pic here eventually. For all my adoring public to ooh and ah over.

Oh yeah, and my next knitting project is going to be a sweater for my little fella. I'm going to do the Sherwood pattern available on Knitty.com. I'm going to use a different green than she did though. Her green was a touch too blue for me. I want a more vibrant leafy green. Anyway, it will be cabley goodness!