Saturday, January 17, 2009

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!

Monday, January 12, 2009

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!