tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90395680679935882852024-03-21T19:28:22.374-07:00SkuldMakesStuffAnd on the 7th day, Skuld created....stuff.Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-65279989390799141232014-08-01T13:55:00.001-07:002014-08-01T13:55:10.519-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm on my holidays now. Forcibly, yes, but now that they're nearly upon me I'm looking forward to them. There'll be much travelling around the country tempered, I hope, with much sitting around not doing much. In anticipation I plied some of my wonky handspun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had <b>planned</b> to spin some more and settled down to do it a few times, but goshdarnit, my wheel just doesn't want to behave. I've never had such trouble getting the right tension for it to pull on the yarn before and eventually I abandoned it for another day. Now I'm nearly out of days but the 2 balls of unspecified weight or yardage should enough to start the <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEff10/KSPATTkink.php">kink neckwarmer</a> pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've just finished the body of my </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/98256278/oatmeal-pullover-top-down-chunky-sweater?ref=related-0" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">oatmeal pullover</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. In these hot, humid summer days it's hard to remember why I'd ever want a jumper made out of chunky cotton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tiny cycling jerseys! And free hats in return for them! Thank you </span><a href="http://www.lookmumnohands.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look Mum No Hands!</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And because this is something of a David Sedaris fangirl blog also, here he is being darling. You can read why <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/shortcuts/2014/jul/31/david-sedaris-litter-picker-rubbish-waste-vehicle-pig-pen-west-sussex">here.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Ok. Ok. Ok. Some of you may recall that I was </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">somewhat excited</i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> to be going to a book signing of one Mr. David Sedaris. That I was knitting him a heart to indulge his macabre </span>tenancies<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">, toing and froing over whether I thought he'd like it or just think I was weird. That I dreamt about the event 3 times in the week preceeding. That I was also panicking that it might all be a bit disappointing. It wasn't. He wasn't. He was an utter charming delight and seemed genuinely touched by my gift. In addition to his inscription, featured previously and included below, he asked for my address and in the weeks that followed sent me a thank you postcard. And now, as discovered by one delightful Miss Tallulah, you may recognize the lady mentioned in this interview in The Improper Bostonion......</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> You can read the <a href="http://www.improper.com/blogs/david-sedaris-wants-to-sign-your-book-really/">full interview here</a>. I am utterly bowled over and flattered that the gift lives on his memory (and hopefully on his desk!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So yes. Wow. I think my life all goes downhill from here.</span></div>
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Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-83617743931562331852014-05-22T12:55:00.001-07:002014-05-22T12:55:48.525-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In all the madness, in all the business, in all the rush to eat well, cycle more, learn things, see people, read books, get enough sleep, look nice, be nice, think deep thoughts, respond to e-mails, watch that movie, read the news, clean the house, draw some pictures, take a shower, wash your bike, sort your finances, use your new blender, go to the Asian supermarket, make lunch for tomorrow, clean the coffee machine (like, really clean it), watch the Giro, pack your bag for the weekend, put on a wash......in all the hecticness, is there anything better than row upon row of plain stockinette stitch?</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> I have been busy with a number of happy things though, which makes it ok. Learning to swim, learning to drive, getting out on bikes, seeing people, having fun. My stuff/junk (the term I use depends on my mood at the time) was delivered the other week, so with ample supplies to hand I hope to get up to non-knitting craft at least once in a while. In particular I intend to do a lot more spinning this year than last year - not least because this is what 3kg of unspun sheeps wool looks like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">With this in mind, these are the first socks I've knit with an overall rib effect. It's not really much more complicated that plain, but it's something. I also think the rib all the way down the ankle might help them be less prone to sagging. I'm using aran weight wool from Donegal. I thought given the chunky wool, the rib might not feel so pleasant underfoot so on the the foot portion the ribbing is only on top, with plain stockinette underneath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">For the last 2 months I've been living on the contents of one suitcase I brought over from England with me, and a few bits and pieces I've left at friends' houses. I've kind've enjoyed the minimal existence. Despite this, I'll be relieved when the rest of my gear is delivered next weekend and I'll have both a wider selection of clothes and crafting materials.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Oh my god what if David doesn't do a meet and greet?!</span></div>
Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-46060775328136485582014-03-22T04:26:00.001-07:002014-03-22T04:26:44.784-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The idea was to make David Sedaris a knitted heart. Really I think I've made him a blob. But a blob from the heart.</span><br />
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Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-53473704640752800642014-03-12T15:46:00.002-07:002014-03-12T15:46:28.867-07:00Oh suspicious heart<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well now. Last week I mentioned that I am knitting an anatomical heart for the author David Sedaris. During the week I had a dream I gave it to him and he was actively and openly not impressed by it. In fact, he seemed quite disgusted by the whole idea. When I woke up and was in that brief few moments where your dreams are your reality, I was actually quite upset. </span><br />
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I'm 'back', as they say. I was away for a while. In England, no less. Very exotic, I assure you. The blog stopped for some reason. Now I'm back, and I suppose it's starting again.</div>
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Intarsi - mittens and jumper. The jumper was the first major garment I've knitted.</div>
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Some made to order cross-stitch for <a href="http://simonsingh.net/">Simon Singh</a>.</div>
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A chunky jumper - in progress.</div>
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For sure what I'm most proud of is a quilt for my friends' wedding present. It's hard to be accurate in how long this took me. I started more than a year before the wedding and worked on it off and on for a few hours every once in a while. It's far from perfect - the bias binding around the outside is already coming off in places - but I love it and I think they did do.</div>
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So now I'm back in my home country, and I must admit I'm very happy about it. I have decided to revive my blog both for the original reasons I started it (to keep me craftly motivated amidst an ever varying schedule) but also as a means of staying in communiqué with the lovely ladies of the aforementioned <a href="http://www.meetup.com/hertsstitch-bitch/">Herts Stitch'n'Bitch group</a>. Hanging out with those lovely ladies once a week really made my time in England much more enjoyable and I'll miss them. I have yet to find a knitting group in Dublin which suits my schedule, but in honesty over the last few weeks I've barely had a few hours spare. It's been wonderful being able to spend times with friends and family again <b>but</b> - time must always be made for craft!</div>
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At this moment the majority of my craft stuff is in Donegal. I stashed a couple of knitting projects in my hand luggage to keep me ticking over in the meantime. There is a pair of socks knit in one of my favorite yarns - 100% wool from <a href="http://www.studiodonegal.ie/">Studio Donegal</a>. I'm working them on some badass carbon fibre knitting needles that I received as a secret santa gift. I'm really taken with them and will be investing in some smaller pairs for socks made out of finer yarn. </div>
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On a set of classic wooden double points, I am trying out an <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter08/PATTheart.php">anatomical heart pattern</a> I've been meaning to do for the longest time. I want to give one to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sedaris">David Sedaris</a>, my favorite author these days, when I see him at the <a href="https://www.nch.ie/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=1581C450-79E3-499D-80BA-8759455123A2&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=DF56F2A3-8EA3-4C79-BC39-47C74AC23010">National Concert Hall</a> next month. It's <b>not</b> a complete fangirl gesture, he's all into grotesque stuff, and anatomical bits and pieces........Ok, it <b>is</b> a complete fangirl gesture, but I'm ok with that.</div>
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So weary. Life is busy but I will aim to update weekly. It will mostly be pictures.<br />
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</div>These were intended as socks, but I didn't cast on enough stitches (I've yet to go to the effort of figuring out gauge or the lie beforehand, I tend to just wing it). I couldn't be bothered to rip back - I was enjoying the knitting rhythm I was in - so I just kept going and made myself some arm-warmers. The white is some homespun featured <a href="http://skuldmakesstuff.blogspot.com/2011/11/little-red.html">previously</a>, and the grey is a wool/acrylic blend I originally included to give the socks a bit of extra strength around the heel, as I wasn't sure how the homespun might hold up to such punishment. While these aren't what I originally planned to make, I'm glad it turned out the way it did, as I've been wearing them quite a bit since completion. They're very handy for someone like me who lives in t-shirts and little jumpers.<br />
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This patchwork bag was being gifted to someone as a birthday present. I think I must have developed a lot more patience over the last year or so. Not only did I iron, cut, pin, sew, press, re-pin, re-sew etc. etc. this bag is only 2 sittings, but I actually quite enjoyed the process. Normally lots of little finicky tasks annoy me, but as I say, I think I'm accepting that it's a lot more fun to take the time to try and do a job properly.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4ZEirNmwqlMdYpC36zWIaSa8ATBbqo-rg0CJdEt0iKRHp3WEoblmYhu4m0gC-1zsLJzhEFAWrKWqo3LIvXrlRqRV7I8WbfbfRM4DN9fONH-03JgJysIdLaha6nUxi734tulK1y8Vcn0/s1600/patchworkbag2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4ZEirNmwqlMdYpC36zWIaSa8ATBbqo-rg0CJdEt0iKRHp3WEoblmYhu4m0gC-1zsLJzhEFAWrKWqo3LIvXrlRqRV7I8WbfbfRM4DN9fONH-03JgJysIdLaha6nUxi734tulK1y8Vcn0/s320/patchworkbag2.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">With this in mind, I've had a hankering to knit something <i>proper</i> lately. I'm now well versed in the arts of the small profects - mitts, hats, socks and the like. Time to challenge both my skills and my dedication. I saved up my pennies, sold a few things on eBay, before buying what someone called 'a seizure worth of wool' (as in, like a drug seizure, not you know, that you'd have a fit just looking at it or anything). After coveting it for so long, I've finally cast on the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/skully">Skully</a> jumper from <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/stitch-n-bitch-the-knitters-handbook">Stitch'n'Bitch</a>. I went to <a href="http://www.thisisknit.ie/">This Is Knit</a> when I was in Dublin last weekend, as I knew they had the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/brown-sheep-lambs-pride-bulky">Lamb's Pride Bulky</a> yarn recommended in the pattern. However - crisis! - they did not have enough of any one color for the whole jumper. Luckily, the staff couldn't do enough to help me, and we eventually settled on the relatively inexpensive <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/twilleys-of-stamford-freedom-purity">Freedom Purity</a> yarn as an acceptable substitute. I did a gauge swatch and <i>everything</i> before I cast on - my ways have really changed. I only cast on the front yesterday but I spent a few hours in front of the tv yesterday so I've got a few inches to show for myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6d6aL-11ax2BUZis3gouCCEIosjf_XfLeRol3ETBJYm5wnarKEKljOVhGGRJHn40UwaEk-Mu3IrHlTkn3sOkiHhP8QxfmPm2maFvlDpWO4MS-HbP7MTV85cl1lUbHEfQccWvApH7rzg/s1600/P1020739.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6d6aL-11ax2BUZis3gouCCEIosjf_XfLeRol3ETBJYm5wnarKEKljOVhGGRJHn40UwaEk-Mu3IrHlTkn3sOkiHhP8QxfmPm2maFvlDpWO4MS-HbP7MTV85cl1lUbHEfQccWvApH7rzg/s320/P1020739.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This jumper has skulls in the sleeves which is not a problem as I can do intarsia now, yay!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjcHE9Qjvv2Lqr-RBp4OWi_4Wc9E-QTJ7zznMbT9i0vvbF5F8q_yNKqmMZXKxPFmCxw5HK1qqnE8EAx19TwM7hiiPq9lKzAkYCaJfLiGCAV3_BfguHZSQCQiFM-sVKAbM-wo0JH-ehLw/s1600/intarsia.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjcHE9Qjvv2Lqr-RBp4OWi_4Wc9E-QTJ7zznMbT9i0vvbF5F8q_yNKqmMZXKxPFmCxw5HK1qqnE8EAx19TwM7hiiPq9lKzAkYCaJfLiGCAV3_BfguHZSQCQiFM-sVKAbM-wo0JH-ehLw/s320/intarsia.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And finally, a heart. Always hearts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdlBittVF9jXlUjbxOgiyj8aJYYmv32FKIKr2XlaEP5bSDIUuLzNeXUr4i0rdWcgv6NEqpjrG8x6D-MyiyE_8Fjzc5E6-t1U5dEnbfN-gTpT9Xfi2Fut__UTY-W6TSeeYLVl3KVSB-5U/s1600/heartembroidery.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdlBittVF9jXlUjbxOgiyj8aJYYmv32FKIKr2XlaEP5bSDIUuLzNeXUr4i0rdWcgv6NEqpjrG8x6D-MyiyE_8Fjzc5E6-t1U5dEnbfN-gTpT9Xfi2Fut__UTY-W6TSeeYLVl3KVSB-5U/s320/heartembroidery.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-17297257413086008072011-11-04T04:01:00.000-07:002011-11-04T04:01:05.990-07:00Little RedAh! I must say I'm writing this post with a muster of enthusiasm, which is quite novel. The last few weeks have been quite productive, craft wise. I'll start with the seasonal offering - my Little Red Riding Hood costume. I figured if I found material for the hood cheap enough I could put together the rest of the costume using stuff I already owned, so it has a pleasing balance between creativity and economy. I found a red bed sheet in a charity shop, and used the flounced edge as a detail in the hood. I used <a href="http://diyfashion.about.com/od/costumes/ss/Make_a_Cape.htm">this tutorial</a> as a guide for anyone who's interested. The only two specific things that make a Red Riding Hood costume are the hood and the basket (which in the sotry contain wine and fruit, but I opted for a box of Lemsip and a Get Well Soon card). If you look for Red Riding Hood costumes on google all you find are big busted women in low cut tops, which didn't seem overly authentic to me, given that Red Riding Hood was <i>little. </i>Despite the freedom to interpret the costume however I wanted, nothing in my wardrobe seemed suitable, so I used up some fabric from my stash to make a basic black and white lolita style dress, then use some red dye I also had hanging around to give it the appropriate coloring. The idea would be that I'd be able to wear the dress again, rather than having another costume cluttering up my place year round. I used <a href="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=77268.0">this tutorial</a> for the dress - I've used this pattern several times now and I love it. I didn't put the flounce on the end - I wore a white frilly skirt of mine underneath to add a slight bit of volume.<br />
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Stay crafty.Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-20692357329194007022011-10-11T09:10:00.000-07:002011-10-11T09:10:28.398-07:00So, as you may or may not have noticed, I did not post last weekend. This was intentional, as a means of easing us all into a new way of doing things. For the next few months at least, I am going to suspend my normal system of posting every week. There are several reasons for this, the chief one being that my next few planned projects are for people who read this blog. Another reason is that I hope to do a bit of to-ing and fro-ing between my Donegal homeland and other places over the next whileen, which also brings disruption to the post every week ethos. I hope that by just posting when I feel a genuine urge, when I genuinely feel like I have something cool to show, will encourage me to spend a bit more time both on the projects and on the posts themselves. My prose of late has been rather functional, I'll be the first to admit. I'm sure you'll be inconsolable at this news, but don't worry, it will never be <i>too</i> far from another post. Who knows - with the 'pressure' off, they may even become more frequent! And what celebrations we will have then. Ok, for now, tirrah.Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-22573121877034018442011-10-02T14:31:00.000-07:002011-10-02T14:31:36.228-07:00Winter preparationsThis week saw the beginning of another jigsaw - as I mentioned <a href="http://skuldmakesstuff.blogspot.com/2011/09/dont-be-such-chicken.html">last week</a>, my sister asked me to complete another 1350 piece monstrosity she needs for an upcoming exhibition. Having already done one, I'm attacking portions of the all-blue sea as early as I can this time. The more pieces you get out of the way, the quicker you progress. Some of these pictures are quite poor quality, being taken on my phone.<br />
Day 1.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgEzwh60aGoeCcGedaEY7xYA59bjxAd0mFFYXQhNEZPMwP0N575rak1JvimsTGIX9FBPE7dtet2_n_kxxY4i_vLrLZ81y8Ppa96345MgVvrpCy9RkL3xTtumd-yEjoe4CwQ7dL4y1TZ4/s1600/JigDay4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgEzwh60aGoeCcGedaEY7xYA59bjxAd0mFFYXQhNEZPMwP0N575rak1JvimsTGIX9FBPE7dtet2_n_kxxY4i_vLrLZ81y8Ppa96345MgVvrpCy9RkL3xTtumd-yEjoe4CwQ7dL4y1TZ4/s320/JigDay4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Day 5 (today, only an hour or so at it today).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlu-rmGU55VDFv9RPWSobYMUBcVllXvwUWFJDVswMeElkgm6RD5FN9dGdSoCmg6tIrcP9EIlUIgQp86LGDFlEsw-EBLNJ-76KvGlVwjRnjpNEBB4xjozFqStPLGusWrtMAfADMvxEWri8/s1600/JigDay5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlu-rmGU55VDFv9RPWSobYMUBcVllXvwUWFJDVswMeElkgm6RD5FN9dGdSoCmg6tIrcP9EIlUIgQp86LGDFlEsw-EBLNJ-76KvGlVwjRnjpNEBB4xjozFqStPLGusWrtMAfADMvxEWri8/s320/JigDay5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jigsaw aside, I managed to squeeze in some knitting at Stitch'n'Bitch yesterday. I made some small mistakes in my cable gloves, but as they're for me, I decided, as I generally do, to just live with it. When I broke for the thumb where I did, I didn't think the cable would lie so much to one side, but I quite like the accidental asymmetrical slant. </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHeesFv47P5r03NydUnqhkWE8s9FbELXhSLgXxrMdw7v63gCjHIfwS8XRmRhpL_d1170xK1bYNJQZFJXgRFxZqvHuHY4AfQbFGztE669YECdasHrDAQWD4DJrEtRL8eObMiYfVxgGmbw/s1600/cabledglove2Oct.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHeesFv47P5r03NydUnqhkWE8s9FbELXhSLgXxrMdw7v63gCjHIfwS8XRmRhpL_d1170xK1bYNJQZFJXgRFxZqvHuHY4AfQbFGztE669YECdasHrDAQWD4DJrEtRL8eObMiYfVxgGmbw/s320/cabledglove2Oct.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">This week I also remembered I was supposed to be making a crocheted hat for the boyfriend of a friend. I hooked it on <a href="http://skuldmakesstuff.blogspot.com/2011/08/attack-of-50-inch-hat.html">in the middle of August</a> and promptly forgot about it. Once remembered, it didn't take long to finish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7BhmkLjekB9too8OazGy_Lx8BIWZexl9vzpNYAsWTysRreVSjXZCgjKXS_3oicZuczKEPrkc0dm7gLfVGXp_GqsGskAhSPewXSMvIlA7MI-oY_mHHCYVb3Vadm2Fkf3CH9dlIZxULn8/s1600/connhat.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7BhmkLjekB9too8OazGy_Lx8BIWZexl9vzpNYAsWTysRreVSjXZCgjKXS_3oicZuczKEPrkc0dm7gLfVGXp_GqsGskAhSPewXSMvIlA7MI-oY_mHHCYVb3Vadm2Fkf3CH9dlIZxULn8/s320/connhat.JPG" width="292" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Have an interesting (in a good way) week everyone</div></div>Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-48623624438413214392011-09-26T04:01:00.000-07:002011-09-26T04:01:36.659-07:00Don't be such a chickenI decided not to post last week - while I had done some knitting, the majority of my time was taken up doing the jigsaw for my sister which I <a href="http://skuldmakesstuff.blogspot.com/2011/09/feeling-puzzled.html">mentioned previously</a>. It's nearly finished now, but as my sister is under a lot of time pressure I'm going to do another one for her, on a tighter time schedule. Her exhibition is sure to be awesome thanks to my mad jigsaw skillz.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ74nWHXnZUBts4yxt0xNdoXlpfjhN1AfpgjthoU151WPfif57mzJe1decWNCfEsswmky12_f2p61ClxnfvnmfLeM82Q8-4njWH9zHL7NnEfEAlIhIFZ0i8ojrIQUsRGF3AitRdfRVR3Y/s1600/jigsawnearlydone.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ74nWHXnZUBts4yxt0xNdoXlpfjhN1AfpgjthoU151WPfif57mzJe1decWNCfEsswmky12_f2p61ClxnfvnmfLeM82Q8-4njWH9zHL7NnEfEAlIhIFZ0i8ojrIQUsRGF3AitRdfRVR3Y/s320/jigsawnearlydone.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">As predicted, I had to frog the cable gloves (mentioned <a href="http://skuldmakesstuff.blogspot.com/2011/09/cable-girl.html">here</a>). I hadn't accounted for how much the cable pulls in the stitches around it and they were too small. I've started them again with more stitches this time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpfP158InuJgvgIzfgarxmvmdnkhlKvGCkdhhyq1TRSituZ388FPjuvcUSVPdq72FKRYO-VALQJkmN8T8cZG5PDA352YAltNO3rI09prxWUUQRyeBJMckVQeYkrPUpgsJjbmJo0NsRsM/s1600/secondgloves1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpfP158InuJgvgIzfgarxmvmdnkhlKvGCkdhhyq1TRSituZ388FPjuvcUSVPdq72FKRYO-VALQJkmN8T8cZG5PDA352YAltNO3rI09prxWUUQRyeBJMckVQeYkrPUpgsJjbmJo0NsRsM/s320/secondgloves1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div>A friend of mine is passionate about poultry welfare, so for her birthday this week I made this little guy from polymer clay. He has a little dot of red clay on his butt, but I feel it just adds to the charm....right? The beak was made with white clay and colored in yellow with a Sharpie.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhqZzLaazopjD4KOFaY9S4WAxAVtNGpf4H0_ftL_CwKbp_Xq2NF0D8uCAWKph9wa_kaxvVjQ8GBIqs7lY5Aj7KP2DE-FEfA18q4Do8UKn38696C1KhQoEdo3XCqJ5Z8sUf0-u5IPCoas/s1600/chicken3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhqZzLaazopjD4KOFaY9S4WAxAVtNGpf4H0_ftL_CwKbp_Xq2NF0D8uCAWKph9wa_kaxvVjQ8GBIqs7lY5Aj7KP2DE-FEfA18q4Do8UKn38696C1KhQoEdo3XCqJ5Z8sUf0-u5IPCoas/s320/chicken3.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">These are also for her. I don't know how I survived this long without being able to make facecloths as a quick, useful gift. The color scheme was selected especially to cater to her love of purple.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBRXsxrBRixfXO6fd0SQ8qiV92G7n6DFa742uGAJS_yAKQ1KUZ-FC9IM3SS0O7xk-n3jvREMcS-u3qoyDn5xtFp9ULpPXHG8hc22gTCGggbppbN724vuO2CR59EQpfk8H8zfbTBMx85g/s1600/faceclothesnelly.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBRXsxrBRixfXO6fd0SQ8qiV92G7n6DFa742uGAJS_yAKQ1KUZ-FC9IM3SS0O7xk-n3jvREMcS-u3qoyDn5xtFp9ULpPXHG8hc22gTCGggbppbN724vuO2CR59EQpfk8H8zfbTBMx85g/s320/faceclothesnelly.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKYdu5Y9fhr29zKhgPApc-lQIcyDRy-QUNlxveez3tFQmrNnkDAyjyRjsSaBCl2KKhb_jKW9vdFXe4mu1B8XwxDUHc_5ePaOpVlpAgJNyiK6H1VU3CYUZEYox08GKxAr3FtyJqLtANss/s1600/nellyearrings2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKYdu5Y9fhr29zKhgPApc-lQIcyDRy-QUNlxveez3tFQmrNnkDAyjyRjsSaBCl2KKhb_jKW9vdFXe4mu1B8XwxDUHc_5ePaOpVlpAgJNyiK6H1VU3CYUZEYox08GKxAr3FtyJqLtANss/s320/nellyearrings2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Right. I gotta go finish this jigsaw before round 2.</div>Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-59785689473345886622011-09-11T07:57:00.000-07:002011-09-11T07:57:10.849-07:00Cable girlAs some of you may know, I used to be an avid baker. Nary a birthday would pass by without my smuggling something into the party house under tin foil wraps. Like a lot of things, this has fallen by the wayside in recent years, mostly due to time constraints. Well, time is (mostly) all mine now, so I judged it time for a return to my old distraction. I wanted to make something new, and decided on cinnamon buns, because me and my sweet tooth <i>love</i> cinnamon buns on a Sunday morning. I used <a href="http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/4758/ooey-gooey-cinnamon-buns.aspx">this</a> recipe, altering it both in the rising time (I made the dough yesterday and let it rise overnight so all I'd have to do today was make the filling and pop them in the oven) and in some ingredients (I left out the pecans, and used demera instead of plain brown sugar) . Unfortunately my oven must be a bit more powerful than some others - the tops (which became the bottoms when the buns were inverted as directed in the recipe) were a little burnt. They still taste pretty good, but next time I will keep a closer eye on them.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJ2Ltc9XeDV1GVRnSLKt3vOJCQU_a7234wDzXO1WjRe6Ypv_WTlxP0zLIqcgO3BktCKkt-PpMMy1R9N5DnBPl0Vr5yXvCeBp10hZhyphenhyphenvGgIyg7WJepoRTqyv4GG8I-BUnAeXsKd8VLkeY/s1600/cinnamonbuns.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJ2Ltc9XeDV1GVRnSLKt3vOJCQU_a7234wDzXO1WjRe6Ypv_WTlxP0zLIqcgO3BktCKkt-PpMMy1R9N5DnBPl0Vr5yXvCeBp10hZhyphenhyphenvGgIyg7WJepoRTqyv4GG8I-BUnAeXsKd8VLkeY/s320/cinnamonbuns.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Today marks a year since I tipsily kissed a housemate in an altogether not unpremeditated act of daring. The bookmark below was a token gift to mark the occasion. This is not the same bike embroidery as last week - that was lost somewhere in the washing machine. It didn't take too long to reproduce though, and I think this second attempt is a mite better than the first.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFQTv7UXrYKH1RL4Cu7w7ZTLAv0J9v9DVtvCfkOv1S7uTXxOVIHC66nhGN9e0ga5MTjBXaXyEeLJ-bd8NFg2UqoH1GVgOLyab0_GAdSMupOx1j5svBbYAD04xEq7hPWUAieToYOPPwOQ/s1600/bookmark1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFQTv7UXrYKH1RL4Cu7w7ZTLAv0J9v9DVtvCfkOv1S7uTXxOVIHC66nhGN9e0ga5MTjBXaXyEeLJ-bd8NFg2UqoH1GVgOLyab0_GAdSMupOx1j5svBbYAD04xEq7hPWUAieToYOPPwOQ/s320/bookmark1.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGlbmHOFmjvrt7Mw-b8DVtOGKyMuXn9rXU2xIdo6g3bqYzjpvl9d983FRJc-NkORqqttrsbA85k9xNQ87bPNbwQnYN7kqxCAv5dkYr7cd6JRtMVWXlrnZ4UDBeHkSXWRCOSBFGCgmTxc/s1600/bookmark2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheGlbmHOFmjvrt7Mw-b8DVtOGKyMuXn9rXU2xIdo6g3bqYzjpvl9d983FRJc-NkORqqttrsbA85k9xNQ87bPNbwQnYN7kqxCAv5dkYr7cd6JRtMVWXlrnZ4UDBeHkSXWRCOSBFGCgmTxc/s320/bookmark2.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Myself and same fella went for a cycle yesterday morning, which started late and ran a little overtime, meaning I couldn't make it to my local <a href="http://stitchnbitchgalway.blogspot.com/">Stitch'n'Bitch group</a>. I haven't been in months what with being at college all the time, and the last few Saturdays I've either been in Donegal or, erm, hungover. So though I missed today, at least it was to a healthier end. I have high hopes for next week. Anyhoo, I spent the resultant afternoon watching <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Time">Adventure Time</a> and casting on a new project - some cabled mitts made with delicious yarn I got on my last trip to London. Unfortunately I've since misplaced the label and I can't recall the exact yarn name or blend. What a shame, as it's so soft and luxurious I'd definitely be recommending it. I put a simple cable down the front. Having not worked with cables before, I didn't anticipate how much they would 'pull in' the stitches around them, making the circumference of the glove much smaller than that which I cast on. I foresee frogging in my future.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8XgSvHW-SjRswESuXXGzcFp3WMfmhDoXJOhiCTVmQTzVINMf7HoY7KZww3gEeJFyqH8fSH9wMRTySo5ClXGSmwJoNyRwa07UgTrARjvcZsS5MaEPhYL_eD8W0Y604-9Yk9S5L5Td7Cg/s1600/gloves1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8XgSvHW-SjRswESuXXGzcFp3WMfmhDoXJOhiCTVmQTzVINMf7HoY7KZww3gEeJFyqH8fSH9wMRTySo5ClXGSmwJoNyRwa07UgTrARjvcZsS5MaEPhYL_eD8W0Y604-9Yk9S5L5Td7Cg/s320/gloves1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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As I mentioned yonder week, I took advantage of my new found freedom to spend a few days at home in Donegal. Oh, the novelty of being at home for more than 48 hours! As I didn't have any knitting or crochet projects on the go at the time of my departure, I threw some embroidery floss and needles in my bag. My embroidery skills are poor, but nothing improves without practice.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wasn't the only one celebrating a birthday around these times - a friend of mine in Dublin was turning 30. I was unable to join the party, so I needed something small that could be send in the post. Cue another Totoro craft (you can see a previous incarnation <a href="http://skuldmakesstuff.blogspot.com/2011/05/no-pun-intended.html">here</a>). This one was made with polymer clay - a word of advice? Putting polymer clay in at 220 degrees centigrade instead of fahrenheit will give you the following result, regardless of the sculpture you started with:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8pKBsmX-hQnL5Fn3wtep7P9vE9pcljkRDgJjSnidkB-4sS_jvZMW93TFTB7kqsq0caBRBDu7Oa-llMyfB3OFAb-7nJ1TTL3s3PpsueTcg65nAD4sq80Ss9e3BCSecYmiZBwpJc3_-pQ/s1600/polymerblob.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8pKBsmX-hQnL5Fn3wtep7P9vE9pcljkRDgJjSnidkB-4sS_jvZMW93TFTB7kqsq0caBRBDu7Oa-llMyfB3OFAb-7nJ1TTL3s3PpsueTcg65nAD4sq80Ss9e3BCSecYmiZBwpJc3_-pQ/s320/polymerblob.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Much better results can be achieved if you follow the directions <i>correctly. </i>Here's my second attempt preoven.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyTvIzUALVVtic34df5jskJFUVdqR9DivZ7D1M8ETE_CP1Tq_naSqCt8cDb0udscHfwU7dlyz780eXm6p5buAVJEr9iUHh_RQ91kQI_-fUcvin5pcUb7pHjLPMphK5dcD625CaiDwgvA/s1600/totoropreoven.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyTvIzUALVVtic34df5jskJFUVdqR9DivZ7D1M8ETE_CP1Tq_naSqCt8cDb0udscHfwU7dlyz780eXm6p5buAVJEr9iUHh_RQ91kQI_-fUcvin5pcUb7pHjLPMphK5dcD625CaiDwgvA/s320/totoropreoven.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And ready to be sent off, with eyes and chest marks painted out (inexpertly).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6RqiFrRf89a1A2bVlHTPogZvGJ70Gt3GrW0K-F8XI1iXYcNuvNaqwyxZh-86_hvlgkvU30z3y5rtUS-PHuPFJW2t_Hxk7Q90833h-TxOYdL98Fby9bdeR6Ay_D55LdqZat0g7G6hlbI/s1600/totoropainted.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6RqiFrRf89a1A2bVlHTPogZvGJ70Gt3GrW0K-F8XI1iXYcNuvNaqwyxZh-86_hvlgkvU30z3y5rtUS-PHuPFJW2t_Hxk7Q90833h-TxOYdL98Fby9bdeR6Ay_D55LdqZat0g7G6hlbI/s320/totoropainted.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So there you have in. In actual fact I did make one other thing this week, but as it's a gift for <i>someone who may read this blog's</i> imminent birthday, I'll have to keep it secret for now. In the meantime, perhaps I'll mention something else I'm making - though not strictly a craft. My sister is an artist, whose work explores boredom and the acts we carry out as a means of escape. Jigsaws are recurring themes in her work - not just any jigsaws, <i>big</i> ones. She has a project coming up, and I've undertaken to do one of these <i>big</i> jigsaws for her as a means of easing the pressure on her. It's an atlas, so for the most part it should be fine. The sea however, will not be fun, lacking as it is in any distinctive features - this particular atlas has had the lines of latitude and longitude removed. Any tips? Apart from patience and perseverance?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOlXqcUmDhjjZDl8qflJN87JSS-exXb853BDbdUTY2nyUMQyKMLmS2Kxo4BPxjuJ4rosiinWt4LzSXBsRFSlVKoPcttuFSNtk_uylTJf5PRiYNtZWj6gqAszCkbqiIfKH0-R7xbznVVw/s1600/jigsaw.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOlXqcUmDhjjZDl8qflJN87JSS-exXb853BDbdUTY2nyUMQyKMLmS2Kxo4BPxjuJ4rosiinWt4LzSXBsRFSlVKoPcttuFSNtk_uylTJf5PRiYNtZWj6gqAszCkbqiIfKH0-R7xbznVVw/s320/jigsaw.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-3028143031036829392011-08-21T13:14:00.000-07:002011-09-10T11:17:06.481-07:00End of something big, start of....?Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the most impressive thing I made this week - certainly the thing I'm most proud of. While I <i>could</i> post the document itself, I doubt many would be overly interested in 124 pages about a specific aspect of carbohydrate chemistry. My mind is beginning to reconcile itself with the fact it's over - the hangover I had yesterday certainly helped drive the fact home. When I saw my Masters thesis all bound and professional looking and <i>finished</i>, my mind really was at a loss. What am I going to think about now? it asked me. Over the next few weeks I will attempt to answer this question.<br />
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I mentioned I was making an overly large hat last week. Despite ripping back and resizing once or twice, I couldn't get the size exactly the same. I decided to make it a little smaller, as I'm sure it will get stretched out with wear anyway.<br />
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</div>Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-41308190289025089502011-08-14T11:58:00.000-07:002011-09-10T11:11:40.551-07:00Attack of the 50 inch hatLess than one week until my Masters thesis is handed up! I hope anyway - while there are some improvements I know I could make, at this stage I just want to get the thing out of my sight. Friday is the big day for me. As you can imagine, I'm looking forward to it immensely. I'm taking a few months off, and frugal months they'll be. Among other things - cycling, computers games, reviewing some more chemistry - I'm also hoping to step my crafting up a notch. With so much time on my hands I'll have no excuse for cutting corners and not improving my skills. It will be good for me to learn some patience - though with my chemistry work over the last year I have definately learned the value of taking the time to do something properly the <i>first</i> time. Putting it into practice in my crafting life will be its own reward.<br />
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</div><div>The boyfriend of a good friend of mine had a crocheted hat that he loved. Well, he called it a hat, it was more like a yarn based tureen. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YerzN1RZ7FO_hvG5awIQMH9ER6vVLuRGK7iVafJZFW40WXd4dHmm2SCdOsxzU2HzPw2UllgXrNdVRb2BUCrGTAkdkHXI6OpikqwBpD12rBLTri1UOsWTj88702s_Yzp-LrsaLi3bQ28/s1600/connshatoriginal.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YerzN1RZ7FO_hvG5awIQMH9ER6vVLuRGK7iVafJZFW40WXd4dHmm2SCdOsxzU2HzPw2UllgXrNdVRb2BUCrGTAkdkHXI6OpikqwBpD12rBLTri1UOsWTj88702s_Yzp-LrsaLi3bQ28/s320/connshatoriginal.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, it got ripped and I was asked if I could have a go at repairing it. The damage was quite near the center of the hat - in order to repair it I was going to have to rip it nearly all the way back to the beginning anyway. If I did this, I wouldn't be confident if I could accurately recall how huge to make the hat, so instead I've just opted to make another one, using the original as a reference.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8cH30s1yyKOOevKHRwsvSeYgFP6-L0Tur9s4ebrQzxcDEtBlDSxHyop5IHfb1zgLoYTEQJY5Kamlq6JZwowMruQ603uQvcyq5jV04UbgDKGisrrtB3lLYAcaJaoux4P6J6KlL8qzKfk/s1600/connshatnew1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8cH30s1yyKOOevKHRwsvSeYgFP6-L0Tur9s4ebrQzxcDEtBlDSxHyop5IHfb1zgLoYTEQJY5Kamlq6JZwowMruQ603uQvcyq5jV04UbgDKGisrrtB3lLYAcaJaoux4P6J6KlL8qzKfk/s320/connshatnew1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">As you can see, I still have quite a bit to do, but with the chunky yarn and 6.5mm hook I don't imagine it will take very long. If the shape isn't right I'll have to rip back and do it again, but either way, nothing too labor intensive. Those crafts can wait another week or two.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.</div>Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-49436996272248343422011-08-07T13:44:00.000-07:002011-09-10T11:11:53.767-07:00I'm no polymer chemist.On my way home from college yesterday (only 2 more weeks until my thesis is handed in....I hope) I popped into <a href="http://feanorcraftsgalway.blogspot.com/">Feanor</a>, an incredibly well stocked craft shop here in Galway. Among other things, I picked up a sturdy cardboard box, of which they have an ample supply, all sizes, most shapes. Can you guess which shape I went for?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPIJ3y9f4y9nBhGl7Bzwxe1FceCaimf1FNkl9-I7zupmMfazXgJS33nUcCF6F0S8R6d5Wk4tf6Snyx8Ie7uHVtMCx_X4ShnPxTobPKigxMV1mZwnqOqP97ukEh9Kpy-eCug0a8cYE-u8/s1600/box2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPIJ3y9f4y9nBhGl7Bzwxe1FceCaimf1FNkl9-I7zupmMfazXgJS33nUcCF6F0S8R6d5Wk4tf6Snyx8Ie7uHVtMCx_X4ShnPxTobPKigxMV1mZwnqOqP97ukEh9Kpy-eCug0a8cYE-u8/s320/box2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I painted a couple of base layers yesterday, I'm currently trying to decide what type of decorative feature to put on top. I also replenished my small collection <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fimo">Fimo polymer clay</a>, this time with some glittery silver/gray. My sculpting skillz leave a serious amount to be desired. Cookie cutters are a blessing for polymer newbies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-grWMCAUlsDPaVg273pEEPaXc4S9d91igBpvkfOuNsIyTSe8qGyVKw7VN5lvrqdifBmuNkxAe5bHw5FY-bIPSDna0A1dFAtcUVzEUVqITQ-cwzJ4gbgoy_7RZDHYjUh0Q2IGGPtJra8/s1600/clay1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-grWMCAUlsDPaVg273pEEPaXc4S9d91igBpvkfOuNsIyTSe8qGyVKw7VN5lvrqdifBmuNkxAe5bHw5FY-bIPSDna0A1dFAtcUVzEUVqITQ-cwzJ4gbgoy_7RZDHYjUh0Q2IGGPtJra8/s320/clay1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35Meo8UIuh5GXf62M8l9fNBG15rglSTjHIlReIxMz4IPKdslxllaUWohIqezGUa6KExsAATB2waX80NZ09v1ihkVD3ER4VHQvEm6cgBzBhogBeKIdrOOdkEjDZSHRYI6pvR30TNoLuh4/s1600/clay2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35Meo8UIuh5GXf62M8l9fNBG15rglSTjHIlReIxMz4IPKdslxllaUWohIqezGUa6KExsAATB2waX80NZ09v1ihkVD3ER4VHQvEm6cgBzBhogBeKIdrOOdkEjDZSHRYI6pvR30TNoLuh4/s320/clay2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't know why the star is so sad. Cheer up little star.</div>Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-57504967354308312932011-07-31T15:28:00.000-07:002011-09-10T11:12:20.797-07:00Yes, you are earring me correctly.Spain was awesome. I shan't bore you with details - I'm not travel writer, and my photos are only so so. If you want to read about interesting trips with good photographs <i>and </i>some crafty goodness, I advise you to wander over to my friend <a href="http://kittycatchbutterfly.blogspot.com/">Fiona's</a> blog - she's much better at it than I. Suffice to say there were long walks, aquariums, good food and bilingual confusion. I highly recommend San Sebastian as a destination for a couple of days stay, if you like walking and exploring. While we were away the aforementioned <a href="http://kittycatchbutterfly.blogspot.com/">Fiona</a> volunteered to feed and water our various creatures. As a gesture of thanks, I made this brooch today, featuring her flutterby favorite and my own brand of wonky mattress stitch. I think there's probably a bit too much distraction from the stitch details, but Fiona, I hope you like it!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmW37ZrXv5e-1FxNukrX3DkcsJwccZDnz6-9cX1TkuxlGvw6cwRAO2rUaT6sewiphF3al6M7JU2mhzHrsGuCbz3SMDhnVySVMe78EX7MbLxSXxvTMHuE1gv1uJ2Yl2sVMPuvmM98wZ9F8/s1600/brooch.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmW37ZrXv5e-1FxNukrX3DkcsJwccZDnz6-9cX1TkuxlGvw6cwRAO2rUaT6sewiphF3al6M7JU2mhzHrsGuCbz3SMDhnVySVMe78EX7MbLxSXxvTMHuE1gv1uJ2Yl2sVMPuvmM98wZ9F8/s320/brooch.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">If, like me, you like tacky stuff, Penneys is awesome (for any non-Irish readers, Penneys, also known as Primark, is an chain store which sprawls across Ireland and Great Britain. Selling clothes and accessories, they provide cheap versions of whatever fashion extravaganzas are sweeping the nations at that moment, as well as basics like underwear, socks, home-wares etc). I rarely pay full price for anything in Penneys though - the beauty of tack is to pay as little as possible for something which someone else paid full price for with no sense of irony. Such as the following earrings - 3 euro full price, or 50 cents on a good day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFx3YInP2hgk6_DJVN_YcMfdpeeHrouTkMDLFBV4xkQECAXtKqlF22bHtVKg0DjB4mZ6Bhyrq3X1-FNKTlksNQsbNFfuVgIVk-AKTZYKOcRdcNiMK3G7cLfOdJ8C2XvqAwvqv8Dvsl10w/s1600/earringsoriginal.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFx3YInP2hgk6_DJVN_YcMfdpeeHrouTkMDLFBV4xkQECAXtKqlF22bHtVKg0DjB4mZ6Bhyrq3X1-FNKTlksNQsbNFfuVgIVk-AKTZYKOcRdcNiMK3G7cLfOdJ8C2XvqAwvqv8Dvsl10w/s320/earringsoriginal.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I know what some of you may be thinking - as fond as I am of piercing, they're not really <i>mon style</i>. However, a bit of jiggery-pockery with some jump rings and round nose pliers can work wonders. Still as tacky as ever, but on my terms, and with more anchors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ynL6hSm2IjbJU7fwqU1vkqkgrDVErQ-4SapsxudiEhUT1YWh4xniCWWdAYhNi8I9FSsYIGv9_qyNaxOjsG4U1PRdM9OzL3laly_c4aUTOlPQq_5Jsl3G5EdjVMC5W8e6t7lMHlmIgz8/s1600/earringnecklace1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ynL6hSm2IjbJU7fwqU1vkqkgrDVErQ-4SapsxudiEhUT1YWh4xniCWWdAYhNi8I9FSsYIGv9_qyNaxOjsG4U1PRdM9OzL3laly_c4aUTOlPQq_5Jsl3G5EdjVMC5W8e6t7lMHlmIgz8/s320/earringnecklace1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-68920934498181450892011-07-24T14:33:00.000-07:002011-09-10T11:17:18.188-07:00Spinning my way to SpainWhile I was at home last weekend, I spent a few minutes spinning on my best friend Ruth's spinning wheel - it got me all fired up to get back onto my own. You may recall the purpular yarn I was spinning <a href="http://skuldmakesstuff.blogspot.com/2011/05/spinning-like-boss.html">when I finally 'got' spinning</a>.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbRb_e7-RDE0jOp3MYQf4yrzWppcldtvRkhXikHSUQkQ9vffgliE55lOH1H839Jhn9cUo0s70u6Ogy7cp0nUZrbwNF9Cko-5de8-zbYA9m7td5_ogBtrzj15bSSEB6xP28s-1rx_ARto/s1600/spin4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbRb_e7-RDE0jOp3MYQf4yrzWppcldtvRkhXikHSUQkQ9vffgliE55lOH1H839Jhn9cUo0s70u6Ogy7cp0nUZrbwNF9Cko-5de8-zbYA9m7td5_ogBtrzj15bSSEB6xP28s-1rx_ARto/s320/spin4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Some bits of it were of it were very think, some of it was reaaal thick. I didn't want to add more weight to it, but as it was still a bit overspun in places I wanted to ply it. I decided to use some pink thread from my sewing box. Here it is in all its washed glory - all approximately 135 meters of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BEsJH_5wWAj2iTsMD6_qOGYkBsncuJsbBAyWZDQieKZ_mXMlW3H4J_nOpCtrO53X4vyHZdE9knoJzI0WKRBjBIsELeDjITL50Ouyb4UtINFOL1MH6B6wg9BRGipskgUGBMrPXfm6aJg/s1600/purpleyarn1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BEsJH_5wWAj2iTsMD6_qOGYkBsncuJsbBAyWZDQieKZ_mXMlW3H4J_nOpCtrO53X4vyHZdE9knoJzI0WKRBjBIsELeDjITL50Ouyb4UtINFOL1MH6B6wg9BRGipskgUGBMrPXfm6aJg/s320/purpleyarn1.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvTuJSW0LwizhATMAc85IeyJDFk3CzNIsH8vPNcc2IPNCacwEUI49W4JzWN8bdmNafL3KKN6r5HD8nOu-_14gSGtmEUrAtIIdqjcg4DEt0m7SydOX_2b4KWBLrbaIATOS9E84qLfNHYY/s1600/purpleyarn3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvTuJSW0LwizhATMAc85IeyJDFk3CzNIsH8vPNcc2IPNCacwEUI49W4JzWN8bdmNafL3KKN6r5HD8nOu-_14gSGtmEUrAtIIdqjcg4DEt0m7SydOX_2b4KWBLrbaIATOS9E84qLfNHYY/s320/purpleyarn3.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was on a spinning roll. I spun a bit more onto a bobbin of white from <a href="http://skuldmakesstuff.blogspot.com/2011/03/rocking-out.html">Rocking out</a>, then I spun a whole other bobbin while watching the final stage of the Tour de France today. They were quite good, for me, quite thin and mostly balanced. I plied as much as could fit onto my third and final bobbin. I still have some of the unplied singles left, so I think I'm going to spin more onto these , ply <i>those </i>together, then put the 2 skeins together in a dye. I'm thinking I'll dye them either red or a nice deep blue. Anyone got some good sources of dye? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DwYAHYTEaFRWsz5cSPuqNMgKLoTQAe_ge_nl-suUvGdfC5EeNlXU5_OH-aO31Oyp7B257t9iwud9ZEGrjoZB50aIIptC_z6_YJGa2G9_sN1FsDVb3-7ekcTNHngnNLBXtyOg4tP9rY8/s1600/whiteyarn1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DwYAHYTEaFRWsz5cSPuqNMgKLoTQAe_ge_nl-suUvGdfC5EeNlXU5_OH-aO31Oyp7B257t9iwud9ZEGrjoZB50aIIptC_z6_YJGa2G9_sN1FsDVb3-7ekcTNHngnNLBXtyOg4tP9rY8/s320/whiteyarn1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeXxODgG3JGmZJC9Kar-Ztm87Ltu0z_bDuR2IVeiNT4hKGL6yHuA73TnecJwZNWTJdcm7ysCJ9_Oxj5HdhyuJyASwRjTHG5Fz0qiLzC5G-U6uAAGgmTfV0aJweWDsxuiRfqXzOzIhk3c/s1600/whiteyarn2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeXxODgG3JGmZJC9Kar-Ztm87Ltu0z_bDuR2IVeiNT4hKGL6yHuA73TnecJwZNWTJdcm7ysCJ9_Oxj5HdhyuJyASwRjTHG5Fz0qiLzC5G-U6uAAGgmTfV0aJweWDsxuiRfqXzOzIhk3c/s320/whiteyarn2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I came close to entirely finishing my socks during my time in Donegal last weekend. There's a random 5 rows of garter in the midst of the stockinette - such as will happen when knitting and drinking beers with your sister. What I didn't finish I did during the cycling the week. They're a little bit long along the foot, and for some reason this only got worse after blocking, even though I was really careful not to stretch them. The heel stitches don't really sit under my heel, and as they're pretty narrow I can't even gift them to a long footed man. I'm going to wear them around the house for a little while (they were always meant to be housesocks) and see how I get on. I have so much left from the luxurious skein I probably have enough for another pair anyway. A shorter pair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sDpw8WN-t7u51JHeSxBVGBb0qOeHNukf2Wuy1-gyVSqf4GUQcJMF_yUTZHrwaMrW_zhRcMzB4rsNTRKJnwbyT86aCk0VGx3VhYIkdZjhgB1zuhFw9F1gdJDGCPUj0xLQCevRFs_QU5w/s1600/socksfinished.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sDpw8WN-t7u51JHeSxBVGBb0qOeHNukf2Wuy1-gyVSqf4GUQcJMF_yUTZHrwaMrW_zhRcMzB4rsNTRKJnwbyT86aCk0VGx3VhYIkdZjhgB1zuhFw9F1gdJDGCPUj0xLQCevRFs_QU5w/s320/socksfinished.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Myself and my housemakts are off on holidays tomorrow, huzzah! We're back on Saturday, and I declare now that I shall squeeze in some craft betwixt then and Sunday evening. We're travelling light so the crochet hooks are staying at home.</div>Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-67867757069960244602011-07-15T01:58:00.000-07:002011-09-10T11:12:47.426-07:00IntermissionHi cats. I'm going home for the weekend, so there'll be no update on Sunday. Now that Jim's scarf is done, I can get back to my second sock, last seen <a href="http://skuldmakesstuff.blogspot.com/2011/06/cleaning-up-with-craft.html">here</a>. I've been doing a few rows here and there over the last few weeks, and just the other night I knit the heel flap. I then started to turn the heel while watching cycling, even though I knew I would mess it up by doing it when not giving t my full attention, and I did. But here's a picture of where I am now anyway - should get loads done this weekend, wee! Excited!<br />
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</div>Skuldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07203485612514725674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039568067993588285.post-69304739661472998212011-07-10T14:01:00.000-07:002011-09-10T11:17:35.803-07:00Skull so sweetGood news - I finally found the charger to my camera again. While my photography skills are, well, basically 'point and click', I realize the pictures of late have been a bit dark and blurry. I prefer my little cybershot to my housemate's (ok, let's admit it, he's my boyfriend) fancy camera. I'd probably love his camera if I knew how to use it, but as I say, 'point and click'.<br />
Hurrah for long stages of the Tour de France - I finished Jim's scarf! Ending up at somewhere around 68 inches, I hope he's happy with it. We'll see tomorrow.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnAYn_XAbEZPFlWOY2vcgaHYcR2ZHgi-FcriGGR2XtYsPaemOtZldcHBij8DjKlIjHdR4rIy-LS1lsKKjHJdaXvlv_OOT10NvUNm50pDVr724ljQHPkdcS1miijEAtqZqWnpldzAtjjk/s1600/jimsscarf_fin2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnAYn_XAbEZPFlWOY2vcgaHYcR2ZHgi-FcriGGR2XtYsPaemOtZldcHBij8DjKlIjHdR4rIy-LS1lsKKjHJdaXvlv_OOT10NvUNm50pDVr724ljQHPkdcS1miijEAtqZqWnpldzAtjjk/s320/jimsscarf_fin2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I continued practice with my free motion (stippling) sewing foot. Yes, these are wonky, but that's why they call it practice. I was doing them free hand, with no line to follow. I think once I get the hang of it some cool things should be possible. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4AFgHNXt3pT5QIvYDFGLTNlAVazsLnt4ffCYcitr4Ksu6AmP8VmKIeZ5M-8CXUQDIaDxO8ABnqeuvEvHGS-4AMj-RpPpZHNOWIhEDsX6EhYuo3jSy3GEo8r_549_wAAc4pA3EuSqsyc/s1600/stipplingpractice.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4AFgHNXt3pT5QIvYDFGLTNlAVazsLnt4ffCYcitr4Ksu6AmP8VmKIeZ5M-8CXUQDIaDxO8ABnqeuvEvHGS-4AMj-RpPpZHNOWIhEDsX6EhYuo3jSy3GEo8r_549_wAAc4pA3EuSqsyc/s320/stipplingpractice.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaiBg7MBk9Gyu8Kl2HXTqBqyrorojZO6eHwxHURiWb_opdBkIWo1pcexeN-8BADv8eSGmTLzfvbtqv85XOdpz5kpUW5UH-peWFWjjsP_HPv1QvibbYwwLguTpcDWH81Fgo8EI5dJv59os/s1600/stippling_heart2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaiBg7MBk9Gyu8Kl2HXTqBqyrorojZO6eHwxHURiWb_opdBkIWo1pcexeN-8BADv8eSGmTLzfvbtqv85XOdpz5kpUW5UH-peWFWjjsP_HPv1QvibbYwwLguTpcDWH81Fgo8EI5dJv59os/s320/stippling_heart2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One thing I thought would be cool to do with the stippling foot would be sugar skulls, with lots of different colors in the designs. I was practicing drawing some to get an idea of what I might do. I've never taken art or anything, as well as this I lack a natural aptitude, so I'm not very good at drawing. Nonetheless, the results were kind of cute, so I turned them into shrinky dinks! These little guys will have jump rings attached - new necklaces, hurrah. I used tippex on the black skull, which cracked during the 'cooking' process. Some of the flakes stuck to the face in the heat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILhDyEDArj8z_5DDLCHz2Jd0LgN5tKRUIXEK5Z008XyihzP6Akn2BhxWr4DRe1Kz2E2W-BJEVP4bvKJMbaghSppC6EVk7YJSrUul_tDM5WZah1d4g1d5fWvlLzAEK_HfITjyOnQKvd5s/s1600/sugarskulls1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILhDyEDArj8z_5DDLCHz2Jd0LgN5tKRUIXEK5Z008XyihzP6Akn2BhxWr4DRe1Kz2E2W-BJEVP4bvKJMbaghSppC6EVk7YJSrUul_tDM5WZah1d4g1d5fWvlLzAEK_HfITjyOnQKvd5s/s320/sugarskulls1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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