Craft Enabled, Domestically Disabled

Ten Year Challenge

Ten years ago: I was making this kind of stuff. 

I am still terrible at the bathroom selfie and lighting, so that hasn't changed even though the bathroom has.

This isn't too bad though:

I still seriously look the same except for the hair. 

I'm not so great at shawls

Today is the knitting gift swap party. Since this crowd loves its shawls, I attempted to make one. I tried to make this one LAST year and it didn't go well. It went slightly better this year.This (note: Ravelry link to pattern here, the rest aren't) is what it should look like, and this is what I came out with, because I was running out of yarn and could not get more, and the pattern doesn't specify exactly when to turn and how long these bits should go.

It looks ok on, at least, if not intuitive to put on.'

Edited to add: after two other folks said it was okay to gift, I gifted it, along with my backup coral scarf.

I think she liked them!

When the vests look better on someone else than on me....

Seriously, they look a lot cuter on these folks. :) 

Mandala Gnome yarn

So I really really really like this colorway.

I did another version of my Stomacher sweater in it and entered it in the county fair this year. And added button-on sleeves to it later.

Over the weekend, I found a mandala vest made in the same colorway (ooh, it's in the picture here!) and well, had to get it immediately. (Or more specifically, my friend bought me my Christmas present...super nice of her!) I knew that was mine when I saw it and the lady we got it from (the artist's mom) agreed. :) Should you want to see more of her work, here's her Etsy store. 

So yes, I wondered what it would look like if I combined the two together....

(note: it's freaking hard to side selfie, don't judge me)

Yarnorah!

After finding out a friend collects "weird menorahs," I was all "OH YEAH I GOTTA DO THIS." So this is tealights and a taper from the dollar store, has crochet hooks embedded into the front and a yarn ball on the end of each. 

Holiday sweater panels

So this sweater that you put the holiday panels into? Here are the Thanksgiving and Christmas panels. 

Han Solo Lego doll

Made this for my old boss (who was also into Lego) when he left. You can actually take it apart, the head comes off and the legs do too. 

Halloween 2018

The rest of the outfit isn't that exciting, sadly (I've been busy with the gallery show so costume has been way down the priority list) but I did make a reversible Aggretsuko hat. There's a reversible plush out there too. And tote bag.

This book also looks fun.

Watch this video.Or this one.

This is mostly done...Garden of Chaos!

Ugh, I haven't updated this in over a year? Good god. Uploading pictures is such a pain in the ass that I take them and never upload them.

Anyway, here's what I've been up to lately: my third gallery show is up. 

 
Remember the Summer of Flowers last year that was taking forever to upload? I did finish that and sewed them altogether into a shawl.

My mermaid costume from a few years ago. And I finally did a self-portrait in mosaic. 

Mosaics from the last few years. Big thanks to my friend Melinda who actually does woodworking for figuring out how to put backs on them.

And here's the last four years' worth of "ugly" holiday sweaters.

The last batch of ceramics I made that weren't stolen off my patio this year: 

Since this year's theme is "Garden of Chaos," one area's dedicated to flowers and the other's dedicated to undersea gardens:



This is called "Octopus's Garden" because there's sixteen octopuses in it. My friends Meg and Jamie contributed to it, and I am ah, still adding pieces onto it because I spent so much time making the first display piece (and then I found boogie boards at a thrift store in Santa Cruz) that I just don't feel quite done yet. Will keep adding more things later.  

 

 

 

Yarn bombing

I donated some pieces to yarn bombing that went up at the Lambtown event. The purple and the ruffly bit.