cell phone cozy

yes, i love technology....

any new gadget deserves a snazzy way to transport. behold, my mania continues as i produced stitch n bitch "techno cozy" for my new palm treo. pictured here in blue sky alpaca's organic cotton in three colourways - lotus, poppy and cumin. decorative button in the form of a daisy, my fave flower. fashionably connected one stitched kilobyte at a time. kip dynamite "yessss i love technology...."

peace out.

bumpy stitch markers

craft milieu mixing alert!

still truckin' on the airy scarf. nearly done. feeling the need for something pretty and practical, i eschewed my plain rubber stitch markers and decided to fire up my beading brain to create fanciful yet functional stitch markers. i am about to embark on my first baby blanket which includes ribbing and cables so these lovely little markers will add some pizzaz. humbly yours, craftinista mix-master.

pretty in pink stitch markers

pretty in pink stitch markers

denim pearl stitch markers

denim pearl stitch markers

since it won't stop raining and flowers are still in a sleepy slumber, i decided to help spring along and begin creating my very own alice in wonderland golden afternoon.behold my first felted flower which was fabu practice on increase and decreases. while it needs a little more felting, i'm pleased as punch it went so well the first go around.

flower power

mums the word

knitty latifa scarf c'est finis!
made with alpaca silk and elegance yarn from knitpicks.com. ruffles made with koigu painters pallette premium merino

aaaaaaaat laaaaaaaaaaaaaast........

as i triumphanty finished the last ruffle stitch, one of my favorite etta james songs crescendoed in my head. that of course, being "at last".

well, i now have a hook hand after 16 ruffles (read a total of 5,808 stitches on number 3's) and 2 double ruffles (read 2,904 total stitches on same said near-toothpicks) this on top of 16,830 stitches for the scarf itself. however, i can still 10-key like a maniac. all's well that ends well.

great hera what will i do with a scarf in april living in california? well, it can get chilly at night and sojourns to oakland and berkeley can be a bit crisp even during the day. i took a yarn sojourn today to article pract in oakland. bless my gnarled hands that place was nirvana! what a funky dive! fabu yarns, terrific selection of books, periodicals, needles and goodies- kitschy & hip. if i was rollin' in dough, that is just the kind of yarn store i'd open in this sleepy town of mine.

well, fellow earthlings, in the words of kip dynamite - peace out.