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I’m a believer…. Double-knitting is the holy grail of knitting in my very humble opinion. It’s colorful, can be dramatic, or subtle; design options are seemly endless; it’s doubly warm and best of all there are no yarn floats on the back side as in stranded knitting. Because I ABHOR locking floats….. well perhaps …
One of my all time favorite stories when I was a child was the Chronicles of Narnia. I adored C.S. Lewis’ beautiful world and I read the books many times. I even dressed up like Susan for Halloween as a kid and I attended the movies. And the person I have most to thank for …
The rest of the crafting details… Snitches The snitches are Lindor chocolate and caramel truffles and I used this printable for the wings…. Dragon egg I originally made this dragon egg for my Harry Potter party but decided to re-purpose it for my niece. I purchased a paper mache egg at a craft store and …
In these 2 blog posts I’ll go into a little bit of detail about each item I constructed for my niece’s Splendiferous Harry Potter Christmas Present. So without further ado… Trunk I found this decorative trunk at a crafting/ decor store and decided to add a lining. I used 4-5 square sheets of scrapbooking paper …
Welcome witches, wizards, house elves and goblins! to this, my first ever attempt at a video blog! Congratulations, you are about to watch me be awkward and ridiculous 🙂 My niece’s Christmas present is now done and I wanted to take you on a quick tour through its various parts so that you can shake your …
In grand and impressive fashion, the universe has conspired to pepper the fortnight before and after my birthday with a veritable plethora of merriment…. much of it bearing a decidedly Harry-Potter flavor 🙂 Prepare thyself for oodles of exclamation points and let the festivities begin! Stardate 10/3/2017: The Illustrated edition of Harry Potter and …
But it didn’t stop there! There were house elves and the Gryffindor Tower, and school trunks and magic bathrooms, Oh My!
Many years ago I didst undertake a massive crafting project. My fellow zookeeper friends and I had a series of movie nights to watch the Harry Potter films once they were on DVD. We rotated around to different people’s houses and it was decided that when we got to the last available movie (Harry Potter …
A while back my local yarn shop mentioned that they would be a drop off point for a local charity called Operation Warm Heads. It’s a Little Rock, AR based organization that provides warm hats for children in the area who don’t have one. They encourage volunteers to knit or crochet a hat and decorate …
My most recent pattern design attempt used the theme of one of my favorite sci-fi shows, Star Trek. I am an unconventional Trekkie. I did not watch any of the series while growing up and didn’t actually attempt it until I saw previews for the first J.J. Abrams reboot movie. I thought it looked interested …