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I cannot escape the pull of the magical world… but then to be fair, I don’t really try 😉 To date I have designed two full length scarves based on the Harry Potter Universe, “Always…” and “The Magizoologist’s Menagerie”. So why not try something a little different? I like stark silhouettes on cowls, I think …
I worked with Rodrigues Fruit Bats for 10 years and adored them! They basically looked like lemurs with wings, loved treats like fruit loops, and when we had to handle them for medical reasons we wrapped them up like burritos, with just their furry heads sticking out! Bats in general get a very bad rap …
I never had much exposure to Wonder Woman growing up. My experience with superheros was primarily X-Men, Batman, and Spiderman from the cartoons on Fox Kids in the afternoons. ….and can we just take a moment to recognize how absolutely amazing the Fox Kids afternoon line up was through the years? I mean: Spiderman, X-Men, …
My friend asked several months back about designing a scarf pattern based off of one of her favorite shows, Stargate Atlantis. I had recently posted my “Excel tutorial for pattern making” and so we talked about what she would want the pattern to look like, as well as dimensions, needles, yarn etc. We did …
I remember perusing through my Netflix a long time ago and seeing a recommendation that looked somewhat interesting. It was called “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries”. I enjoy British style murder mysteries and so I added it to my queue- and it sat there for months. I do that a lot. I’ll add something to my …
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 …
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 …
There are a few family members that I don’t dare knit for anymore… my dad will kindly remind you of the failed “Snake Tie experiment of 2014” if given a chance 😉 Yes I’m big enough to admit it was a total fail and even to include a link to the ridiculousness (above). But the women …
A few months ago I started seeing posts on Facebook from a friend/ former zoo co-worker about one amazingly cute baby hippo named Fiona. She was born prematurely at the Cincinnati Zoo and subsequently had to be hand raised by their amazing care staff. The zoo was posting photo and video updates regularly to let everyone follow along and cheer Fiona on. Thus the hashtag …