Archive for February, 2010
We were in northern part of Portland for coffee so I had the idea to stop by Knittn Kitten — a thrift shop that specializes in craft supplies. I totally loved the idea of vintage and previously-owned craft supplies since I do feel concerned about how (ironically!) consumerist and unenvironmental crafting can be, and also annoyed by mass-produced poor quality materials. That, and I just love vintage things, especially crafty things! Anyhow, what I didn’t know was what treasure trove this little shop was! I found lots of pretty things…for cheap!
The silver hoop is a vintage spring loaded embroidery hoop. I totally love it, it’s still in good condition, and seems far more functional than modern plastic ones. I always have use for pretty laces and trims! I seem to be collecting vintage knitting needles in shades of pink (They are so cute! Now I have 4 pairs!)
Close up of threads on wooden spools. I always have use for thread in different colors, but these are so cute, it’s a shame to use it up.
Completely amazing vintage glass buttons!
Fluffy yarn. Admittedly, I got them at least in part because of the cute labels. I love vintage labels and tags.
I’m making coffee. We’ve been making coffee using moka pot (stainless one, not aluminum) for past few years since I hate large gadgets that sit on the kitchen counter and I had loved Chemex but it broke (along with TWO other glass teapots!) and I imagine such an item won’t last in this household. I’m having a hot cup of coffee with half&half and Todd’s is iced mocha with soy milk.
I made something not yarn related today! …A business card! I’ve redesigned it with updated imformation in GIMP. We are having a box of them printed of course, but Todd had an immediate need for it so we printed some on matte photo-paper.
We are being the repeat customers at the Cannon beach. Some days are so *blah* but it takes just a bit of spontaneity (and a lot more in effort getting over the fact that some days just aren’t meant to getting a whole lot done!) to turn things around for the better.
The sunset made the sky purple!
We found a candy shop at Seaside (a beach town about 10 minutes drive from Cannon beach)!
When I saw the shadow cast on the beach, I thought of Todd’s various shadow/reflection self-portraits, so here’s mine 
I just got the hat, it fits snugly and will surely come in handy often!
This is the view from the car when Todd ran out to shoot some photos. I felt peaceful just imagining sitting here for hours to do absolutely nothing. …Which is something not likely to happen anytime soon, so I took the picture as a souvenir.
I invented something! …Sort of.
One thing that sucks a lot about knitting compared to crochetting is that it’s difficult to put down work-in-progress items casually since it has a lot of active stitches on the needle that can easily slip off. And with 2 kids, I do have to put down knitting projects really often and store it out of reach.
Anyhow, I’ve seen the double ended stitch holder (plastic needle thing with 2 end caps held together with paralell elesticky bits) and I thought it would be nice if I can 1) slip it on/off onto the actual needle, and 2) put multiple needles all in one holder so that the project doesn’t get tangled up. …So this is what I came up with:
It’s made from felt lined with interfacing (to prevent needles poking through the felt) with elastic in between the two end bits. Some decorative stitchings and sequins just for fun. It’s really self explanatory if you wanted to make one, it looks like this without the needles:
Oh, and this is a sock! …For Ashland. Because he has smallest feet of all of us, so I thought it’s a good one to practice making socks for. I’m amazed that it’s starting to look like a sock, even though the stitches are uneven in places.
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