100th Monkey Show~

The show was a blast...

Not a huge turnout but not a total bust either. It's always really good for me to do shows, even if they are not so profitable. It really motivates me to get organized and step things up a bit. Plus exposure never hurts.

Here are shots taken by my photographer, Eve.

The girls were getting squirrelly by the end of the show, so Paul modeled some hats to entertain them. I am sure he will be thrilled to have them in the blog. teehee

Aurelie Hat

Aurelie knit up pretty fast and turned out beautifully!

I used my Personality ribbed hat pattern.

After the hat was knit I took some time to tack the corners of the lace pieces to the hat, being careful to allow them room to stretch when the hat is put on.

They were cute hanging loose as they were plied into the yarn, sewing them down was an aesthetic thing for me.
Here is a shot of the yarn before knitting....

It was inspired by a shabby-chic blog that I follow. I was thinking victorian and vintage and girly.

Random Chaos Hat!

After only 3 froggings (rip outs)! argh.

The yarn finally decided to become a ribbed personality hat.

The coils demanded accentuation so I made the coiled stitches really (really) loose

and then pulled them to the front.

First few attempts were to make it a garter stitch edge, then just a stockinette stitch, similar to the Hippie Skull Hugger Hat, but the coils looked deflated and frustrated, so I kept trying.

I think the ribs help the colors changes to pop a bit more and the coils just glow, well, they glow because they are acid green, but you know what I mean.

I love it.

It is ob-nox-ious. This yarn was spun purely for the color combo.

No pics of the yarn before knitting (oops).

Well there is sort of a picture Here.

The yarn was originally called "Monster Mash" and was in a trunk show that was sent to some yarn shops around Halloween. BUT the colors are great for any time of the year and just make me so very happy.

"Random Chaos" is going with me to the Twilight Sale. (link) on Dec. 5th.

If it comes home with me I will put it in the Handmade Magic Gallery to sell.

King Rufus, Studio and Eve Photos~

The other night the girls and I took some time to make a few paper houses for our holiday tree.

(We only made a few, I will post them once they are all finished.)

BUT... the cats decided to be ever-so-helpful.

Eve was shooting pics of them the entire time.

Rufus was especially hilarious, with this grand attitude. the turd.

Here is the flickr link, you can go see more of the cat images if you choose.

Right now poor Ann is trying to make pom-pom ornaments, and they will NOT leave her alone. They LOVE poms. I find them everywhere, in the food bowl, in the litter box! If I move the couch there is a crypt of them, along with misc. beads, missing crochet hooks and rubber bands.

Here are some shots of the back studio... already a few days old.

Shelves of yarn, journaling supplies and art supplies~

Main table top.. with piles of denim from Eve's bag sewing fit she had, knit items, a hat display form and paints~

Yarn and art journals~

I am so thankful for these shelves... imagine this stuff piled up in the corners! bah!

Here are Eve's shots of the moon over Mt. Adams~

and Mt. St. Helens~

A great shot of the trees at dusk~

Bohemian

Oh I love the Muppets so.

It's risky to say this where the world can read it, but....

this is what the inside of my head is like most of the time.

"Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality? Open your eyes, look up to the sky and seeeee...."

Thank you Jim Henson for just being YOU.

To see ALL of the new Muppet clips GO HERE.

My Podcast Interview~

I did it.

Today I was honored to be interviewed by the sparkling and amazingly colorful Ricë Freeman-Zachery!

It was a blast and she so is easy to talk to... not that she had a chance to say much. (shocker)

She asks the best questions!

I actually did not sound like the rambling spaz I thought I did.

Still not a fan of hearing my recorded voice (shudder).

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE PODCAST

and to her Podcast notes.

It should be up in iTunes soon also, under "Notes from the VooDoo Lounge" podcast.

Look for a fun MW giveaway on her blog-- coming soon! ( I will let you know when it is up!)

So GO--- fix yourself your beverage of choice and grab your knitting!

Let me know what you think?

and Thanks Ricë!

Naughty Scarf~

It's in time out.

I am angry with it.

First it broke my Denise 40" cable.

THEN it outgrew my cables I connected together with the one and only extender I can find. Wonder where they went? weird.

grump.

I think I may let the Bad Kitties have at it-- if I can rouse them from their naps.

All I can say is, it better be FABULOUS when it is done.

grumble (idiot scarf)

I must be slow-out-of-the-gate. I have had my fantasticly marvelous iMac for 3+ months now and just realized the built-in-camera-thingy has these really cool effects toys on it.

(giggle, hair toss)

LOVE this one. I may make it into a banner.

I think I look younger in it. maybe 30? (rather than 39?)

and this one is just creepy and wrong.... heehee