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I plan to make this drawn robot into a stuffed robot. Can you believe I didn't go to art school? I've started the pattern and plan to cut fabric later today when I get back from Chattanooga. Hopefully success updates will ensue. If there aren't updates, it will be safe to say I scrapped the project.. I got the idea from Cotton Monster . (Check out the bra !) Also, I finished the Entrelac scarf, but have not taken pictures of it yet. I decided to donate it to Knitforthecure.org .

This is not craft related, but I find this screen shot from Niagara Falls' tourism website uber enchanting: Where are the unicorns? I might like to go there.

So Eric showed me this cool banner thing in Photoshop today, and I've been playing around with that.

Here's an update to the Entrelac scarf: I can't believe how much this scarf reminds me of neopolitan ice cream. I just added the second skein so I suppose I'm about halfway through. It's 70 degrees out, this sunny windy February day, so that possibly justifies getting ice cream.. Also, I randomly found a couple more knitting related charities I wanted to add: warmupamerica.com - Accepting knitted or crocheted afghans, or afghan parts, i.e. blocks that you haven't assembled into a full fledged blanket. I love this because not only does it promote keeping donations local, but there are no (as far as I could tell) stipulations to what types of yarn or blankets they want. savethechildren.org - This charity collects tiny knitted caps to be given to premature babies worldwide. They also ask that the contributor write a letter to Barack Obama asking him to consider women's and babies' health on a larger scale. Though I care about both women and babies, I'm ...

Two weeks?! Geez, I didn't realize how unproductive I've been. Here's what I started yesterday at work: The pattern can be found here , and is surprisingly easy. It feels like knitting something M.C. Escher would have drawn. I'm now in hardcore efforts to use up old/unwanted yarn. My goal is to get rid of about an 18 gallon sized storage container of yarn before I move in July. The ways I propose to do this are as follows: warmwoolies.org - Takes various knitted items in wool, and only non-white acrylic baby blankets. A weird combination sure, but appealing because I have a lot of non-white acrylic yarn, and baby blankets are or can be essentially..large squares. Bad news is I would have to mail donations. h4ha.org - (Hugs for Homeless Animals, noobs.) This one is great; you can pretty much knit any blanket out of anything, and deliver it to a local participating shelter. You can search for local shelters on their website, which is the jam because you can keep your lo...

Not so much crafting or sewing going on lately.. Things have been a bit busier than I can wrap my mind around. While I digest my ideas and obligations..here's some random news. I've been asked to come up with some clothing designs for a guy at work's side project, so I'm pretty excited about that. It's called Teaching Young People Obligations. I can definitely dig an organization/company that has the goal of bettering the community. I wish their acronym weren't "TYPO", but what can you do.. I don't know how serious he is or how far he is into planning this potential clothing endeavor, but this could be a great way to expand my (meager at best) portfolio. I'm going to probably start brainstorming on this this weekend. On a completely different subject, I have come across several deals recently that I thought I'd share with any other frugal junk-eaters in the area: Mrs. Winners (Nolensville) charged me $3.47 for a #1 meal that says it's ...

Today brought the completion of another garment that's been almost done for..long enough for me to wonder if it would still fit. Admittedly, I'm a little rusty on zippers (unintentional pun alert). See below the first try's "zipper butt", a phenomenon which occurs when pieces of fabric seemingly (not a pun, but wishing it were) the same size end up vastly different sizes when applied to a zipper. The result is a weird bunchy pocket of fabric on one side of the zipper.. nogoodnik. Other than that, this was quite the quick finish. The only way I'd be more excited about this dress would be it were maybe made of cake. Yeah, a cake dress would rock. This one's cotton though..still cool. My final aim for this dress will be to have it fit when it's warm enough to wear it outside..