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day 3 eat sleep knit cal

  • Posted on March 10, 2016 at 12:46 pm

i finished the last 7 rows. though i was distracted and had to redo the last three rows.. twice! :argh! in my defence i had my kid home sick and i’m fighting the flu as well.

Finished!

apparently my scale is not as accurate as i would have liked. i had to frog my swatch to finish the last row and still ended up with only about 15 yds to spare. however i did win the came of chicken since i finished without running out:) i was hoping to put a border on the shawl but no yarn left and i don’t have anything in my stash that goes well enough. so it will stay as is. planning to dye it tomorrow if i have the right color in the basement dye stash.

apparently my scale is not as accurate as i would have liked. i had to frog my swatch to finish the last row and still ended up with only about 15 yds to spare. however i did win the came of chicken since i finished without running out:) i was hoping to put a border on the shawl but no yarn left and i don’t have anything in my stash that goes well enough. so it will stay as is.

now to see if i have the right blue dye in the basement dye stash to fix the color. i will post a picture of it again when i get it dyed and blocking or blocked.

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day 2 eat sleep knit cal

  • Posted on March 9, 2016 at 10:13 pm

lots done today. i only have 7 more rows to do tomorrow. looks like i’m playing chicken with this one though. it’s taking about 1 gram per row and i only have 9 grams left. so it all depends on how accurate my scale is.

Moving right along

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New chair, new bear

  • Posted on February 17, 2016 at 2:21 pm

amber takes a break from test fitting her new hat to checkout the bargain chair we got in the clearance section of pier one (it’s a cell phone holder and was marked down from $23 to less than $6 so we snagged both of them 😉 )

New chair, new bear

she is also cuddling a new bear by honeythorpe, the little girls were much more excited with that parcel than my usual purchases and are having battles over who gets the bear. last i saw they were drawing up time sheets!
we may have to have another lesson on sharing :lol but amber got first dibs as her reward for patiently sitting and letting me try my new crochet hat pattern on her. i still have to sew ends in, crochet the trim and block the flaps to take out some of the curl….so it actually sits like it is in the picture.

i’ve got patterns worked out for my pukifee, littlefee and minifee sizes now, but am running into a snag on the realfee size. they have such big elf/animal ears that the ear flaps just look silly and plain caps are too boring so i’m still trying to decide what to do for them. i’ve done lacey berets before but i wanted something that was a closer fit.

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set back and regroup

  • Posted on May 23, 2014 at 8:02 am

my supposedly preshrunk mercerized cotton shrunk just enough after dyeing that now the cap is too small. i stretched it as much as possible and it still goes round her head but you can see that it is now too short. 🙁 i have ordered more yarn in the right color, since the reason i dyed this in the first place is that i can only get white locally. i will probably put a white lacy trim on the too small caps for her to wear when she just doesn’t feel like bothering with hair, so it won’t be a total loss, but still….

in the meantime, i wound off a small skein of yarn and dyed it with coffee again. as soon as it finishes drying i will make another cap (or 2)

ruby looks as disgruntled as i am. mercerized cotton is NOT supposed to shrink. that is one of the reasons i used it instead of one of the dozens of other fine yarns i have lying around.

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building the perfect wig step 2

  • Posted on May 22, 2014 at 8:25 am

the next step is to coffee dye the wig caps so they arent so blinding white. this will hopefully help them blend in a bit better with the hair and scalp

much better
more beige than pink, but without actually dyeing them this is about as close as i will get i think. now they just have to dry, and hopefully won’t lighten up too much as they do!

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building the perfect wig step 1

  • Posted on May 21, 2014 at 4:37 pm

today i am trying to design the “perfect fit” wig for my pukipuki. step one is designing a wig cap the fits perfectly and doesn’t pop off right away. this involved a lot of stitching, frogging and re-stitching till i finally got the shape exactly the way i wanted.

it also involves fine crochet cotton, a very small hook and a tiny safety pin for a moveable stitch marker

i couldn’t figure out how to do a video and get it in focus but the cap stays on even if i shake her. (don’t worry no dollies were harmed during the shaking, and ruby was happy to help with the demonstration) hopefully that will still hold true once i add the hair and it gets heavier, but for now i am quite pleased with the fit!

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first etsy sale

  • Posted on November 9, 2012 at 3:02 pm

i made my first sale on etsy this week. you wouldn’t think it would be that big of a deal. i’ve been selling bears and patterns for almost 20 years now. but this is a new direction for me and hopefully a change in what i’m doing. bjd’s allow me to incorporate so many more crafts than anything i’ve ever done before. i can knit, crochet, sew, quilt, bead, needle-felt, woodwork.. well you get the idea. for someone with craft add they are perfect! i can keep changing without switching hobbies all the time 😆 anyway i sold a hat this week and hopefully it’s the first of many

dusty green front

i’ve been working like crazy on a new line for my minifees. we’re going to lake louise later this month and i want to take a bunch of clothes along and do a photo shoot in and around the chateau – depending on the weather of course. ananda got a new face up in preparation. poor girl fell and chipped her’s earlier this fall. and i desperately need to figure out how to fix ember and shaelyn’s bodies so that they will pose properly before then. if anyone has any ideas on how to fix recalcitrant minifee bodies please post suggestions in the comment section!

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animal hats

  • Posted on October 5, 2012 at 12:48 pm

so i promise this won’t become just another store, but right now most of my pictures are of the stuff i’m listing for sale and i just had to show off these hats for my littlefees that kiri was kind enough to model just in time for halloween
a giraffe
ltf giraffe
a duck
ltf duck
and a funny blue monster
ltf blue monster
enjoy and if you like have a peek at onebluestocking on etsy for more stuff including hats in pukifee sizes 🙂

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etsy store is open

  • Posted on October 3, 2012 at 3:24 pm

i just posted my first listing on etsy :tapdances around the room.

introducing wisp

onebluestocking

i have a long way to go to finish stocking it, but the first item is up so at least i have finally made a start, after all the delays and procrastination. i have 21 dress, 28 nap blankets and a whole pile of hats ready to go so decided to just get there and start listing even of all the pictures haven’t been taken. the weather isn’t cooperating today anyway so i’ll try to finish up the pictures of what i’ve got done over the next week. then i’ll be able to start on some new stuff with a clear conscience.

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if it looks like a duck…

  • Posted on April 14, 2012 at 6:10 pm

this is actually a pukifee hat, but i think tiera looks cute in it
tiera duck hat 2

if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck….put it back in the oven!

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