burning man. need. x 2

Perhaps I am dreaming to think I will have the freedom from a new career to attend burning man this year, but if you build it, they will come,... or something like that.
one more for the tickle trunk

credit for owl mask

now to build off of this idea..


WANT>
http://www.blackmilkclothing.com/  (the muscle leggings)

burning man. need.

I need to figure out where to get these beads and how to make myself a pair for Burning man.

                                                                      scaleawsomeness

                                                                  credit : mooooooar

To much! I know! now this hat artist is going to blow the top off the kettle! Helloooooo to my favorite the etsy store of the month Bubbles & Frown. 

                                                             store fabulousness Here

I digress!

fabulous idea for all us in small spending situations to artify some areas of the home without resorting to mass crap.  Seems like an extension on art trading cards but equally as awsome.  For $60 bucks a year you get a new artist print each month.  Canadian artists and different media formats are showcased from month to month.

ch-ch-ch-check it!

                                                             credit and link: Papirmasse

not tonight darling

Hartsdale fabrics

Stumbled across this book.... I love my kindle but I think I would need this in hard copy.  The author Betty Hosegood writes about a little history and addiction into the culture of knitting. Amazon give a peek inside. 

Geek alert I am about to talk about gaming. (knitting)

I finally stepped through my wall of " I'll start my socks next week" and started again. But I am having a bit of trouble with a backwards yarnover...I can't find any tutorials and I'm not sure if I am supposed to end up with 'two stitches' like a regular YO......or how it even differs from a yo.  gah. and when I purl, my YO's only seem to have one 'stitch as a result'. Also I don't know if I am to count the pairs as one or two stitches in my total added on for the shortrow. 

(whistle)
Little patience, mmm yeah, mm yeah
Need a little patience, yeah
Just a little patience, yeah
Some more patience, yeah
Could use some patience, yeah
Gotta have some patience, yeah
All it takes is patience
Just a little patience

Is all you need (background vocals).

gun's n roses patience

speaking of mittens..

I would love to get my hands on some qiviut.  I remember Stuart Mclean (vinyl cafe) mention receiving a pair of qiviut mittens and commenting how he only 'tried them on from time to time' so as not to loose the coveted pair.

Qiviut (pronounced "kiv-ee-ute"), the downy-soft underwool from the Arctic musk ox, is shed naturally each year during the spring months. Eight times warmer than wool and extraordinarily lightweight, Qiviut is one of the finest natural fibers known to man.  http://www.qiviut.com/

 and word has it the softness and warmth is incomparable,,... thus this magical spun is tres expensive. (60 euro for 50 grams.)

Well, .... Perhaps purchasing a muskox and harvesting my own bank would be the more economical way to go? I'm sure mom and dad could use a muskox to hold the farm down too...

wonders never cease.

It's amazing how less apt you are to loose your mittens when you've knitted them. Well.... unsurprising If I really think about it.  Can I also knit my keys, my hair elastics, and my ipod?

oh.

thumbs down to thumbs..

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going to try a modified approach to this tutorial when my headache is gone.  Can't wait to wear these softies.

http://akittenknits.blogspot.com/2006/12/thumb-trick.html