It's been another long drought on the blog...sorry. I took one of my little ones out of town for some scheduled surgery. She's doing fine, so I'm back to posting!
I have been helping organize a
Charmed Knits for Charity event in my area and am starting to get excited. I'm a big Harry Potter fan and while I've been "rereading" the books on audio cd, I've been knitting for the KAL and working on other stuff for the big day. Namely, I've made Gryffindor robes and wands for myself and my older daughter, made spellbook knitting cases for us, made up some potions and magical props for decoration, and last night made a pair of Golden Snitch knitting needles for decoration.
The needles were a last minute inspiration and I'm really proud of them. They're not totally done yet. I need to work on the wings a little more and then finish the rest of the needle body so they are usable. These may end up on Etsy after the event if I decide I can part with them.
On another note, I've been inspired to finally create a book purse. I've been reading about them for a while, but hadn't ventured forth yet. I made it a little harder though, since I'm very picky and wanted it to be something I'd actually be willing to use. Since I didn't want to cut up any of my favorite books, I took an old college text book and "retitled" it "Black Beauty". This first one is my experiment and I think I'm going to give it to a friend's daughter who is really into horses. I found some straps that are sort of like horse reins or a bridle, and I'm trying to figure out how to add a zipper closure. Again, it's not perfect, but for a first attempt, I'm pleased. Here's two pictures and I'll post more pictures and details when I get it done.
The thing I like best is that it looks like this is an original copy of Black Beauty and not the boring and dog ugly book I started with.
I have been helping organize a Charmed Knits for Charity event in my area and am starting to get excited. I'm a big Harry Potter fan and while I've been "rereading" the books on audio cd, I've been knitting for the KAL and working on other stuff for the big day. Namely, I've made Gryffindor robes and wands for myself and my older daughter, made spellbook knitting cases for us, made up some potions and magical props for decoration, and last night made a pair of Golden Snitch knitting needles for decoration.
The needles were a last minute inspiration and I'm really proud of them. They're not totally done yet. I need to work on the wings a little more and then finish the rest of the needle body so they are usable. These may end up on Etsy after the event if I decide I can part with them.
On another note, I've been inspired to finally create a book purse. I've been reading about them for a while, but hadn't ventured forth yet. I made it a little harder though, since I'm very picky and wanted it to be something I'd actually be willing to use. Since I didn't want to cut up any of my favorite books, I took an old college text book and "retitled" it "Black Beauty". This first one is my experiment and I think I'm going to give it to a friend's daughter who is really into horses. I found some straps that are sort of like horse reins or a bridle, and I'm trying to figure out how to add a zipper closure. Again, it's not perfect, but for a first attempt, I'm pleased. Here's two pictures and I'll post more pictures and details when I get it done.
The thing I like best is that it looks like this is an original copy of Black Beauty and not the boring and dog ugly book I started with.
3 comments:
love your projects-but I couldn't get the page to load with your book purse.
Also,how do you get the works in progress chart? or where? I saw that on your page and love that idea for my own. Thanks, Melissa
Hmmm..not sure why the book purse pictures aren't showing up for you. I'm going to post some updates in the next day or so, so hopefully those will show up for you. I added a zipper closure and put the lining in tonight. After the glue dries a little more, I just have to attach the zipper to the other side of the book.
I saw several bars on other blogs I liked and Googled the topic (progress bars, blog, knitting). I found some code that I copied and customized. Here's the link to a couple of tutorials I found:
http://www.davidanaxagoras.com/2005/04/
16/track-your-progress-or-lack-thereof/
http://knitticisms.blogspot.com/2005/04/
how-to-those-nifty-progress-bars.html
You have to first paste some code in your blog template that sets up the specifics of the bars (how many, colors, width, etc.). Then you add an HTML section on your blog and paste some code that calls on the variables you set up in the template. That's where you enter in the names of the projects and percent complete. It sounds complicated, but it's really not and once it's set up, its a breeze to edit. I hope that helps!
Hi Lisa,
These are entirely too much fun,
Thanks for sharing
Wheat
Wheat Wrote WHAT!?!
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