Back to your normally scheduled programming

Ribbon,

 

 

ric rac,

 

 

shirring,

 

 

gingham,

and a button cluster.

(plus one cheeky monkey).

 

 

Add another little cluster of my KCWC

threads.

And that's a wrap.

 

 

It's possible I'm missing something,

besides sleep.

 

Beyond the sewing and shooting I

tried to be a social media person...

for 2 seconds.

That was enough.

 

I tweeted (excuse me)

I facebooked and flickered and downloaded 'apps'.

I pinned and uploaded and downloaded

some more.

 

Yeesh.

I know I didn't Instagram,

and that seems to be the thing of the moment

(at least it was a moment ago).

 

But seriously, I needed time for chocolate.

 

Thanks for playing along.

 

 

The Yarn Bomb Needs a Facelift

As a community act,

the yarn bombing in our front yard has been a recurring opportunity for connection.

People stop, people ask questions, people engage.

And,

I think there are more people out there who I don't know about

who have had their curiosity piqued if not enlivened.

But time marches on, and in this case so does natures carpet.

My blue bombs are growing green with moss and mildew,

so it's time to reinvent.

I want to keep the conversation open, but also try something new.

So, rather than just knitting this time, I thought I'd try some mixed fabric.

I made this piece with the intent of sewing it to one of the trunks

in front of our house.

Only now, I like it so much, I think I may be tortured by the site of it

slowly rotting away.

Not that it's so awesome,

but it has a bunch of elements I have a crush on right now.

I was also concerned about the text.

A common hang up.

I wanted something hopeful and engaging

without being preachy or too yoga dominatrix

(you know? :)   )

Nothing like a bossy tree to piss off your walk to work.

And here are some more components on their way

The one above was stolen from Viv Sliwka published in Stitches magazine.

I can't stop the birdie love.

Somehow it's gotta be appropriate in trees.

This will be a girdle of sorts

 and will hopefully speak to the kids heading to and from school.

This is still growing.

Fun fun!

Update:

Here she is on the tree

With a few of her moldy friends

This week I'm linking to Get Your Craft On

Have Kit, Will Travel

Another
(yes another)
 art caddy.

I promise the next thing will be a needle point periodic table.

This is more for me than for Pu.

More for me so I don't have to pick up one thousand markers

and crayons

and tape

and glue

and glitter sticks (?!)

and

and

add your own.

Now they all have a home at the end of out little kitchen island

Now she can pick up her gear and go.

Theoretically she can clean up and go.

Next I should get her some spray paint, and a tag name

and she can take her art caddy to the street.

Mobile,

she'll be lurking in the alley's 

hiding from the fuzz

as she builds her career as a 3 year old graffiti artist.

Perhaps we should focus on loosing bed time diapers first.

They aren't very street.

(although possibly practical and versatile for a life of artist on the run)

Poor kid will get kicked out of the space program

for colouring on the windows during her mission to mars.