Elliotts post

Hello there friends,
I have a friends, who I have known for  almost 11 years now, who had a son with a woman, and because of differences, they decided to split. He found himself a new girlfriend, who has loved his child like her own since she's known him!
Well the biological mother did not take this new very well, and decided to kidnap the baby and fled to Florida with him. The father, of course, ran after them to Florida, and spent all of his money trying to get his son back, only to find that, after all the legal documents went through, that the mother and grandfather of the child had fled their home, in the grandfathers car.
The police are out looking for them, but haven't found them yet. So today, I am asking two things of you.

• One is to keep an eye out for them so hopefully his 8 month old son can return home to him.
• And two is to visit their Go fund me page so that he can afford to stay in a motel while the police search for his child.

 I will be having a scarf sale in my Shop for them, and all proceeds, except shipping costs, will go to them. This means that if my shipping costs are 6.99 and shipping only costs me 5.99 that extra dollar will also go to them!
 Thank you all in advance!

Paint dye!

Hi there!

I completely for got I had a Blog for a minute!

So a few days ago, I had heard through the grape vine, than acrylic yarn could be dyed! And with acrylic paint no less!!!!

Unfortunately I forgot to take step by step pictures(whats new) but here is what I did :

1.I took about a cup of warm water for each color, and added in acrylic paint til I got a color I was fond of (one cup of blue, and one cup of green) and mixed til it was all blended together.

2. I made a hank of acrylic yarn ( I just wrapped it around my elbow and hand until I got enough yarn, then tied off around the middle)

3. I found an old plastic box that I was using to hold candles and put my hank in it,

4. Pourrrr the colored water over the hank

5. (You might want a pair of gloves for this, I didn't care about my hands being dyed but you might!) I squeezed the yarn until it was all colored to my liking (I was going for variegated)

6. Pick your yarn up and squeeze extra water out

7. I'm not sure if this step is necessary, but just to make sure I didn't miss anything, I  re-poured the colors onto it, and squeezed it til it was soaked again.

8. Hang hank to dry!

I have mine hanging on the back porch, so the water doesn't drip and color my carpet inside. Its been in the mid 30's recently, so there's a chance it may freeze, but it seems to be drying alright. I imagine it could dry in less than a day in the  summer months, or if you live in a warm dry climate.

So far its been about two days and its almost dry!

Once it does finally dry, I'll make a small swatch and wash it to see how well the colors really stick to it.

Here's a bad photo of what my yarn looks like right now:

Happy dying!

-Pookah

Santa baby

Just finished a Santa set for my aunt :) I wanted to share, even though it's not for sale, and I took the photos on my ugly oatmeal rug.
- on a side note I just found out that I have to download the app to upload any pictures from my phone.    

Switching it up!

Todays creation:

Raspberry Rainbow Neck Warmer and Hat Set

This retro Handcrafted Neck warmer and Hat set is made from Wool and silk blended yarn. Available in Teen/Adult sizing. Hand wash, lay flat to dry.

Like what you see? Purchase it here!

Green streak

I'm overly obsessed with green this week. I've made an adult sized hood,in Olive green and Teal and its Super Freaking fuzzy! Which is my favorite kind of crochet! Made with 9(!!) Skeins of  olive eyelash yarn and 1 skein of teal. It's tied together with a ribbon to keep it close to you while the winter winds try to blow it off!

Like what you see? Buy it here!

Green Gloves

I have a new favorite stitch this week, called the brick stitch and I decided to make some really warm gloves using a G hook and Manos del Uruguay Wool Classica Yarn. Which Is an awesome brand, that is a non profit organization, that aims to bring economic and social opportunities to rural women. This yarn is Hand spun and kettle dyed, so you get some awesome variegated colors throughout the lot. I used color 55, which I'm calling Poison Ivy green.
This is the result of my restless hands

.Fingerless Gloves

Hi there! My names Christiana, I'm A 24 year old Baker/Crocheter/Artsy fartsy person. I've been doing odd jobs (such as dressing up like the statue of liberty and waving to strangers in the cold) since I was legal to work. Recently, I decided that I needed to do something I loved, on top of the (very boring ) administrative work I do now and here I am:) I'll be posting recipes, crochet I have for sale and maybe, if I can keep track of what I'm doing, I'll even post patterns!
You'll Probably be subjected to pictures of my fuzzy babies, Tofu and Sushi(the cats) and Yoshi and Saki (the skinny/almost hairless, guinea pigs) And my fiance, who weather or not he knows it, will be helping me edit and keep up with myself, while on our journey to marriagehood.
Its been over five years since I've written anything. Maybe,  just maybe, if I drink enough before I start typing, I'll get nostalgic and post some horrible angsty poetry for everyone to make fun of with me :)

~Pookie