she just makes me smile

with her talent and her ideas and the outcome of both of those things!

a halloween witch doll from the purl bee - picture from there as well

also check out purl soho for ALL of your sewing, knitting and crocheting needs. some nice nice stuff

once again i reference the purl bee

i am making my friend matt a headband. he's a chef and he'll wear it while at work

i am going to use the to hide and hold hairband knitting pattern from an old knitty gritty (man, i MISS that show). i've made several of them. they're easy, stretchy and fast to make. they're great little last minute gifts too. (maroon knit is from diy site)

i want to put little skull and crossbones in the hairband. i decided to knit them in would be way too much of a pain. so i'll try the duplicate stitch when i'm done (i've never actually DONE the duplicate stitch before mind you). i'll follow the pattern with the yarn overs BUT in the middle i'll just do some all out straight knitting so there's room for the skulls. keep your fingers crossed for me!


purl bee's duplicate stitch tutorial (pink swatch is from purl bee's site)

little skull chart i'm going to use is from glampyreknits

an easy (and i'm guessing fairly quick)

knit - an evening shrug from the purl bee

made out of bamboo: "Have you knit with bamboo yet? It's a real treat! Shiny and soft like silk, but durable like linen, bamboo is also an environmentally enlightened choice. As the world's fastest growing plant, bamboo is a wonderful sustainable resource. Harvesting the cellulose needed to make yarn doesn't even kill the plant. In fact, a few short months later, it's ready to be harvested again. Also, bamboo absorbs almost five times the amount of greenhouse gasses and makes 35% more oxygen than an equivalent grove of trees. Fresh air! Plus bamboo yarn is biodegradable, naturally antibacterial, and helps protect against UV rays. Good stuff! "..............

not only do i love her simple (but elegant) design, i LOVE the yarn choice as well.

if you stop by

the purl bee you can find THE most wonderful tutorial (a TON of other tutorials on the right hand sidebar as well) on how to make a wool felt patchwork blanket BY HAND

i don't know why the link to the acutal tutorial (above) isn't working. here's the url: http://www.purlbee.com/

these are lovely

hand warmers.
note: CLICK ON "THESE ARE LOVELY" FOR THE LINK. the one that says "the purl bee" doesn't seem to work, at least it doesn't for me

it's from the purl bee

(it's a very COMPREHENSIVE pattern with illustrations to boot!)