krantastic this is for YOU

if i could sew, i'd make you one (on an even larger scale) in an instant!

from the blue blog a flip flop pillow

i want some

bloxes!

no no no

and no again

lovely, no?

lovely, YES! i just happened across these while looking for a pattern for beads and knitting. the timing was coincidental

eggs i can deal with

free pattern for this cute VEGAN easter eggs at little cotton rabbits

bento bento bento

check out this new bento box site i love obento (ladybug bento box picture from their site)

of course i DO love bento. i have a mr bento

(shout out to vegan lunchbox)

waffle tetris

pricked

extreme embroidery

great name, great exhibit!

Pricked: Extreme Embroidery

finished the moonflower beadstew bracelet

from the previous posting. it was easy and fairly fast. it IS a pain threading the beads though. i just might get or make a bead spinner.

note: the kit is from earth faire

here's what i'm making now

it's the bead stew moonflowers bracelet from earth faire

(the finished one is what's it's SUPPOSED to look like)

by the way, those are size 00 needles!

lovely

from the angry chicken primative dolls with their shawls

(she got them at bayberry cove she's also checking out this wicked cool primative pig at old world primatives)

(primatives are my favorite types of dolls. i have a few - not many)

cool fabric site of the day

harts fabric

the pics are from their asian fabric collection - BUT they have TONS of other types

check them out

from your vegan mom (blog)

(we know what i'll be making this weekend. recipe at the link in the title above)

from cakey voice (she has an etsy shop too)

HELLBOY (and much more at the link above) (hat tip to wonderland)

find of the day

felt kits (and beads and hair sticks other 'stuff') from gail grosman moore

just wonderful!

i LOVE these gloves

wood hand!!!

better than a blt

1 whole wheat (or whole grain or sprouted grain) tortilla


3 grape tomatoes (or a few slices of regular tomato)


4 sugar snap peas


vegan mayo (i made my own. silken tofu, dash of mustard powder, splash of vinegar, dash of agave nectar, dash of salt, dash of pepper. if you'd like you can drizzle some oil into the 'mayo' as well. i did not)


2 strips vegan bacon


nutritional yeast

spread mayo on tortilla, sprinkle yeast, throw in tomato, vegan bacon, sugar snaps. wrap it all up and you're good to go!

onion is missing. i can't tell you why though. i ALWAYS put onion in almost everything. i'd add onion if you just give me another chance......

cool skirt!

hat tip to sprite stitch

(it's for sale on etsy. link at sprite stitch above)

tree sweater!

way cool knitting!


arts and crafts cooperative
Several of us in our art group started a tree sweater in Yellow Springs Ohio. We have the story and slide show about it on our Jafagirlart Website. Some people don't get it, some people don't like it, some worry it will hurt the tree, some think knitting should be put to a better use,some people wonder why! It is not a new concept, been done quite a few times, but what makes ours a little different is that is really has become a fun community project. People have come and added their own knitting, added jokes and poems for the pockets, donated knitting. Whatever some may think the bottom line is that people are laughing and enjoying it, touching it, exploring it, finding out about the tree (a bradley pear). Now that isn't a bad thing eh!

this is for everone who plays guitar hero

(which i think includes EVERYONE but me)




from sprite stitch

ia2ca has a guitar hero embroidery up on Etsy…
Its machine embroidery so its kinda cheating, but I still like the look of it. anyone recognize what song its from? I cant place it.
Guitar Hero embroidery

i want one!

a klaus pierre that is! my OWN private action hero (in training)! poor thing no american babes want to love him! i don't know why. not only does he have a BIG ol' boom box BUT he has some wicked cool BABY BLUE SHOES too


(hat tip to boing boing

cool dino patterns

from xtreme knitting

i'm going to attempt them (AFTER i finish my current projects)

update on the music video that's done all with knitting

(it's the posting below this one) someone asked me about it plus i wanted to know too
All-Knitted Animated Music Video

700 frames were knitted for this. shoot! the group is called tricot machine (tricot=knitting dans francais). lysanne latulippe created the panels.

one of THE coolest things i've seen

dans francais mon dieu




(hat tip sweet little domestic life by vegan knitter

pictures i took

from the fourth floor (where i sit) at work (the other week). i liked the cracks

vegan (and low fat) okonomiyaki

i was looking up japanese crafts yesterday and somehow or another, i came across a recipe for a pancake/pizza called okonomiyaki. it is usually cooked with seafood such as tiny shrimp and octopus as well as pork. those of course are a NO NO in my book. i simply used vegetables i had on hand as well as whole grain flours. it came out KICK ASS i must say!

1 ½ c flour (i used a combo of whole wheat and buckwheat!)
3/4 c water
1 vegetable bullion cube dissolved in ½ boiling water
2 t egg replacer dissolved in ¼ c hot water (beat with fork or whisk until frothy)
1 c chopped broccoli (if frozen par boil or microwave. if fresh, par boil till tender)
1/2 c grated carrots
1 c grated potato (i used a mixture of tiny ‘heirloom’ spuds of all colors. red, purple, yellow, white…. WITH the skins on)
grated onion (to taste)
(plus you can grate whatever else you have on hand. summer squash, sweet potatoes, winter squash. if you use something you’re not going to grate, like cauliflower, par boil it)
sea salt and pepper to taste

mix flour and water till blended. add the additional water with bouillon, egg replacer and the other vegetables. mix well and let sit 5 or 10 minutes. heat a non-stick skillet on high heat (you may spray it with non-stick spray or put in a bit of olive oil or the oil of your choice, to coat bottom), turn down to med or med-low and pour in the batter. swirl or arrange with the back of a large spoon, so the mixture gets evenly distributed. cover with foil or a plate large enough to fit over the skillet. cook until the bottom browns BUT doesn’t burn. the edges will be cooked, but the top will still be raw. carefully, slide the okonomiyaki out onto a plate so raw side is up. put the skillet over the top and flip the okonomiyaki so the raw side is down on the cooking surface. cook another 5 to10 minutes until that side browns. i don't see why you couldn't cook this in the oven if that's the route you wanted to take (of course your skillet should be oven proof). cut in wedges to serve.

note: you can serve with a mayo (vegan) mixed with a bit of soy sauce/tamari and hoisin sauce

(my lunch for work today: guacamole, sugar snap peas and grape tomatoes with balsamic dressing, okonomiyaki, apple, orange)

reminder

it's almost

hina matsuri

MARCH 3RD

so BE PREPARED

cubefield

kinda fun.

avoid the cubes

a grand idea for a vegan CHOCOLATE valentine's day dessert

this recipe 'won' over at the fatfree vegan kitchen blog

and here's the link to the recipe and the website it came from diet dessert and dogs vegan molten chocolate cakes and you're NOT going to believe a couple of ingredients in the cake either!

a wicked cool

website showcasing the work / projects / portfolio of ruben swieringa

check it out. it's done VERY well

(hat tip to bifurcated rivets

what did i do ALL day yesterday?

i wound yarn into balls. i mean ALL day

i started with 1050 yards of BEAUTIFUL handpainted tencel i got a while ago from mystical creation yarns (they MAY have gone out of business. their etsy store closed and the links to ebay and their other stone on their blog do not work). that 'yarn' was as thick as thread. as i said it's beautiful BUT IT'S SO DAMN THIN, it took forever to wind.

i had already wound the lace weight malabrigo in the color jaen. it's merino and so soooooooooooooft and lovely.

the two verigated non wound balls in the middle are koigu fingering weight painters palette premium merino (kpppm) at 175 yards. the dark non wound hank on the right is claudia hand painted fingering merino wool (peace love comfort and joy) at 175 yards. the hank on the left is;

atacama alpaca distributed by knitting fever at 110-120 yards

what am i going to make? i believe i am going to make a scarf that will remind me of the sea.

the point of this posting is; I NEED A BALL WINDER AND A SWIFT IMMEDIATELy

my modular squares

i think i'm going to make a multi-colored modular jacket (we'll see). i'm not a big fan of weaving in ends. i'm not a big fan of sewing. there's an AWFUL LOT of both if i plan on doing a jacket

made with malabrigo yarn

crispy tofu, spuds and broccoli

you can make this fat free by eliminating the olive oil all together (however, 2 teaspoons give or take really is NOT that much oil)

4 Yukon Gold potatoes cubed
1 Block extra firm tofu (which has been frozen for a week or two, then defrosted), cubed
Frozen or fresh broccoli (chopped)
½ Large onion chopped
Cumin to taste
Sea salt to taste
Red pepper flakes to taste (hot)
Black pepper to taste
Non-stick cooking spray
2 teaspoons olive oil (optional)
(I didn’t have any but baby peas would be wonderful in this dish)

Par boil potatoes for 10 minutes. During the last couple of minutes put broccoli in to par boil as well. Drain, reserving ½ of a cup of the cooking water. Mix all ingredients together (use more water if you do not use the olive oil) and put in a baking dish. Bake at 350 for 20 to 30 minutes, stirring vegetables around once or twice. After they are done to your taste, broil for 2 minutes (give or take), stir to prevent burning and broil another couple of minutes or so (you may have to do this a few times to get the level of crispness YOU want

from wonderland

it's Little Big Planet knitted Sackboy

This was linked-to in a comment in the previous post, but in case babies don't interest you - and because it's so bloody AWESOME - here he is in his full glory: a hand-knitted Sackboy, from Little Big Planet. ...........

(isn't that one of THE cutest thaings???)

what a brilliant idea!

i saw it on oiyi's blog and she got the pattern from

amy's babies

it's a magnetic katamari! it can hold paperclips, or needles or WHATEVER. the blue/green one is oiyi's the orange/light green is from amy

two cool blogs

(hap tip to the first one. i got the new pbs show info from it as well as the second cool blog link)

knitting newscast

japanese knitting patterns

look what's coming to pbs this summer

(keep your fingers crossed it will appear on YOUR local pbs station)

knitting daily tv