Hi There Hammy

…is an amazing idea from John Caswell Design… via handmade charlotte.

Hello Hello! I thought I’d post one of the embroideries I did during the Doodle Stitch Along over at Lark Crafts! I have a few more but those will have to wait until I have some better light…

I’ve held an illustration by Melissa Avery close to my heart (and crafty thoughts) for a long while now. I like to go back to it every once in a while to stir up all those happy crafty illustraty thoughts I know I have tucked away in my brain… even if I’m not really in the mood to pick up my scissors/glue/fabric/yarn whatever. So, while I was mulling over the grey skies filtering in through my living room window last weekend I decided that enough was enough! I would need a version of her illustration somewhere that I could look at it whenever I needed a little boost during the day. So! Here it is! I’m much obliged to Melissa Avery for sharing her work with the world…

I finished a cardigan I’ve been working on (for what seems like a small eternity)! Oh it feels so good to call something “done”. But it’s not done, not really. I might still get an urge to embroidery more bits of this and that… and I might put some buttons on, just for show. But for now, I’m satisfied. The pattern is for a Featherweight Cardigan by knitbot. It was a pretty great pattern, you knit the cardigan from the top downwards, which is unusual. I used the same yarn I made my last pair of fingerless mittens out of (Knitpicks’ Palette). I’d never embroidered anything on something I’d knit before and it was surprisingly easy. I think it helped that the stitches are so small and even. Perfect!

I was skimming through my google reader when I notice this little tid bit:

My, that sounds like…. me! I clicked on it and found myself eye to eye with one of my Manimal tins! Thank you Mr. X Stitch for featuring the shop and blog today! I have a mutual love for all of the things on your site too.

Joe and I are trying to start a knitting/crafting group around these parts and now that Stardust bookstore/cafe is part of the school, it’ll be a mite bit easier to do it in a comfy place now! Here’s the poster that will (hopefully) stir up some interest. Woot! Let’s knit/crochet/spin/sew/embroider this weekend!

It’s been a little while since I posted anything that I’ve been working on. I’ve been knitting a sweater (the Featherweight Cardigan from Knitbot) as fast as my nimble little fingers can go, but it’s still taking a small eternity. I decided to take a little embroidery break last night and whipped up this little bunny…. The story is that long, long ago I found a story about a disabled bunny in a little chariot and it’s floated around in the back of my brain ever since. So I did a wee bit of researching and finally drew this little guy. However, I need your help! I want to embroidery something achingly clever below him (aka: Cruisin’… or Low Rider… or Hello Ladies). I haven’t come up with that perfect little somethin’ yet, so it will have to remain unfinished until ya’ll help me out!

And here is the foxy-man I posted a while ago, with his little chicklets… 

And here is the Hiker’s Waistcoat that I knit months ago, but never posted about. This is knit with wool that I hand-washed, spun and knit all by myself! It actually turned out pretty successfully considering that the yarn was a wee bit uneven and I had never made something all the way through like that! This is all wool from Bonnieview so it’s local to boot!

Who doesn’t love Tim Gunn?!

Embroidered by Totally Severe

One of my favorite shows and now one of my favorite examples of cross stitchery!