I’m preparing for my appearance at BayCon. I’ll be at the following panels. Because of potential changes, double check the con’s schedule for current times and locations. It Takes Guts Sunday, July 2nd 10:00 – 11:30 AM To get up on stage, how to be in a masquerade competition. What is involved with participating in […]
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If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll know I occasionally talk about an Apiary Puff Quilt (crochet) or a Beehive Quilt (knit) I’m working on. Both use something referred to as hexapuffs, or six-sided yarn created puffs stuffed with acrylic filling to give it a three-D look. It’s become my go-to pattern to use up
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This is a friendly reminder that this post may contain spoilers for my 2018 Masquerade Costume. I’m trying not to put in spoilers, but you may be able to piece together what I’m making. Read at your own risk. One of the main pieces I have to construct is a poncho in camouflage colors. It
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One of the things I’m known for are my knit and crochet costumes. I will wear something I’ve created when attending conventions. Sometimes I don’t want to walk the floor wearing a full costume made of twenty pounds of yarn. Sometimes it’s a fascinator or a shawl. Lately it has been a dragon perching on
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Last weekend I spent with my friends and chosen family at BayCon. It felt like both returning home and a new convention. The prior BayCon’s I had attended were at the Hyatt at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The construction of Levi Stadium caused that hotel to no longer be an option, so the con
… are from knitting needles and not a keyboard. Yesterday, I finished a set of gloves for my BayCon Variety Show costume. This leaves me with the following list of things to do – assemble the headpiece assemble the staff finish modifying the dress make a cloak make a redacted find a makeup tutorial edit
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If you’ve read my bio or seen me at cons, you know that I cosplay. I’ve become known locally for my costumes created using knitted or crocheted pieces. This year will be no exception, since I have been asked to speak again at BayCon. I’m behind where I want to be in the fabrication phase,
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Lucy Ravenscar creates a lot of awesome amigurumi. Amigurumi is the Japanese term for small knitted or crocheted stuffed toys. I’ve made a few of her patterns, but one of my favorite is R2D2. The pattern is cleverly done using a lot of increases and decreases. The main body and center foot are all one piece.
Eleanor Hughes and I play tabletop roleplaying games. We are both unrepentant D10 addicts, and are constantly on the look out for the perfect dice bag. One of the first times I wore my R2D2 hat, Elanor commented she would love to have a R2D2 dice bag. It was one of those moments when I
My Jedi Knight Giza Secura was a character I came up with shortly after finishing Kn’tt’r of House Cr’chet. I had wanted to make a knit lightsaber for a while and the Twilek hat was the perfect touch to make my Jedi unusual. I designed a robe, an tabard/obi, a belt, and modified a slipper pattern to
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