Sometimes it’s not about the big sweeping costumes. Sometimes it’s about the accessories. Convolution 2013 had a masked ball instead of a masquerade. Instead of dressing in a costume, I used it as an opportunity to dress up. Except I had one problem. I am blind as a bat without corrective lenses of some sort. […]
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This is the costume that started me thinking about entering masquerades. I made the shawl, the gloves, and the hat, grabbed a black skirt and blouse, laced myself into a corset, and put in a pair of fangs. Instant vampire. I wore it to BayCon 2011. I had one or two people ask to take
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One of my hobbies is creating costumes to wear at conventions and other events. I loved playing dress-up as a child. When I discovered conventions and Renaissance fairs, I was thrilled to find out that I didn’t have to wait until Halloween to wear a costume. But I had one problem. My grandmother was the
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I’ve been working on my Apiary Puff Quilt now for three months. I’ve made some good progress, but I have much more to go. I have completed 50 puffs out of the estimated 200 needed. I’ve got new concerns about it. It turns out that I have a lot of dark-shaded yarns. One of the
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While I was in my Supernatural phase, I had the idea that I could make up different characters from the show. I found a pattern I liked for a basic doll, and began choosing colors and making minor modifications. Dean was the easiest of the three. The hardest about him was selecting the correct shades
The danger of being a knitter or a crocheter is looking at something an thinking, “I can make that.” Many times things I know I can make I end up not, mostly because of the time involved. This is one of those cases where I thought it and did it. My friend Elanor and I
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Ever Look At Yarn And Think It Could Be More Sonic? In my ongoing posts for a series I’m not really watching but make props from, I give you the Sonic Screwdriver V2. There are seven designs available on Ravelry at the time I posted this, available in both knit and crochet. This particular
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Continuing my theme of creating things from a fandom I’m not officially part of, I present a knit Dalek I made for a friend. The pattern is cleverly named Extermaknit. I remember being intimidated when I first made this. There were several skills involved in making it that I tried for the first time. It
The first step to healing is admitting you have a problem. And I will admit it. I am a yarn addict. And like most addicts, I have a stash. This is about one percent of it. Any crafter, no matter how casual, ends up with a stash of some kind. Mine started because of a
Crocheting an Apiary Quilt. Or Oh My God! What Am I Going To Do With All This Yarn? Read More »
So instead of calling me “dragon” in your tongue, you’ll call me “Dragon” in some other tongue. – Draco, Dragonheart (1996) For my first official knitting and crochet post, I thought I’d show you my most recently completed project. Meet Drakena. She is crocheted out of a bulky-weight yarn and stands on a worsted-weight crochet
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