Inspired Cycling Cap

An old land's end button up shirt, some ribbons... could this be the next cycling cap?

2011 iPhone cleaning - Found photos...

Goodwill run.

Tear...

Mail waiting for my sister.

Confusion.

I found a mustache. I found a brick. I give you: Mr. Brickerton.

Oregon City, from the top of the city elevator. Sunset. August.

Invisible Bike-man. Milwaukie, Oregon.

Piiiiiiieeee

Ground. 32 degrees outside. Oregon. No rain. December. I'm loving these colors...

APEX beer. A little homework. A little visit with friends. Perfect early fall day.

Landscape Inspiration

Springwater Corridor trail in SE Portland.

Sunset over the bridges in Portland.

The docks in San Francisco on a bonus day.

Hop country North of Salem, Oregon. Biking to a wedding.

Farm Country. Tree with cut out. Making way for the infrastructure.

Beginning of 25th Birthday Hike, a 33-mile trek from Sauvie's Island to the Portland Zoo through Forrest Park. Beautiful. I lost a toenail.

...mile 5. Sunrise in September. One of the hottest weeks of the year. In the forrest, it was ten degrees cooler.

Sunset from my office desk. I want a dress these colors.

Lunch in an alpine field in Denali, AK. July. Beautiful back country. WAY too many mosquitos. 132 bites.

Goldilocks Hat

After three tries (one too small, one too large, and one just right) of this Interweave Knit fair isle cap, it felt so good to slide this over my braids and walk about, proud of the final accomplishment taking a little over a year, here and there... Then it got into my dirty laundry.

Now it's destined to be a beer cozy...

Potential labels for hand-made presents

The inspiration came from some ready-made labels, but with the new machine, I had to do it myself (and put a colorful twist on the forever-O...)

I can't wait for the post-Christmas-present-making recovery...

I'm not quite through all the pieces I intended to make for family and friends this Christmas. I should have penciled in more than a month and a half to make 20 gifts... lesson learned.

Super-uber-chunky cowl... DONE. (My own pattern)

Beginning of a simple fair isle hat... (My own pattern)

Chunky cable hat... DONE.

Preparing another skein to knit...

this hat was among the first to get finished.

Among the presents not quite finished, but getting there...

Next year, I need to come up with a better game plan...

Richard Feynman on Beauty

The new machines

So I splurged and got myself a new machine...

Then I got excited and found a serger on craislist. I biked up into Washinton to pick it up. It was bigger than I thought, but I got a box of thread to go with it.

Now it's like I have my own little workshop. 8D

Stop Driving

Alberta and 14th, NE Portland. Near Modern Domestic.

Beginning steps: Moscow Transit Map Quilt

I love transit maps. And this... is one of my favorites.

I've begun the process of quilt preparation. My colors are decided. Next step: Fabric.

Puffy ball, cabled hat

A one-day hat I made. I used a smaller yarn, with bigger needles, so it's slightly more holey than I thought, but I came up with the pattern on the go, so I'd make a few changes if a similar hat is too be made. I'm in love with the poof ball though...

My biggest problem when designing a pattern is knowing how many stitches to cast on given the yarn and needles. I'm not a gage-knitter. It's my first and biggest fault.

Telephone Pole

Nightie

I made myself a nightie out of an old shirt and some extra jersey. I spent some time making strips of fabric into a braid pattern. I used a yoga bolster to pin before I sewed onto the hem. It's a roughly done nightie, made to look deconstructed, but it's super comfy.

I used the dress form to figure out how to fit it to my body. One change I'd make is the straps, made from braiding strips of the old t-shirt, I'd add some stiffer cord or woven straps to keep them from sagging after wearing.

Hem, in the making

Finished garmet.

World in Flowers, Pioneer Square, Portland, OR

Curtain Cycling Cap

In a first attempt at making a cycling cap, I repurposed some old kitchen curtains and a bike tube, using this pattern.

The curtain, pre-cap.

The cap, in pieces.

Taking and sewing the bike tube strip into the cap.

The model (identity hidden since I haven't yet asked for permission) with the curtain cap.

Anthropologie Window Displays -- Serious Stuff

I think maybe I would like to buy a house. Only I want a glass house. A house of windows. That way, my home can be one big Anthropology window display.

Honey Comb Sleeves

LOVE

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Used Bike Tubes

The main use for bike tires may be for transportation, but what to do with old rubber tubes after they run (roll?) their course? Two ideas:

1) Making ear buds big enough to stay in my ears.

2) Shoe laces that never have to be untied.