Makeup!

I am finding more and more of my conversations looking like this:

Random Person: "What do you want to go to school for?"

me: "i am thinking about art"

RP: "Oh so you are an artist! What do you paint?"

me: "um...i don't really paint"

RP: "I thought you said you were an artist?"

me: *sigh* (oh bother...)

So here is me expressing that art is much much more than just painting

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INTERUPTION

painting is wonderful and i am not taking anything away from those talented joyous dears who spend their time doing just that , just saying that it is not my preferred medium...confession...due to lack of skill at it. 

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Art for me came first in my love for makeup and realizing that one could express themselves through it. Even though i am not the one to wear it everyday, i do enjoy the dramatic possibilities

Does it still count as painting since i used (my sister's) paint brushes? :)

Purple Slouchy Hay

Random piece of information: My favorite things to knit are HATS!! 

Knitting hats are so wonderful because you can try whatever kind of pattern or yarn or new needles without having to commit to 200 hours just to find out that you really hate the pattern or yarn or new needles. Hats are simple and quick. Even when you do 7-8 stitches per inch it still doesn't take a very long time. This hat only took me a couple hours and I thoroughly enjoyed making it because 1) i used new needles (U-nit Bamboo size 7-not my  favorite but cheap and got the job done) 2) this is the first hat that I have made without a pattern (yes all by myself and my cunning execution) 3) the yarn I used was absolutly fantastic, i never got sick of feeling it or looking at it (Loops & Threads-Santa Fe striped roving, best part: MACHINE WASHABLE & DRY-ABLE) So this was by far my favorite knitted project ever completed and i hope to make another similar with grayish yarn.  Again this hat went to my sister (most of my wearable creations do) hopefully i can get a picture with it modeled to show how wonderful it looks on. 

BLOOMERS!

Okay so I still have bunches of projects to post about that I have already/recently completed. BUT yesterday I finished practically my favorite project i have ever made! Reading through sewretro.blogspot.com hopeful to find a pattern for shorts, I stumbled across a pattern for bloomers. They were so ridiculously cute I couldn't pass it up, plus I wanted to make some pajama shorts so I figured they could easily double. I am rather satisfied with how they turned out and would definitely use the pattern again with a few minor adjustments. I used black and white checkered fabric (one of my favorite fabric designs) that was thin and ruffled really easily that I found in an old fabric stash of my Nana's. I loved making these so much and I would like to try using this pattern for swim suit bottoms. In total this project took me about 10 hours (with a few interruptions).

 Front

Back

Seed Stitch Neck Warmer

I was looking around for hat patterns when I stumbled across a picture of a neck warmer. I have never liked to make scarves because I find them tedious and I do not personally like to wear them. But there was just something about the neck warmer that stole my attention. After a while of having it on my mind I was buying yarn and decided to pick up some chunky fisherman coloured (Lion Brand-Wool Ease) in case I got the whim to make it. Now I really don't like making things that I don't have a purpose for but beings my sister was back at school with her terribly cold weather I figured that even if it didn't turn out how I wanted she would still appreciate it. So taking my yarn, size 10 needles, and a couple buttons from my grandma's button box, I seed stitched what came to be a lovely neck warmer.

Blue Beret

This is actually the project that spurred me on to taking an art class for school. I loved this hat and quite frankly I spent so much time on it that I would consider it an injustice not to continue crafting after completing such a piece. I ended up spending over 45 hours on this hat and gave it to my sister as a Christmas present.

This beret is knitted with super fine fingering yarn with 2 and 4 circular needles. The yarn that I used to make it is Heritage by Cascade Yarns (supporting locals!) Here are a couple pictures showing the shape and stitch design.