Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Month: March 2009

  • Crafty Monday: Wisp

    I whipped this up in a few days. It’s Wisp from the Summer 2007 issue of Knitty. I wanted to knit it as practice for a possible gift. I think it turned out cute and I will go ahead and knit it for it’s intended recipient. I love that it can be worn several ways.…

  • Prayer Flags

    Prayer Flags

      This is a prayer flag that I have hanging in back yard. I like taking pictures of these. They make good subjects. I got some close-up filters for my Monster Lens for my birthday last week and tried them out on things in my backyard. I like ’em! I haven’t had the inspiration to…

  • What’s going on

    I’m totally ripping this off from Dianne from her  Daffodil Lane days (also the proprietess of  Dianne’s Dishes).  She would post links to some news around the interwebz that caught her eye. I’ve always thought that was a cool idea (come to think of it, I’ve seen in in lots of other places, Allie’s Answers…

  • The house on Warren Road

    The house I lived in when I grew up was split level. The yard was very large. We would often play in the front yard. we would have races in the yard to see who was the fastest runner in the family. When you walked in the front door and looked to the right you…

  • Crafty Monday: Weaving!

    I got some birthday money so I decided to buy a loom with it. I’ve been tempted to start weaving for a few years now. I think the thing that brought me over the edge was the Winter 2009 issue of Spin-off magazine. There are a couple of articles on beginning weaving and that just…