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.

Category: Craft

Things I make and do.

  • Crafty Monday: Veggie Bags

    This is going to be a quick post because it’s dinnertime and I’m hungry. I made these produce baggies on Saturday using the tutorial at Craftystylish. I’ve been getting tired of using the wasteful plastic bags for my produce and have been thinking about ways I can reduce using these. And then I found this…

  • A quickie crafty monday post

    I don’t have much to show you at the moment so I thought I would tell you what I’m working on. It is a pattern from Wendy Bernard’s book Custom Knits. It’s a vest called Jewel. This is some yarn that I bought a few weeks ago with some birthday money. I’m not super fond…

  • Crafty Monday: Silk Garden Cardi

    I finished my Silk Garden Cardigan over the weekend, the final touch being the sewing on of the lovely wood buttons. This is probably my favorite knitting project to date. It was knitted from the top down using the method in Barbara Walker’s book, Knitting From the Top. I based the general design on  my…

  • a bunch fun stuff!

    Probably the highlight of me week was when my co-worker brought in a Tall Kitchen garbage bag full of half of a llama fleece for me! She had a full fleece in her closet and she offered me half of it. For free! I was so excited to get it. I reasearched a little bit…

  • 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.…