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.

  • Something I made

    I made this thing about 18 years ago in a pottery class I took at SFCC. The teacher looked at it and said it looked awful. Her comments made me feel awful. I felt very discouraged because I had worked so hard on it. I came up with the idea and tried to execute it.…

  • A Disembodied head

    Christie made me this! I LOVE her! Thanks Christie! She’s hanging in my cube at work.

  • Project Spectrum started yesterday

    Project Spectrum started yesterday

  • Encantada Wrap

    Like everyone else in the world, I had been doing some secret knitting for Christmas. Well, not so completely secret. I did blog about it once. It’s the Encantada Wrap from Alchemy. I used Alchemy Haiku for this. What a lovely yarn. I hope I will be able to knit with it again someday. It’s…

  • A hat, an ale, and a record album

    This is what I finished for myself yesterday. I wanted a hat to match my favorite scarf. Pattern: The Asymmetrical cable hat from the book One Skein by Leigh Radford. Yarn: Steadfast fibers Wonderful Wool in the colorway Columbine (1 hank). 1 ball of a mystery mohair yarn, and one ball of Bollicine in color…