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: Slouchy Hat

    So I finished my stripey scarf, the one I was working on last week (thank god). Here’s a picture of me wearing it. You can see where I messed up the pattern but was too lazy to rip back and fix it. If you are interested in the particulars you can find them on my…

  • The SCOBY

    As I mentioned yesterday I got the SCOBY from my coworker. He had it in a glass jar for me with some very detailed instructions on what to do with it. There was also a cup of fermented kombucha tea in the glass container as well. The instructions said to pour the kombucha tea into…

  • Making Kombucha Tea

    One of my new co-workers is an herbalist, I found out during my first week. I asked him if he knew where I could buy Kombucha tea here and he said that he actually made it himself and he could bring me in the “mushroom” starter so that I could make my own. Yay! So…

  • Crafty Monday: Fingerless Mitts

    Welcome to day two of NaBloPoMo 2009! My new job has been fabulous. However, my office is really chilly. I am planning on bringing in a little space heater but I decided that I also needed some fingerless mitts to keep my hands warm while I typed. I found some alpaca in my stash and…

  • A Crafty Post

    A couple of months ago when I interviewed for this job, I stopped into the little yarn shop across the street from the library, Designer Yarns. They had a wonderful selection of spinning fiber from local places. I saw this alpaca/silk blend and had to have it. Rafael, when he saw it, said it looks…