Ripple Throw Progress Report: making waves

EXCITING* RIPPLE PROGRESS REPORT: (*no, this is not exciting for anyone but me) As you know, I have wicked intentions to make a ripple throw. As the first ripple pattern I tried seemed quite triangular, almost a chevron pattern, I wanted to try something more subtle and opted to translate my way through Attic24's ripple pattern. This is just me, but I found it extraordinarily difficult,...

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double Blythe mail day

Ooh, double Blythe mail all the way 'cross the skyyy! My trade package from Care of StitchWhipped got here today! Now Bonnet has her very own teensy-weensy little dresses (seriously, they're so tiny). So happy!! Care's amazing. These dresses are so well-made and they are so small that the construction of them blows my mind! I really have to learn to photograph Middies... they seem to have...

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Ripple Throw Progress Report: babiest of steps

I managed to learn a nice ripple pattern last night via YouTube (videos are how I must learn just about everything -- no shame!). This is the back of my practice square, which uses some of my left over worsted-weight randoms, so I apologize for the stray yarn bits here and there and for the... interesting colors. Here are the videos I learned from, in case you're like me and cannot make sense...

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dolly acquisitions...!

Care of StitchWhipped and I arranged a little trade last week. She makes the cutest Middie duds, and Bonnet does not have a single thing to wear... so I asked for a yellow dress and Care created this, and also this adorable brown gingham dress that I just can't wait to pair with a sweet cardigan and some cute tights. We we we so excited!! Also, I bought some pearly Middie Mary Janes...

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Rachel's Ribbon

I'm on a never-ending quest for a pink-haired Blythe, so Rachel's Ribbon of course piqued my interest. Her hair is described as "Cinnamon brown with shades of pink" and, interestingly, is "parted on the side with bangs." I love side-parter girls! In real life they can be hard to style (a fact my Very Vicky, Miss Petaline, will attest to), so having a side-parter girl with bangs is like the best of...

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Moon power makeup!

Today I began watching Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, which is the ambitious live-action version of the I'm-pretty-sure-you've-at-least-heard-of-it manga/anime. Sailor Moon was not my first brush with anime (many of the cartoons I watched growing up in the 80s were anime, but people didn't call it "anime" back then -- or even "Japanimation"), nor is it by any stretch of the imagination my favorite...

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tackling 2012

Oh, January, already you have brought me changes. Who can tell what kind of year this will be? It's both daunting and interesting.  Last year, I didn't have a ton of personal time. During 2011 I often found myself too anxious and energy-depleted to enjoy my usual hobbies. If it wasn't for taking up the guitar... which required so much of my attention and dedication to slowly learn...

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beary beary January

Happy 2012! Man, I'm going to take a while to adjust to that. I still want to type "2010." I had a good Christmas! One of my favorite things was a doing simple handmade gift of bear-eared barettes for my little sisters (and me, of course). I saw a tutorial and knew I had to do it immediately, and it was super-easy and fun, and they are really adorable!  They stay put well. I've just...

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