I made a tiny bird! (Pattern here.)

I crocheted a tiny bike! It’s only 3 1/2” long! I used this pattern, if you’re interested. I had to take a break from the knitting. 

Sorry I haven’t updated you guys on my life lately. I’ve been pretty stressed out so I haven’t really been in the mood. It’s just a bunch of little stuff but after a while, the little stuff starts piling up, you know?

The pattern is up on Ravelry and Craftsy! I’m going to be adding it to my etsy store right now, so give me 15 minutes and you can buy it there instead, if you want.

This is it guys! My very first crochet/amigurumi pattern! Notice it has a black stopper too! (That was harder than the flask!) Ok, it’s not the patten technically because I haven’t typed it up yet but I’m about to do that right now. I only have one problem… Flat Bottomed Boiling Flask Amigurumi doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. I can’t think of anything to name it though. I kind of wanted to keep the name within the description of what it is, instead of naming it something like Joe… Do you guys have a better name?

The dye bath I used when I dyed the yarn tonight.

I decided I wanted to learn how to spin my own yarn because I was too cheap/poor to keep buying nice yarn for my projects even though I’m kind of yarn snob. I have a ton of wool sitting in a bag next to my desk but I haven’t really touched it yet. I always put off trying new techniques because it freaks me out and I hate failing.

So anyway, in attempt to procrastinate a little longer, Evie and I took a trip to the thrift store yesterday and I bought a bunch of sweaters to unravel. That’s how I came across the cashmere sweater (which will be staying in sweater form). So last night and today was spent unraveling a men’s extra large sweater. I can’t remember the brand but it was a good one. The sweater was probably sold for at least $50 when it was new and I grabbed it for four bucks. 

I passed over a lot of sweaters because I didn’t like the colors and it wasn’t until a half hour ago that I realized I had RIT dye and a lot (a LOT) of brownish/tan yarn and that the two would go together swimmingly. (Most of the sweaters there were made out of cotton, which is cool with me because I love cotton but it’s way harder to dye than animal fibers.) So now, I’m sitting in my bathroom, stirring a five gallon bucket of yarn and dye. I don’t even know how much yarn I got out of this sweater but it’s a stupid amount. Hundreds and hundreds of yards. 

And it’s going to be red and beautiful. 

Back to the subject: spinning. I think I’m going to be done with spinning for a while after the batch of wool I have now is used up. (Unless spinning the wool gives me something super amazing.) Ripping apart $4 sweaters and ending up with at least $50 worth of yarn is totally more my style. I get to customize it and I’m upcycling something that would have either sat in a thrift store for years or ended up in a landfill somewhere. Plus, the money I spend at the thrift store goes to charity. I get to be cheap and green (and probably a little red because I didn’t have gloves to wear.)

I’ll post pictures of the yarn when it’s all done. It’s going to be awesome.

I have a lot of wool. Now I just have to learn how to turn it into yarn and I’ll be in business. 

Possible Halloween costume? Probably not. I’m pretty sure making this would take all the time until Halloween. When would I knit?! (I am such a craft nerd.)

Fellow crocheters! Anyone have any idea what kind of stitch this is? It kind of looks like a spike stitch but I’m not sure. I can’t find it and it’s going to bug me if I can’t figure it out!