New Shop!

I opened up another shop today for my artwork. I saw someone else's art on this site, and decided to give it a try. I can make iphone & ipad cases here with my artwork on them, so this is a nice idea given they are super-popular. I can do it on etsy too, but with a lot more work on my end. With this new shop, I don't have to do anything except upload the image folks are interested in. I don't even have to go to the PO, they do it all for me, I just collect a little stipend. Nice! So I uploaded one to give it a try & paid the money to become verified. DONE! These are the projects I really like! With a baby in tow & two bigger boys & dogs to walk.. very helpful to have small projects taken care of so quickly. Now if only Society 6 would do my grocery shopping for me. It's neverending!


Shop here! or here on etsy.com XOXO Heather :)

Experiment Time

I've been doing this "knitting" experiment with a vegan yarn of mine. I purchased the vegan yarn to make a baby blanket for Fiona & didn't really like the way it came out. So I thought I'd take the French Knitter by Clover & turn the yarn into a cord & then knit that into a blanket.


{Shown here in the French Knitter}


{Here is the new yarn as a cord}


{New Yarn on one of my knitting looms}


Now I'm not going to knit it on this loom, this was just a test or whatever. Just to see that it does indeed work. I have a few more questions to figure out, first, before going whole hog with it. Like once the blanket is done, I'm going to need to stop knitting it at some point & tie it off. If I just snip it, it will unravel or has the potential to. I think what I am going to do is have to knit it as far as I can & then knit it back into the blanket with the excess. But with the "Yarn" being so thick this will be interesting. Hopefully not a huge waste of my time. I think I am either going to make knitting needles for it & or possibly create a loom of some kind for it to be loomed on. I do like the way the loom knit looks, and it does look good even at this size of "yarn". If this works out, I can see endless possibilities.. bedroom blankets, couch blankets, pillow cases.. and on & on. --Heather :)

For Boston!

Friday the 19th was freaking scary. I've got many many many family members & friends in the Boston area. None in that town, but still. Friday was freaking scary. SO glad it's over. --Heather :)

Getting Some More Things Done

Amazingly enough, I have managed to get a few things done that have been plaguing me for a while. I finally used this pretty green yarn that I created with my drop spindle.



I turned it into a headband, altho it also works as a necklace or scarf on my daughter, Fee. I am working on using the pink & purple now. Some of the purple has become a bracelet & I am sewing on some of the pink to that bracelet now. Pictures later.



I also managed to figure out how to use my round looms & actually made something I can be seen in with it.



I actually made three things with it. I made another rainbow cowl like this one for myself. This one shown fits the baby. I also made a purple one, but it unraveled & I'm sorting it out now.

I got myself this far in knitting with sticks. Did you know, loom knitting came first? Wikipedia it. It's true. Oh and men did it before women. Hence, people were able to catch fish to eat back in the day.



Hey it's progress. And I'll take whatever progress I can get in this regard. It's been extremely slow going for me. Loom knitting, on the other hand has been easy peasy for me, so I stick with it happily. --Heather :) P.S: I hope my blogging "voice" doesn't come off edgy or anything. I've been watching a lot of Daria lately, and that sometimes happens to me. I <3 Jane. She's my fav.