Look!

Curls! I'm so proud! Well, to be more precise, three curls, and 3 pics of one particularly gorgeous curl that I'm so proud of. It's the best I've ever done. I just wish there's a product that makes your hair not so dry/burnt feeling (i know there is one; i just don't have any brands). I want to curl my hair on some special occasion; maybe 8th grade graduation?

What I've Been Working On

Here's my bag for my mom for mother's day. It's kind of lumpy and odd shaped since I tried to get it to model by sticking all of our apples inside and hanging it on a chair. Yeah, it didn't really work.

I'm also crocheting! I'm a decent crocheter, but I have to use a large bulky hook I carved out of a chopstick because I can't find my other hooks. Yep, that's just me. (the flower is from attic 24)

Mother's Day Present

For mother's day, I'm giving my mommy a t-shirt bag, made with //between the lines// quick fix grocery bag tutorial. Happy mother's day!

Summer's Coming

Blech. Summer. I was born in the summer, but that doesn't mean that I like it. Too hot. Too stuffy. And it makes me grouchy, grouchy, grouchy. It's getting hotter, and the shorts are coming out. At least at my school. Though it's kinda gross when they're wearing super-short shorts that don't fit, and they squeeze their skin like spandex. Even though it's part of the dress code to not wear them shorter than finger-tip length, nobody seems to care (which is unfair to me, because I feel like I have long arms--and a shorter body-- and my fingertips reach right above my knee. So the only shorts I could wear are basketball shorts). The vice principal just walked by some girls, and then she smiled and just said, "Good morning." Curiouser and curiouser.

What I do like about summer is fruit. Some of my favorite fruits (not in any particular order):

1. peaches. hard peaches, like an apple. I don't like it when it dribbles down my chin in a sticky little stream.

2. apples. crunchy, cold apples. Actually, I like all my fruit cold, except when there's something extra on top (i.e., apples with butter and brown sugar, bananas with choco chips and marshmallows [i've never tried it but it sounds good], etc.)

3. nectarines. yummy... shiny, gleaming nectarines...

4. plums. purple plums, slightly tart but more sweet. I love asian plums. they have a brownish, speckled appearance with a yellow-orange inside. I don't know if they're called asian plums; i just call them that because I got them from Chinatown. There's another type of asian plum; they're small and yellow, but those aren't as good. We have some in our backyard, but it was sour--but maybe because they weren't ripe, i don't know...

eh, probably not.

just kidding; they're pretty good when they're ripe.

Anyways, I don't like summer, and I want to sew more. Hope I can get some more tutorials up and take a trip to the fabric store in SF soon. Have a nice day. :)

5 Minute T-shirt Shrug Tutorial

Tutorial

Easiest shrug ever. Took about 5 minutes. Hence the name. Obviously. Duh.

Materials: L-XL t-shirt. Mine was a soft, thin, stretchy shirt. sewing machine, scissors.

Turn inside out. Follow the diagram and sew a scoop from shoulder to shoulder, about 1/2" away from the neckband. Now trim the fabric 1/2" away from the stitching. Turn right side out. Ta-da! You're done. To put it on, stick your arms through the sleeves as if you're putting on a jacket. Leave the rest of the material on your back. So, your arms should be through the sleeves, the neckline should be a seam on the middle of the back of your shrug, the front hem should be resting on your neck, and the back hem should be the bottom of your shrug.

For your convenience...

I've made a tutorial tab. It was exhausting... I almost screamed when my computer ran out of batteries and shut down on me. I thought that everything, even with autosave, would be erased. My suspicions were confirmed, until I realized that I wasn't on the 'Edit Posts' page. Phew. That was a close one...

How to Package Knits: A Mini Tutorial

So, for my friend's birthday, I gave her a gift card to Pac Sun in a knitted case and an infinity scarf. I hoped she'd like it, and I think she does--at least the other guests did. I think the packaging definitely helps. If I just threw it in a plastic bag, I don't think it would be nearly as likeable. So I cut 2 long pieces of brown wrapping paper, drew my label on one with a Sharpie, and then I sewed the pieces together to prevent her from seeing the bleeding onto the other side. After, I rolled up my scarf, and marked where the label overlapped. After, I taped it shut with packing tape, and voila! A professional-looking scarf. People thought I bought it.

I made the scarf with size 15 needles and Loops and Threads Charisma yarn. I hope she has a wonderful birthday. :)