Beaded butterfly

[kathy-kostinsky.livejournal.com]

here is the butterlfy (Morpho Didius) I made as a hairpin fo my daughter Yana .
The pic is clickable.

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[metalheavy.livejournal.com]

What can I do with embroidery floss?

I have a ton of leftover floss from when I tried making temari balls. I don't actually do much sewing/embroidery and I can't really think of what to do with it besides making bracelets (which I tried and it turned out pretty ugly).

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[roben.livejournal.com]

( 3 quilts and a gymnastics outfit for my Hello Kitty )

This entry is sort of cross posted to t_shirt_surgery, sew_hip, craftgrrl, and starwarscrafts

Dog Clothes?

[choco-chippie.livejournal.com]

When Admiral first came to live with me it was cold and rainy so I got him a little raincoat to wear outside. He did NOT like it. The little doggy boots I got didn't even stay on long enough for me to take a picture.

I had to get creative in order to dress up the dog.
( Admiral's Cute Outfits! )

Crochet + Animals = Safe for baby?

[lunaticraft.livejournal.com]

 Okay, so.

Two very close family friends are preggers. Sex of the babies so far unknown, but that's not my gifting problem.

I want to crochet baby blankets for the soon-to-be-born children, buuutttt... I live in a house full of animal hair. And I mean full. One giant shedding dog, and two giant shedding-so-much-I'm surprised-they're-not-balding cats. And I'm terrified that I'm going to crochet these blankets, gift them, and then one or both of the kids is going to turn out to have been born with hideous animal allergies and that I'll be responsible for some sort of terrible reaction.

What can I do? I can't really bring and store my projects anywhere else, as crocheting in graduate school classes is somewhat frowned upon (and by somewhat, I mean forbidden). Also, work wise, I suppose I could bring it with me, but I'd never get any work on it done there. And I mean never.

Is this something I should worry about? Because it seems to me like a valid concern, but then again, I'm a 21 year old academic whose last interaction with an infant was 18 years ago when my brother was born, so who knows? Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated! 

x-posted to crochetcrochet.

Thanks in advance!

Crocheted baby blanket

[bluehwys.livejournal.com]

I made this for the daughter of a friend at work, who welcomed her first child a couple of weeks ago.

( It's a boy! )

I used Red Heart Baby Econo yarn, which I hopehopehope softens up in the wash (it's in the dryer now). I've never had a problem with an acrylic not getting soft after washing, but I've never worked with this yarn before, and it's really rough. Perfect, colorwise and everything, and interesting with the little thread wrapped around the yarn, but very scratchy.

Now I have two more baby blankets to make for two more friends at work that are both pregnant with their first child and are both due at the end of October. Oy.

ETA: Out of the dryer and oh-so-soft. Huzzah!

Jam making and crafts!

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