knitty hat

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From crafts

This is pretty fresh off the needles. It was finished yesterday, but the camera battery had to recharge. It always seems to need a recharge at the worst possible times.

From crafts

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Mitternacht

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A painting I did for a client is finally finished! The colours are much more vibrant and beautiful in person. Many, many shades of blues and purples.
It's not blotchy either in the upper right near the moons. I had to try and take out some reddish tones that showed up in the photo. This is a fairly good representation of the painting though.
It is sealed with a matte finish then I went over parts on the diagonal with a gloss. Acrylics and auto air paint on a canvas that is 16" by 20".

Thanks for looking!  : )


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Baby Collage :)

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Now that the nursery is done (pictures of nursery here: http://jaydenprince.myphotoalbum.com/ ), I am trying to start something new to keep me busy. It honestly has helped me since I've felt depressed. My new idea has really inspired me to do something fun, so I just wanted to share it with you all of you.
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Sometimes...

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Every once in a while, you just snap. Today involved the words "associate producer" and "filled" and "if you'd emailed me last Wednesday," all together. Also "new roommate" and "so we're both unemployed".



So, for some reason, I made this thing.

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sculpting felt

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I'm looking to create a felt sculptural piece - basically, make a sort of ribbon/flower that's bunched and flowing in some places. Very wavy. It'll be wearable, so I would like it to be able to hold its shape.

Is there a way to do this without ruining the felt? I was thinking either threading some thin gauge wire along the sides or maybe misting it in places with some sort of varnish/hairspray. I'd prefer not to hand-knit and then felt the wool myself for this first attempt (also, I've never felted before) and I want to keep it very light weight.

Little picky things that bug....

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Evening all. I've got a moany moany question about a friend. I'd really appreciate it if someone tells me I'm being completely unreasonable or I have good grounds to say something.

A bit of background

The friend in question is someone I love dearly, she was my bridesmaid and we lived together for a number of years. We'll call her M. She knits hats and sells them and I crochet hats and sell them. There's never been any competition as we both have very different styles that lend themselves towards eachother very nicely on stalls etc.

The situation

M called me earlier and asked if she could borrow some of my chrochet hooks and a book full of funky hat patterns (some I made and some I found). She's a knitter and doesn't ever crochet, but for this particular hat pattern she needed a good sized bib (peak) and thought that one that I made previously would work really well.

She knits incredible hats and makes quite a bit of money from commissions and word of mouth jobs.

So, I agreed to let her borrow the book so she could use the pattern for a crochet peak.

The Problem

She called me just now to say she was having trouble making one of the hats from the book. This is NOT what she asked to borrow the book for. She nonchalantly said that a pattern in there would be perfect for a hat request and is going to make it and sell it.

I was apprehensive about letting her borrow the book, as I had a feeling this might happen.
I almost feel like she gave me some bull***p excuse to get me to part with the book  AND MY HOOKS so she could use the patterns out of it to make and sell.

Am I being completely unreasonable?
Do I sound bitter that she's going to make money from something I let her use?
Am I within my right to ask for the book and hooks back?

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Help!


EDIT:

I want to say a MILLION thank yous to everyone who took the time to read and post here. I truly appreciate it. It was much needed to get some stern advice and I'm really greatful for people to look at both sides of the story. M doesn' mean any harm, she really doesn't, she just takes liberties sometimes. It's something I will keep in mind for the future!

Here's what I'm going to do.
I'm going to let he finnish the hat. I know as well as everyone that your first crochet project NEVER turns out how you want it to. Especially with a complicated pattern like the one she chose. I know it sounds mean, but she's probably going to be disappointed with the result and realise that SHE knits and I crochet and the reason we do these seperate crafts is that we're better at one than the other.

When she's finished, I'll offer constructive criticism and advice and simply take my stuff back. That way, if she wants to start crochet, she'll have to buy her own supplies and make her own patterns.

She's not a person to confront. She gets very upset and it's a horrible situation. Trust me, we're been there before!

Thank you a million times over again for everyone taking the time to offer advice. I really appreciate it. She's my only female friend and none of the boys would ever get why I'm so upset about some hooks and a book!

Thank you thank you thank you xxxx