First, thank you everyone who kept checking back. Those of you on my Facebook friends list already know that I’ve been sick with bronchitis for the last couple of weeks. I can’t remember ever being as sick as I have been this month, or for as long. Thankfully I’m finally starting to get better. I’m in quite a bit of pain from all of the coughing, but the coughing seems to be going away now. I’ve got my appetite back (after losing about 10 lbs!), and I started back to work yesterday after 9 days off.
The worst part about this whole ordeal is that I’ve been too sick to craft! Can you even imagine?
So, today I present you with crafts I’ve made in the past that have been keeping me warm (especially during that blackout we just had!)
First, the slippers. I made these to wear at work. I just hate wearing shoes there, but walking around in my socks has given me funny looks and can be quite disastrous when they mop the floor!
These are the first slippers I’d ever made:
I got the pattern for these from a friend of mine. Basically, you pick a fuzzy yarn (so as to hide what you’re doing), and start working in the round. Make some increases until the circle is big enough to go around your foot, then do one stitch per one stitch to form a tube. Sometimes I find I need to make some decreases while making the tube… just keep measuring it against your foot as you go. When you get near your ankle it’s time to stop making a tube and start making a u-shape. Keep going back and forth in the u-shape until you reach your heel. I find it very useful to pull the slipper tight every time I measure it against my foot… they seem to last longer that way. When it’s the right size, cut the yarn leaving a really long tail, finish off, then use the tail to sew the two sides of the u-shape together to form the back of the slipper.
Repeat for other foot.
It’s really quite easy. Using the fuzzy yarn really hides any fudging you have to do with increases and decreases. Oh! I also find it best to start with a circle made of sc, then do dc for the rest.
Here are the last pair I made for myself:
I used Bernat Soft Bouclé for all of my slippers. The green ones are “Sage Stripes” (which doesn’t seem to exist anymore… that really sucks!).
From my feet we move on to my head. I made myself this hat:
It can’t talk to you right now.
And finally, I present to you a photo essay detailing the creation of the Giant Pink Mitten of Doom:
The Thumb:
Where I ran out of yarn:
Finished! It’s a bit on the big side:
March 16th, 2009 
mio 
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