Dear Darla Diaries

some of what I've been up too lately

Soaking my foot twice daily for the umpteenth post sliver-of-ingrown-toe-removal. Such a messy little thing.

Whipping out some new cute hair bits for friends. I was inspired by one my friend wore and needed a fun little summer style project.

Shopping shopping and more shopping. My job is never done, literally. Coworker Mark found these awesome size 16's for a patient with smallish feet. Please note how much bigger than my HEAD they are. I've always wanted shoes that made my head look slimmer! No one likes a fat head!

slouch this

After 13+ failed attempts
After going cross eyes from consulting mr google's plethora of crocheted slouchy ha patterns
After the cat decided green yarn was the new it toy
After a 5 hour paint brush session and an ugly sinus headache
I decided to press the envelope one last time
I'm fairly happy with this 3 hour-while-sidetracked-with-NCIS-tacos-and-a-nap project

yes, a pattern will follow, just via the Internet and not another iPhone post

inked: hooker style

Studio: Cute and Ugly. Trippstadt, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Website: CuteandUgly.de
Artist: Sarah Bauer
Victim: ME!

 

Rough Sketch

Stenciled on

Let the pain begin

Just a few pin pricks. bzzzzzzzzzz

I think I need to crochet Sarah something as a ThankYou! She is AWESOME. The husband better limit my fundage because I would sponsor that shop. Singelhandedly. I blame Uncle Sam.

Almost done. Only almost kicked her in the face, pure reflexes, once twice four times? I admit nothing. She kept giggling and my KindleAp wasn't quite distracting me.

Finally literally hooked.

young padawan hooker

We train 'em young around these parts. Old enough for teeth, old enough to weave. Daniel just cut his 8th tooth so he should be at least the hats and afghan stage.

how i occupy movie night

Whipped this hat out in about 2 hours recently. Only 3 or 4 months overdue. Good thing she's a patient girl. And it was my first successful flower!

Her Mr had to model it for us. Isn't he pretty?

 

The Holiday Hook-a-Thon
Hats completed: 1
Hats to complete: 4-5?
Scarfs to complete: 2
Time: Quickly running out

I better get off WoW and get to hooking.

 

P.S. I visited Cute-and-Ugly recently, the tattoo parlor I'm getting my ink at in November. The artist is this cute young little German girl named Sarah. Between her eclectically black, white, fluorescent pink art covered walls and her brilliant ink I was glad she had a client. I would've impulsively groveled at her table for insta-sleeves. Much to my hubbies chagrin I'm sure. I instead refrained myself, looked at her mockup for my piece and confirmed the date, time and price. I will finally have my yarn piece and before Thanksgiving!

i did it ... i really, really did it

This has been a long and drawn out little fella. When I saw the pattern I thought By Golly I Can Do That! Don't wast your money friend! I just didn't fully think through the joy of creating nearly 12 itty bitty bits. Since I have the attention span of a ... sQuIrEl! Would you like chocolate syrup on your sundae? What?! Doing projects more complicated than scarves or beanies or smallish person blankets requires dedication and committment that I can't always commit too regardless of the effort. But. I. Did. It.

Here's to your Keegan! Minions For The World!

today I make a minion

His assembly has been a long time coming, but as I am on day 5 of the cold recovery and grounded on the couch ... project to be completed!

This little fella is for my friend Keegan.

bright bouncing blankets

There's been yarn on the hook at my house again. The carpal tunnel has been laying low and I was feeling the twitch. MrD's cousin will appreciate methinks.

Peache's-n-Cream's 100% cotton yar,n generally used for washcloths and dishtowels, makes exceptionally durable baby blankets. The kind that can soak up all sorts of liquids and live through a billion beatings in a washer/dryer.

The pattern is essentially one ginormous granny square. I prefer to make the 'carseat' size. It's great for a bundle without getting all tangled in the seatbelt.

yarn goes bump in the night

 

My fingers have felt lost lately. They twine aimlessly around their beloved crochet hooks and skeins of yarn but are befuddled at what to make. I'm made and frogged [i.e. ripped apart] swatch after swatch.

I've goo.gle.d an assorted mess of different random mixtures of 'cool, punky, fun, slouchy, sloppy, crochet hat pattern' to no avail. I finally stumbled into this little gem that Charlize Theron is wearing from the old movie Sweet November from a combination of 'wicked hat crochet pattern.' Thank you April Draven for another fantastic and free pattern. [She had the LaPush pattern from Twi.light too.]

Not only did I whip out this breezy soft one skein shawl-scarf in under an hour I did it in probably the unwisest of situations. For some reason after tucking MrD into bed at 10p I thought it genius to watch Ghost Adventures in the dark while stitching. Genius D ... scary night vision adventures of a trio of men antagonizing the paranomal in a very realish situation. I laughily mocked them for poking the dead with a stick and not expecting it to poke back ... yet somehow I think it's wise to scare myself prior to heading to bed at 3a while the house is asleep.

P.S. I couldn't help but use MrD's riverboat foot as a model of work-in-progress while he napped around me. No I'm not exaggerating the man wears a US 14/15. I wear a men's US 6/7.

P.P.S. I fraking love this Playdough shirt Alfie sent me from the states ... but keep forgetting that while I enjoy the bright eye popping colors all my customers enjoy the logo. Way to NOT encourage strangers to stare at your ta-tas Darla. Who needs cleavage when they have every child's favorite logo pointing them out?

as if you didn't know ...