one of these--

--is rolling down the 134 freeway this a.m.

it's at orange grove right now.

they're advising drivers to use caution.

burberry prorsum.

spring/summer 2007 collection



*special note*

crystals & gems.

jumbo gems (plastic and glass) flower necklace.



hand crocheted skinny scarf with crystal drops. (i love the skinny scarf concept.)



interesting: rigid cellophane frangipane...

source: marc jacobs spring 2007

alexis mabille.

summer 2007 collection

fall 2007 collection

Dr. Scholl's.

Scholl
by designer diego dolcini

sagging bag of rags project.

this mess right here

is my attempt at the magic loop technique, which is used for knitting smaller circumferences on a circular needle.

normally, i knit small circumferences on double points. but double points are a pain in the ass to work with in transit or in public places & since that's where i do most of my knitting, i thought it would be a good idea to learn the magic loop because circular needles are much more portable.

i don't think i have good magic loop technique & for sure i need a cable longer than 24", but it's working so i don't care.

i'm using the magic loop to make a knitted & felted teardrop-shaped liner that will provide the internal support for the sagging bag of rags.

& then there's the sculpey buckle. i have a wooden bead that is the perfect color for the sculpey buckle, but i couldn't figure out what paint mix to use to get that color. i tried ultraviolet + ultramarine blue, but that didn't quite do it. A suggested adding a touch of this


to my mix & i think she may be on to something.

however, now i've run into a problem with the paint not adhering in any permanent way to the sculpey buckle. i need to find out if there's a glaze i should be using or if i can bake the paint onto the buckle without causing a fire in my oven.

oh. yes. --> today i started taking gingko biloba in an effort to "help maintain mental alertness".

knitted poppy

yarn: manos del uruguay, color 115.

CO 30 sts (16"/#10 circular needles).
Rows 1, 2 & 4: K
Rows 3 & 5: K into front & back of every stitch.
BO
Form flower.

pucci.

a long-time favorite of mine.






pucci. fall 2007.

on the other hand

everything about olive oil is beautiful.

rhubarb blow up.

this is the strawberry rhubarb fruit sauce i made to go into the strawberry rhubarb coffee cake. the recipe calls for you to make a huge amount of this stuff and then do 2 layers of it between 2 skimpy layers of biscuit cake batter. i just knew it was going to be too much sauce so i didn't use all of it.

but the cake still blew up.

so i am done with the freaking rhubarb.

try try again.

i just completed this felted chain. it could be a scarf or a belt. i might need to felt it a little more but i'm not sure. a few days of viewing it with fresh eyes will tell me if it should go back in the hot water for another round.

yarn is lamb's pride worsted in kiwi. pattern & designer info here.

i also completed & felted another little bag to fit my treo, but it did not turn out well. i'm going to have to redo the entire thing.

if at first you don't succeed.

prada.

prada for fall 2007.

victor & rolf.

at first i thought the lights were behind her. as in way behind her on the runway.


but it soon became clear that this was not the case.


perhaps this made perfect sense at the show in paris.

in other words--


you had to be there.

viktor & rolf fall 2007.