I found myself at school today with four of my current projects in my messenger bag. So, I figured I might as well document them before I got sick of them and ripped them all apart. I'll post patterns for each when they're done.

GREEN CHIFFON SKIRT

You can't really tell here, but this is going to be the top of a VERY ruffley skirt. I'm working with a yarn that feels chenille-y, but I got it wholesale with no tags so I don't really know what it is. It's a small fingering weight, that's sort of a ... kelly green, I suppose. When I run out of yarn (which will be quite soon), I'm going to save up to buy a ton of lighter green chiffon, and attach that to the bottom of the crocheted bit. It will be flowy and wonderful and I will wear it all of the time. Too bad I already have 3 green skirts. Honestly, I really do. Not even exaggerating.

KIM'S HAT WITH FLOWERS

It's alpaca, a smaller worsted weight, and this picture makes it look to bright. There's more brown than you can see. But I snuck the idea from a pattern somewhere on the internet, and made it better, I do believe. But I am running out of yarn. And I increased too quickly after the first row of flowers. But I think she'll like it.

THE SCARF OF EXPERIMENTATION

I'm just learning how to knit, and so I thought a free-form scarf of many patterns would be a good way to get acquainted with the craft. So, I do twenty or so rows of one stitch or pattern or whatever, and then move on to whatever's next. It works with my short attention span and is informative--perfect. It's made of a vintage, fingering weight yarn that reminds me of the Great Depression. In a good way.

EASY DRESS

I guess it's kind of pointless to show this here since I've already ripped it out. I did a few rows, and then realized that I didn't want it to be made out of this great merino/alpaca yarn, but more of a cotton. So, now I find myself with three skeins of Naturally Soft or whatever the brand is, and no idea what to do with it. We'll see. Perhaps a vintage shirt.

Those are just a few of my current projects. There are many many more--it's neverending, really.

I'm currently working on patterns for iPod socks that look like those sock-puppets that are kitties and gorillas and bears. But I got fed up with writing the patterns, so last night I made this in about 25 minutes. Yeah, it's a bit too cutesy for me, but atleast it keeps my new JukeBox safe and warm. That's an embroidered flower in the corner. Basically I just did single crochets all the way around. I think I made it a bit too small--sometimes it's hard to stretch, but I like the yarn because it's 100% cotton. It feels like a dishcloth.

This is what happens when you prepare a red pepper and don't use the flash on your camera. But all the seeds still attached to the innards just looks cool.

Red peppers are great in sandwiches (the best food ever) or wrapped up in a tortilla (just mix flour with water, honestly. They're really easy to make) with sour cream (one thing you're allowed to buy), and a bit of green sauce from Bahio or Durrango. I really need to know how to make that stuff.

Warning: Red peppers are disgusting if fully cooked. Like in pastas or soups. They get all stringy and gross. The best way to cook peppers is to just barely sautee them. Give 'em a few little burn marks on the back, and then pop them into that sandwich/tortilla!

This is the scrap yarn blanket. It's wide enough to cover a king-size bed, but really only a couple (few?) feet tall. Long. You get the picture. I love how two abutting colors can clash horribly, but they all just blend into the general squalor, so you don't even notice how hideous they are. I know it's going to take forever to finish, and I know that I can't possibly have enough scrap yarn, but I'll just buy more at thrift stores, and continue until I have a beautiful schmorgasbord (sp?) of color. It's very warm so far.

The entire thing is made of simple single-crochet stitches (because they're sturdy and familiar, and I didn't want to distract anyone from the beautiful colors). I have no idea how many stitches across it is, as I just don't like counting. I highly recommend this project to anyone who has Tivo, as it can become to easy to only watch TV, and not multitask.

P.S. Interesting fact: So far, all of my post labels start with a "C." I don't know why; it certainly wasn't planned. Hopefully my creativity will branch into the other letters of the alphabet.

And by the way, everyone out there must read "Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life." I only remember that the author's name is Amy, or something similar. But it's just great. I'm reading at the bookstore now, because I don't have the balls to spend the fifteen or so bucks.