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07/11/2007: "A week in review..."


Got a new...
essay-4 (45k image)
...which inspired me to knit...

...(mine on the end, and then some in various states of knit/fulled/finished for my etsy shop and an art show in august) I looked on etsy and couldn't find what I wanted, so you know what had to be done.

Then, my friend Jen came back from a jealousy-inducing trip to Columbia South America and brought me...

...which I have been wearing alternately this week while I have been helping teach 9 girls how to make pajama pants, untangling 5 inkle looms, threading more needles than I can count, tying many knots with not enough thread left over, assisting with a fleet of robot monster creatures. In my "spare time" I did an experiment with some koolaid dyed...

...to get ready for another class and finally a few...

(walrus, lobster, turtle, cardinal, dinosaur, penguin)
... needle felted to work out a little tension and start getting ahead for holiday shows - I think these will be great ornaments. They will all get bead eyes at some point. And here's what I started last night but got too sleepy to finish...


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on Thursday, July 12th, thursday said

Great color for the ipod! I especially like those octopus earrings, too. Fun!


on Thursday, July 12th, becka said

funny thing about the ipod is that I am not a red person at all. it is usually the last on my list of colors I would choose. But this just spoke to me. And I like that they make a donation to AIDS research for every red one purchased.