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kiera-oona
05-31-2009, 03:41 AM
First thing is first, some dreds. A friend of mine bought this off me as a birthday gift to herself. I however, do my friends dred installations for free (and loaned her all the beads, bells, and coins that are in the pic for the night) Also note, there WILL be a tutorial comming soon on how to install double ended dreds yourself. Nightshade agreed to help me with this venture (i did the video while i had no voice, so a friend of mine read from a script while doing the video)...I just have to edit the footage and pop er' up on youtube.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3333/3579689269_8528218aed.jpg

Then I managed to get around to finishing the set of mittins for my other half/common-law bf/hubby/love of my life (the title is just a technicality in my eyes...just as long as the love is there right?...ok im getting sappy and rambling)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2440/3579716153_a7358d9746.jpg

Then he dedded of teh cute of the pawprint and fell over onto my never ending quest to finish the multicolored blankie of doooom! (and no its not done yet...its getting there but it might take me a few more years)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3579689299_e67640d3a8.jpg

Then he got back up to take wonderful photos with his mad photo taking skillz, of the following shots of this scarf...I made it with the garter stitch, nothing fancy, but I knitted them on US 35 needles (19 mm for metric folks)

For the glow in the dark yarn, for those who want to know, I bought it at Zellers at Shoppers World (victoria park and Danforth in Toronto) for about 4$ a skein. Bernat is the manufacturer, and it comes in white, yellow, orange, blue, (as below) green/teal, a lavender color, and pink

Day Shot:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/3579689275_851236d018.jpg

Blacklight shot:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3641/3579689279_30faaf0c5b.jpg

And glowing under its own power with no light modifications at all. (just a really long shutter delay on the camera)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/3579689293_8cd1bba4af.jpg

A coworker of mine theorized that if you used the straight white yarn, and used another all white yarn to knit a design into it, you could make a hidden design till you hit the club, and they glow in all their magnificiance.

And for the finale...This ensemble was made from 2 articles of clothing bought at Value Village (one of my local thrift stores). I look a bit frumpy in this outfit, but I wanted something that was comfortable, (and a skirt that I could potentially dance in) but also had the bright colors for summer. Wearing something that is very airy will make anyone look frumpy (i will admit im no lightweight, but this outfit kinda makes me look 100 pounds heavier, i also think its the angle of the photo). Im still happy with the way it turned out, and i dont really care that it makes me look big. I like my skirts big, and the top really holds the girls in there really well. Support is a goood thing.

The shirt and the firey stripes of the skirt used to be a dress that I re-hashed. The green parts of the skirt was a wrap around skirt, but I do have big hips, so needless to say it didnt sit right, but thankfully with all of the material being rayon, and being a similar motif, the material stitched up beautifully.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/3579830561_64ed3ea375.jpg


Please feel free to ask questions, or tell me whatcha think.

Brandy
05-31-2009, 04:06 AM
wow, cute stuff

kiera-oona
05-31-2009, 02:04 PM
wow, cute stuff

thanks!

AzulAmiga93
05-31-2009, 04:21 PM
i never knew they made glow in the dark yarn.
but now that i do.... THE WORLD WILL REGRET IT!!!
omg tht's AWESOME!

Vikki32
05-31-2009, 04:50 PM
Greeat dreads and love the glow in the dark yarn that is super cool.

Batgirl
05-31-2009, 05:31 PM
i love the glow-in-the-dark yarn!!!
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Ligeia
05-31-2009, 06:27 PM
I love the glow in the dark yarn! All of your projects are beautiful!
And I should also mention that I am in awe of your never ending blanket!

kiera-oona
05-31-2009, 10:28 PM
I love the glow in the dark yarn! All of your projects are beautiful!
And I should also mention that I am in awe of your never ending blanket!

Thankyou! I certainly hope i finish it some day. Ive had friends sleep on it, my cat sleeps on it, and im hoping to finish it so it eventually fits over a king sized bed (even tho mine is a queen)

I dispize being cold, especially at larp, so this is hopefully going to also be part of my larp gear

kiera-oona
05-31-2009, 10:29 PM
i never knew they made glow in the dark yarn.
but now that i do.... THE WORLD WILL REGRET IT!!!
omg tht's AWESOME!

The world is already not safe since Ive been using it for almost a year now. Several of my friends christmas gifts (including a hat for a 3 year old) has some form of glow in the dark yarn in it.

mlssfshn
05-31-2009, 10:34 PM
great work love the glow in the dark yarn

kiera-oona
06-04-2009, 01:06 AM
great work love the glow in the dark yarn

Thanks....I too am a huge fan of anything that glows in the dark :-)

KittyHasClaws
06-04-2009, 05:07 AM
Oh man, I make simple hair-tie style dreads out of yarn that you just tie your hair up with... but THAT is fantastic.

The flames with the green in the last one is a very intriguing combo... not something I would have thought of, and it looks quite wonderful.

kiera-oona
06-06-2009, 12:47 PM
Oh man, I make simple hair-tie style dreads out of yarn that you just tie your hair up with... but THAT is fantastic.

The flames with the green in the last one is a very intriguing combo... not something I would have thought of, and it looks quite wonderful.

There are some projects that I like working on with extreme contrasts. For example I have a pair of socks that are super bright red and super bright blue that Im working on. But it also somewhat depends on the project. There are some that there is such a subtle difference in color some people never notice.

As for the double ended dreds, I found a variety of ways to make them but I find the way I do them work just fine for me. I have yet to wash mine again in HOT water, yes I realize they might shrink a bit but it just means they will felt more. There are other ways of interchaning the colors, but its a different process that I havent attempted yet.

bucky4prez
06-06-2009, 01:18 PM
Love da mittens!!

x3kam
06-06-2009, 01:38 PM
LOVE THE DREADS! that's amazing!

haha and, of course, not to be cliche... but I as well love the glow in the dark yarn.

kiera-oona
06-07-2009, 02:05 AM
Love da mittens!!

Thanks! I kinda felt bad that I didnt get them done in time, as is with many knitted projects, so to spare me some time, I picked him up a copy of Terry Pratchet's MORT to keep him busy. At least he will have nice warm hands for winter this year