How to keep occupied on a 20+ hour train journey? I’m learning loop embroidery. Since I started volunteering at SCRAP a couple of months ago, I’ve stumbled across a lot of cool stuff. This kit falls into that category.
Drew a quick pattern of a Kingdom of Loathing sabre toothed lime, and ran with it from there. So far, so good! The directions say the denser the fabric the better, so I am thinking about playing with some velveteen and other fun stuff once I get the basics mastered..
Also started knitting a scarf as a Christmas gift. Sent out a "request lines open now" email this week letting everyone know I am accepting hints for knitted Chistmas gifts. One response so far.
Discovered some incredibly cool hook and loop lettering kits on clearance at Target. Picked up as many as possible because I think they will be fun to play with at Rob’s wedding. I kind of screwed up my first shirt (and my iron) because I wasn’t as careful in the application as I should have been. Still looks cute, albeit in a tacky counter-culture sort of way.
My other favorite trick these days is to apply my favorite stickers to magnetic sheets and cut them out – instant fridge magnets! I used to love having bumper stickers all over my car, but I don’t really do that anymore, so it is much more fun to have them in my kitchen instead. Besides, I have the vintage white metal enamel cabinets in my kitchen, which means I can cover most of my kitchen in tacky magnets!
Shown here is my Mudsharks sticker, a set of vice stickers from Accoutrements / Archie McPhee, and my Aviation Sparkplugs sticker. Next to be made into magnets are my sticker replicas of vintage luggage labels.
