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Miscellaneous nonsense

I had grand plans of getting my house cleaned over Thanksgiving weekend and catching up on all kinds of craft projects, but I really just wanted to sit around and read magazines. However, I did a few small things, introducing more nonsense into the world. Perhaps we’ll call it an homage to the new Muppet movie.

One particular hardware store employee helped me brainstorm and find pieces for my Pez dispensers, so I made him a gift to take to him when I bring in pictures of the finished dispensers.

Don’t ask. I don’t have an answer.

I experimented with crochet shaping on Friday. The first one didn’t turn out remotely like I planned/hoped, but, well, here’s a potato monster in a tree.

Of course he doesn’t actually live in a tree; that would be silly. He lives in a basket.

That’s all for now!

Thankfulness

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Americans and US residents out there, and anyone else who would like to be wished a Happy Thanksgiving.

This Thanksgiving, in addition to friends, family, health, and financial security, I am thankful for…

MONSTERS!!!

I am also thankful for a little time off. Work has been hectic and intruding greatly into the rest of my life, so this weekend will be good for getting caught up at home and produce some things to show you in the coming days. Have a lovely holiday!

Little pumpkins

I was really hoping to show you a monster today, but there were technical difficulties. So here are some emergency pumpkins.

And here’s the pattern! (conventions and abbreviations here)

1. Form magic ring, ch 1, and sc 5 in ring. Tighten.
2. Sc, *2sc, sc* twice (7 sc). Finish off beginning yarn end.
3. 2sc around (14 sc).
4. *2sc, sc* around (21 sc).
5-8. Sc around (4 rnds).
9. *Dec, sc* around (14 sc).
10. Dec around (7 sc). Stuff!
11. Sc, *dec, sc* twice (5 sc).
Use the perfect finish and thread the yarn through the middle of the pumpkin and out through the magic ring before you tighten; stitch back and forth between rounds 1 and 11 to pull the middle of the pumpkin top and bottom together. FO.

Add a stem or a face as desired. I threaded two pieces of brown yarn into the top of the pumpkin, crosswise, and interleaved square knots (right over left for each pair followed by left over right for each, etc) and then made an overhand knot to finish off.

Happy Halloween!