The Shtick I Do

I like keeping warm. Even in the summer months you can get cold in certain places; movie theaters, malls, church . . . even home. Now a summer scarf can keep your neck warm and cozy but your arms and shoulders are left out in the cold. A jacket or sweater might be too much, making you hot and sweaty not to mention look silly (*looks side to side as she realizes she's looked silly a few too many times*). But a shrug . . . now that's the thing for summer time chills. It covers the arms and shoulders while leaving your back and front open. Here's the one I made from yarn scraps that were around the house. (Modeled by my lovely daughter Katrina!) Yes, it does look like something from a Mexican Day of the Dead party but when you're using scraps, you get what you get. LoL! Enjoy and have a safe post-holiday weekend!

Alrighty. Here are 2 things I had been working on that are now COMPLETED! Yay! I always enjoy working on a project and most of the time I'm happy when it's finished. Other times I am ecstatic! lol This is the raccoon amigurumi I mentioned a few weeks back. I absolutely loved the way he turned out. And the lady I made him for was very happy as well. You can't really see his tail in this pic but I promise it's there and it's striped. I used a basic animal amigurumi pattern and adjusted the tail, ears and face until I was happy. The only thing I might have changed would be his eyes. Maybe they could have been bigger but everyone in my family said a raccoon should have beady eyes. ^_^ His snout turned out to be just a cone shape with a black tip. The little whiskers you see here are just some pieces of scrap yarn secured on the inside, pulled through to the outside and I used a blunt needle to pull the "ply" apart. Then I trimmed them down with a pa...