Arts Squared + Rings

I've signed up for an art/craft fair on June 25th. It's called Arts Squared, and it's in the square in uptown Waterloo, and you should come if you're around! It's from 12 - 5pm. I'm bringing a whole bunch of different crafts I have lying around my room, including some rings I made:

I also just finished knitting myself a shirt. It's a slightly modified version of this pattern, and it's cotton yarn, so it's great for summer. The yarn annoys me for a couple reasons: it's cotton and I hate knitting with cotton, and there are no dye lots, so each skein is the same colours but in different proportions (as you can see, the top half is significantly pinker where I switched skeins). Bah. I'm pleased with how it turned out though, even though I was kind of lazy when I was knitting it, and didn't fix any mistakes - luckily they're not super obvious.

Tag Update!

A friend was vacationing up on the Bruce Peninsula and found the yarn bomb I did! He didn't realise I'd made it, I hadn't told him, so it's quite exciting! It has disintegrated a bit by now though, plus it had just rained, so it doesn't look as good as it did.

Photo cred to Westacular, who didn't want to upload pics.

More hats! And I've learned to make rings

Hats

I have a bunch of new hats finished! I haven't decided if I'm taking them to Rare Funk, the store in Kitchener where I sell hats, or listing them on Etsy.

These two are commissions for a friend, who wanted presents for her children for christmas. The first is made with Lions Brand Homespun, which looks really nice and feels super soft, but it is extremely annoying to work with.



This one is made with acrylic and wool stripes.



This red one I started ages ago but ran out of yarn...so I got more yarn last weekend and made it large enough to wear comfortably.



I used some of the yarn left over from the first hat for accents on this lacy cloche.



This one is made of wool I got off ebay. The sizing turned out smaller than I expected, so it's probably best for a child or someone with a very small head.



This varicoloured beanie I made as an option for a commission as I wasn't sure about the taste of the person in question. Acrylic yarn from Value Village.



An acrylic hat made in shell patterns:



And finally a fluffy red hat I made for my mother. She chose the yarn, which is Red Heart.




Rings

I got some ring bands from Michaels a while ago, and have just started using them. I've made 4 rings so far, in blue, green, red and black, so I think of them as water, earth, fire and night. I was going to make an 'air' one but I didn't have the right colours of beads on hand.





Monsters

I've also made some new polymer clay monsters! The updated Etsy listing can be found here and more pictures by clicking the picture below.