red shoe bird
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PICT0007, originally uploaded by kat coyle.
I took my knitting with me to the park but decided to enjoy the lake instead. Funny, but my knitting bag was packed with yarn to make birds. In the [...]
smiles
Hey do you feel like smiling? Then take a look at this book! Sock Monkey is page after page of sock monkey portraits. Guaranteed to make you smile!
felting, and super heroes
I’m happy to report that fulling the potholders was the right thing to do. Since, I don’t have a washing machine it was easy to not over do the felting process. It’s pretty tiring to mimic the agitation of a washing machine with your own two arms. As you can see the stitch definition is [...]
garter stitch and inspiration
I’m knitting simple garter stitch projects for the kids learn to knit class I’m going to teach. These will be hand felted but I haven’t gotten to it yet. There’s a part of me reluctant to felt knitting!
Garter stitch and short rows make a circle shape; and garter stitch worked straight for twice [...]
magical tree of everything
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Here are a few of the paintings that were done in the Magical Tree of Everything class.
edited to add: teacher abira ali’s flickr set with all the paintings from her wonderful class.
favorite color
All the yarn looks so cute in a big pile!Thanks to Mary Jane for suggesting to full the pot holder. I’m going to make one tonight. I asked Felix what was his favorite color. I knew he would go for the dark pink. It’s the most vibrant in the bunch.
winding
I’m not mad just tired. I finished my knitting marathon and mailed off a couple of projects that I’m really happy with. The serious look, is all about my aching hands and how much I want to start knitting something new. Next month I’m going to teach a kids learn to knit class, so I [...]
family photo
Egad! We took over fifty of these crazy photos.
It was a good break in a day full of knitting. I stayed up past two in the morning knitting and listening to The Age of Innocence read by Brenda Dayne. She has a really beautiful voice. I had to force myself to turn it off.
I want [...]
painting together
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painting together, originally uploaded by kat coyle.
Felix and I have been painting together. We’re taking a class called “the magical tree of everything” and last Wednesday we painted trees that were very [...]
doll design sketch
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doll design sketch, originally uploaded by kat coyle.
Happy Sunday everyone! This drawing is for one of my fantasy dolls that I’ve yet to make. I thought she could be made with hand knit pieces and [...]