Video Tutorial - Crazy Yarn Knots

Since I posted about my Scrappy Blanket, I've had oodles of questions about how I tie my knots in the yarn. Of course it seems so straight forward to me - I mean, they're just knots, right?

It's funny, because this is the only way I would consider making these joins... but I've heard from a number of people who are tying their knots as you would tie a double or triple knot in your shoelace...

Don't do it that way! It will take you FOREVER!!!

My method is a simple overhand knot.

It's easy, fast, and super secure...

It's not especially pretty - but that's okay - you'll be so distracted by all the sticky-outie tails in the finished project that you won't pay any attention to the actual knots.

So here it is:

My first video tutorial...

Hope it helps!

thinking is NOT blogging

I've thought a lot about blogging lately...

There's so many things for me to post about...

But I have really bad timing

Like, I'll be driving along the freeway... and my mind starts buzzing with a multitude of thoughts and ideas to share with you guys...

I start thinking about exactly what I'll write... which photos I'll add for interest... and by the time that I get to where I'm going, my brain is convinced that I've actually written a post!!!

Am I the only one who does this?

I often do it with emails too...

I read the email. Think about how to respond. And then my brain thinks that the job is done.

It's madness!!!

Imagine if we could blog by ESP. Just by thinking about them, the posts would appear...

Actually, that would probably be dangerous. You guy would defininitely be getting TOO MUCH INFORMATION if all my thoughts were transposed onto my blog!!!

Anyway...

Something I did want to share, is the result from the VIDEO CASSETTE CHALLENGE over at the laughing purple goldfish designs group on Ravelry.

Now... this IS NOT MY WORK...

This is the winning entry, created by Loren aka twisted1

Take a close look at these photos, and watch the progression from junk to fabulous royal penguin... who would have thought???

You can read Loren's comments about how she made the little guy here

the obsolete video cassette...

What would you make from a video cassette, or part thereof?

You may have seen the lastest issue of Inside Crochet magazine, which features a bag I designed using magenetic tape from a VHS. Well, it's time now for YOU to show ME what you can do with an old video cassette.

It doesn't have to be the tape itself that you choose to recycle - you might like to use the case instead. Click here and you can join in, or just lurk and see what the others are up to!