I am one busy hooker.

No, no. It's nothing as glamorous as standing out on a corner in a bad wig and cheap high heels, selling my body for money. Nope, I'm just a crocheter. So if you're reading this to hoping to delve into the secret life of sleeping with senators... sorry. But you can stick around to look at all the awesome stuff I've been making out of yarn! YAY, YARN!!

If you visit my Etsy store (http://www.vegkat.etsy.com/), you'll see I mostly do baby stuff. And stuff to wear or use when it's like 14 degrees out. Needless to say, I have not made a sale in MONTHS. Boo. So I have been trying a few different things, and have come up with a super cute idea for keeping your iPod all comfy cozy. Who WOULDN'T want one?



I also do this thing with my left over yarn, but I'm not sure if anyone even likes it. I LOVE it, so everyone else can suck it. When I do a project, I'm always left with a little ball of yarn that's not enough to make, say, a whole hat or blanket or whatever. But there's a world of possibilities out there for using that shit up! An iPod cozy is a good one, for instance. Another option are these crazy ass baby blankets.

The girly one is for sale in my store in case you love it as much as I do. The boy one is not for sale, unfourtunately. It's my son's car blanket and he loves the hell out of it. When I'm out in public, I always get asked if I made it. When I say yes, I get one of two reactions: 1. "Oooh, that is SO COOL! I've never seen anything like it!" 2. "Oh. Uh... neat." I don't care. I think it's freaking awesome.

I've known how to knit and crochet for about 17 years. My mom would work with yarn and I'd ask her to show me how. So in her hands-on, super affectionate way, she lovingly bought me a "How to Crochet" book and a "How to Knit" book. I'm not here to bitch about any kind of resentment for that, because I loved teaching myself how to create awesome things out of essentially a string. Plus now I can brag that I'm completely self-taught. And I'm glad I learned both at the same time, because I'm equally good at both, in my opinion. I prefer crochet, but sometimes I get sick of that, and have to pick up some sharp, pointy sticks. Here's what I'm working on now.

Oh, yeah. I totally rock the double pointed needles. I don't need no stinking circular.

It's a hat for a baby/toddler and is going to have the awesome flowers featured on the pink iPod cozies. I just learned how to do that and I want to embroider flowers on EVERYTHING. The yarn being used on this hat is totally vintage. My mom had a friend who's mother passed away a few years ago, and she was a knitting freak. She had tons (I'm talking TONS) of yarn left, and it was given to my mom. She didn't quite want an entire basement full of yarn, so she let me pick what I wanted. AWESOME! I mean, it's not awesome the lady died, but I didn't know her, and she had a damn awesome yarn stash. Which means I now have an awesome yarn stash.

When I finish this hat I'll post some pics of it. I'll also throw in a pic of the first thing I ever knitted, because I'm too lazy to get pics of it now. It's a purple scarf and it rocks my socks off. I still wear it, and tell people I made it when I was like 11. Because you can kind of tell it was made by an 11 year old. An AWESOME 11 year old.