.Icky Knits

Indoor Shoes

The floors are terrible here so even if I wear slippers I practically am wearing shoes anyway.

I did one shoe and put it down to dry and did another and I knew something was wrong but was like eh whatever but I sure do regret it now LOL

The first shoe has way more petals per flower.

Very summer/early fall

Got really tired of every time one of us got up the remote got lost under the other one's butt so make a device + remotes holder. I am so annoyed. You think something is done and there's just more and more to add. Design is very labor intensive and I have so much respect for people who make useful objects.

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Bonus use:Use as a beer holder!

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Fourth Installment: Separate large cables sleeve compartment (Hope I'm done)

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Third Installment: Replace snake with two slots

Cut manila folder sleeve lining/more flexible than cardstock "bones" that the needles won't easily pierce through and rip holes in the couch. Not sure what to do about charging cord panel. Made a strip but now there's no room.....hmmm....

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Second installment: Added charging wire snake.

Made it super skinny to not get in the way. Kind of a bad design since the wire is fed to the edge of the arm and then has to bend around to plug into the middle of the tablet. Also I sewed it crookedly. We shall see.

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First Run:

One side for tablet and phone, two remote slots

Went on amazon for inspiration but I would have to use some kind of board to make the arm rest top flat and the more pockets the heavier it would get. Not a problem with straight fabric but the yarn would stretch out too much.

Flat knit and sewn.

Happy Bowls

I had to find something to do with the smallest bowls that came in this one set and are freakin useless for anything.

I think the little dots in a row on a line of the circumference is a little opal jewelry aesthetic but I thought it was nice.

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Halved Fruit

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"Lime in love"

"Orange you glad we're married"

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I looked for ideas and saw a watermelon or something and I was like fruit half!

For some reason everyone I talked to thought I meant like polka-dotting fruit wedges on the outside and I was like no I want it to BE the fruit.

But then because of the poor texture it looked bad/didn't make sense to just paint the outsides the color of the fruit so I looked up puns and did the outside that way.

Water Jars

The new place we need a brita again so we got the largest size but I can't stand waiting for the slow drain. Thus, larger unit of water at a time.

It was also kind of nerve wracking because I don't paint food surfaces since I don't want to be that dad with a lead paint mug. We decided to go with zinsser shellac spray and then I could use it on other things that are painted in general too. Useful. Very useful.

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Yay

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Decided to put letters on these initial painted things but it got too complicated/thick paint and I think the T turned out really ugly but the fat bee is ugly-cute too so end result is mine is actually kinda pretty and his is quite homely lol

It's just funny because mine is so much prettier....oops LOL

Cooking

Pumpkin Hat

Dc all round until sc on crown. Magic loop the stem and pick up and crochet branches

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Tip: Manipulate patterns

Patterns can be really, really hard to read. I think crochet patterns are way harder to read than basic stockinette knitting. I rewrite them, or I write them into a word doc and highlight different colors. It is not an aged 14th Century bible. It is a word doc. I can reprint it after working on it and scribbling too much, etc. Make it work for you. Manipulate the medium.