But Daddy, I Love Him....*

Because who doesn't want a needle felted mermaid marionette?



*any resemblance to Ariel was completely unintentional and purely a random act of my subconscious. We'll ignore the fact that the husband and I still use a little mermaid alarm clock that plays Under the Sea as the alarm...I'm just saving it for the kid....maybe.

Why so blue, Panda Bear?

This little guy was found in the impulse area of Ikea on our way out today. On our way out with nothing. Let me repeat that, NOTHING. Ikea has failed me for the first time ever and not even the yummy meatballs could cure the disappointment. They didn't even have lamp shades that would work with the lamps we just pulled out of the closet. It was a sad sad retail shopping day. Although I think what really made me sad is the thought of having to claw my way through the Target at Atlantic center for two freaking lamp shades, sigh.

knitting monogamy

It takes quite the knitting pattern to keep me from straying. I get bored or start re-designing it or just end up knitting something completely different. It's almost never the pattern(I promise beautiful lace hoodie from Interweave, it's me, not you.) I just don't really have the temperament for following directions when it comes to making things. But all that was out the window when I started the Fiddlehead Mittens. They have become a sort of knit-a-long at Brooklyn General and I figured, eh why not, I've never knit mittens or fair isle. Lets just say I am a huge fan of both now.



Oh Fiddleheads, the fact that you were able to keep my attention through not one but two pieces of knitting and I still like you enough to knit you again, well It speaks very highly of you.

I am also ridiculously in love with the inside of the mittens. Having never done fair isle I am amazed at how pretty it looks on the back side.

see look



Isn't it the prettiest thing you've ever seen? Well maybe not the prettiest but between my enthusiasm for fair isle and my new love of Malibrigo I might be a little biased.

PS sorry for the crappy iphone photos my camera cord is apparently on some top-secret government mission at the moment.

Introductions are in order

Why hello there, long time no post huh? well I do have an excuse this time that is fairly legit, I'd like to introduce Spider-Man the 1st/Princess Bunnycakes VonCutenstein.



Spidey/bunnycakes is 12 weeks old and finally letting his/her mother go an entire day with out wanting to dry heave all over Brooklyn. Needless to say we are ecstatic here in the McKenzie/Kelly household about the kid and the lack of dry heaving.

That also means many a project has been started for the the kid and with any luck could be finished by their 12th birthday. Fingers crossed.

Project updates soon....girl scouts honor..wait was that three fingers or four?

mmmm.....magic bacon

One of the many many reasons I love my friend Wendy,

Just in time for a little work day procrastination

I can't decide what's better, the yarn on the mantal or the handspun dirty talk lol

Meet Albee

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