Spring has sprung

I am excited to announce that with my husband back from his out-of-town work I can now get back to yarn-bombing.

It is a little hard to get back into the swing of things after such a long break, but thankfully I have accumulated some little yarn-diddles that just need to be set up. 

Yes, I'm still Alive

Hello Everyone,

This is just a short message to convey that I am still alive. 

It has been a busy couple weeks, and these next two months are going to be insane.

I have three weddings to attend. One of these three wedding, I have foolishly agree'd to help (and by help I mean just me) crochet these little skulls for party favors. 

So apparently I am suppose to make about 60 of these little particular, annoying, time consuming skulls. Being the productive human being that I am, I have completed...two. *sigh*

So needless to say, (although I would rather be yarn bombing), I have prior "family" obligations in which my needles will be occupied. 

It is starting to be a pain in the ass to even think about it. 

For some reason I always put myself in these situations where I am eager to help and assign my name to these 'crafty' tasks, and then realize that my own endeavors will now go unfinished, not to mention the loss of any free time I have, come the end of the day. 

It also is a small reminder for people to remember that parents with small children run on a different time zone. I'd like to call it "toddler time". "Toddler time" means that the smallest tasks that would take a normal person an hour to accomplish, will take a person running on "Toddler time" at least double that time. Quite inconvenient, indeed!

I guess an upside of this whole ordeal is that I got this pattern for free! I am thinking it would be a neat Yarn-Bomb to drop around the city around Halloween (my all time favorite holiday)!

P.S) My cousin purchased this pattern on Etsy.com, and was created by "Beth Todd".

'C'est la vie'

Yesterday while I was setting up the Car Antenna Cozy I drove past the Chapters Bookstore. 

It is my unfortunate responsibility to notify anyone who cares... that it has been taken down. 

While the yarn will decay, its spirit lingers on. 

It had a long, enduring experience this chilly winter season. It is only natural that since the blistery season is coming to an end so would the, now tattered, cozy. 

I guess all good things must come to an end, and now with a cleared canvas I am debating on what "Spring" inspired yarn-bomb I will unleash on that same fateful light-post. 

I guess this could also open up an opportunity for another tip. 

Always document and take pictures. You never know how long it will last. 

(I think I will start to bring my actual camera with me. The quality of a camera phone isn't exactly pristine.)

Car Antenna Cozy.

This is just a small little bomb I made while Jack was down for the night.
The next day we went for a drive, so I could 'dispose' of it. During the drive Jack fell asleep, which made it even better timing. Jack has a tendency for getting upset whenever he is left in the car alone; he does this even if we leave the car to scrape the windows of frost, and he can see the person standing outside the car.

I wasn't sure how long to make it, but I think it does the trick.

It even matched the color of the car. 

Anyways, here it is!

The Digestive System (Not a yarn-bomb, but still equally cool!)

For those who already know, I am homebound for the next two weeks. 

Because I am stuck at home, I thought I would post some photos of some of my other yarn-creation milestones. 

I give you all... "The Digestive System''.

Wait!

Before I show you probably the coolest knitted creation ever, I must solemnly say that I am not responsible for the idea, or the pattern. This idea was discovered on the the website crafters.org. 

In fact, I am sure if you google "Knitted Digestive system" you'll find the link for the pattern. 

...and now...the reveal. 

The start of the Anus, Rectum, and Large Intestine.

The tongue with the esophageal opening.

The finished project.

The End. 

Yes, I hung this in my Kitchen. 

House Arrest

It looks like it'll be a couple weeks before I can get out to do any more yarn-bombs.
I am technically on House Arrest, until my husband is home. Well, not really...but I am in the sense that I can not take my toddler on my excursions.

Steve, my husband, had to temporarily transfer to another city a couple hours away for work. This leaves me to run the house and tend to our kiddlet for the next two weeks.
I am trying to be optimistic, but am preparing for the worst.
I say this because, for those who don't have children, terrible two's are no joke. It makes me anxious to think that everything for the next two weeks falls back on my shoulders. In fact, with having a better understanding on the stresses involved being a single parent; I have found a new respect for those who do everything without help.
Being a Stay-At-Home-Mom, I usually tackle the everyday things with Jack, as well as the mundane cleaning tasks. Usually, when I am having a tough day I could simply wait for Steve to be home from work, and take a break. With him gone that means the only breaks I have from Jack inner tantrum turmoil will be when he's sleeping.

Today,"sigh", has been a particularly tough day. For this reason, I decided I needed to do something other than the repetitive task of putting Jack in time-outs. Something that will calm me down, as I can feel the stress mounting. So I decided to blog.
With these next two weeks, I hope to get out at least once to set up the yarn bomb that I am near finished, but it seems unlikely. I have a couple that will require a ladder to set up, and possibly a more inconspicuous 'night setting'. Another hindrance would be the fact that I have no one who would watch Jack for an hour or two so I can have my fun. Bummer!

This is a picture of my next potential yarn bomb! I have a couple of  long loom knitted swatches that I am going to attach to a tree. They are loose enough to expand with a larger tree, and with luck, it will catch on the bark if it fits loose on the branch...

I didn't have a particular tree in mind so I am kinda working blind. 

Mothers can be arrested too

So yesterday I was talking with my older sister.
For those who do not know my family tree I have two sisters, an older and younger.
At one point in my life, I was really close with my older sister. When our parents marriage failed under sketchy, and rocky circumstances we relied on each other for support. This is when we really started to bond.
My sister and I both attended College for Design. She was a couple years ahead of me and chose Web Design, and when it was my turn, I eventually chose Illustration. We lived together for the first year of my college life.

It was the second year when I met husband. It was shortly into our relationship when I unexpectedly got pregnant with my little boy. It was something that seemingly threw a wrench into my relationship with my sister. It is difficult to talk to her now because of the directionality of being a parent took me, and the fact that I sacrificed my school to be a mother. We can not relate to each other any more because our lives are polar opposites.

I have been excited to talk to her about this new craft form because I figure if anyone I know would appreciate it, my artsy sister would.
I was rambling on about my Mall Bomb, and the surgical proceedings that followed at the Bookstore.
I was under the impression that my new craft had given me something else to talk about besides my adventures with Jack. Whenever I try to talk about my life with a child the subject is very dismissive. She just doesn't understand.

Anyways, when I was talking with her about my disappointments with the events of last few days she seemed to scoff a bit, and then proceeded to tell me that I need to be more careful when I do my drops.
She thinks mothers generally shouldn't get arrested for "knit graffiti".
I am not sure at that point if she were embarrassed by my enthusiasm for the craft. Apparently, being a mother I should be a little more mature, or something.

Being "Single Stitch", I am not in any hurry to voyage out in the dark of night alone to knit around random objects. I decided to compromise for todays Yarn-bomb.
I had scraps of a sleeve that I finished off, and had it ready for the drop. It was a circular knit so all I had to do was find something to slip it over, take a picture, and hit the road.
Unfortunately for my sister, that is as cautious as I am planning on getting.

Sorry for the crappy photos. 

For stealth reasons I dont want to be carrying my huge Nikon D40  around.

 I think my dinky camera phone helps get the point across.