knitting update + some soap base
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plsurkity has been so good as to give me instructions for posting images without a paid account, i am able to provide pictures here-to-fore unavailable.
these are the cotton socks i finished
these WILL be marie antoinette socks. they still kinda look like cat yak, but i think they will be better when blocked. and i like the bee pattern - which you can kinda see here, but mostly its smooshed.
these are my brother amos socks. i'm currently a lot further along than this. it is my first attempt at knitting socks 2 at a time. so far so good. cross your fingers for me.
this fleece artist really is this gorgeous. actually it's more gorgeous since there's a hint of raspberry in there with the reds and browns and black.
i got this yarn at borealis to make a clapotis for my sister in law. it is actually much prettier than the picture shows.
and this is the latest batch of soap base i made. it is now all grated for re-batching, but i thought this batch came out particularly nicely. it has a lovely creamy color to it and you can smell the olive oil i used. we really just need me to make more soap, since we were running low, and i'm honestly looking forward to coming up with creative combinations for this, but it seems to be timely in other ways as well. one of the ladies at the local coffee&chocolate shop has asked me if i'd be interested in going in on a craft booth. that could be very neat.
plsurkity has been so good as to give me instructions for posting images without a paid account, i am able to provide pictures here-to-fore unavailable.these are the cotton socks i finished
these WILL be marie antoinette socks. they still kinda look like cat yak, but i think they will be better when blocked. and i like the bee pattern - which you can kinda see here, but mostly its smooshed.
these are my brother amos socks. i'm currently a lot further along than this. it is my first attempt at knitting socks 2 at a time. so far so good. cross your fingers for me.
this fleece artist really is this gorgeous. actually it's more gorgeous since there's a hint of raspberry in there with the reds and browns and black.
i got this yarn at borealis to make a clapotis for my sister in law. it is actually much prettier than the picture shows.
and this is the latest batch of soap base i made. it is now all grated for re-batching, but i thought this batch came out particularly nicely. it has a lovely creamy color to it and you can smell the olive oil i used. we really just need me to make more soap, since we were running low, and i'm honestly looking forward to coming up with creative combinations for this, but it seems to be timely in other ways as well. one of the ladies at the local coffee&chocolate shop has asked me if i'd be interested in going in on a craft booth. that could be very neat.
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Date: 2008-06-10 03:33 am (UTC)not really. base refers to how i intend to use it, but this is, in fact, soap. and you can wash with it. i use cold process method to create soap, but i don't use that soap as my finished product, so i tend to think of it as a base for my final product - which i get when i melt down some of the grated base, add whatever fregrence or super-fatting oils or botanicals or color i want, and then pour into clever molds that i like better than the shapes i could cut by hand.
i think i also think of it as base because i am giving myself a pat on the back for making it from scratch rather than simply buying soap base from online stores, melting it down and crafting the final product. i am proud that i make my own and am a bit of a snob about being a soap-maker instead of a soap-crafter.
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Date: 2008-06-10 12:35 pm (UTC)