tutorial: mini alien by barbara prime

Pattern: Mini Alien by Barbara Prime

Official link here.
Ravelry link here.

This here is the Best . Pattern . Ever.  It is deliriously cute and quick and EASY and it is my new crack. (Sorry Octopus!)   I've made a LOT of these dudes ...




I mostly follow the pattern as is, but there are a couple tweaks and some tricks that I do in the knitting and the finishing to give my aliens some extra flair.  The changes are: use m1r m1l instead of m1, add a wrap by the bobbles, decrease symmetrically, add a magnet, do some tucking, and, finally, needle felt on the eyes.

That's kind of an eye-twisting list, so I decided to photo-document it all.

q&a: Pomatoma-shrug

Hey all, this is the Q & A page for my Pomatoma-shrug project (Ravelry link). It's gotten a lot of hits lately from being mentioned on a couple blogs (OMG!) and I've also gotten a lot of questions, most around some common themes. I'm going to start replying directly with short answers, and leave it up to the inquisitive ones to find more in-depth answers here.

q&a: ninja biking mask of AWESOMENESS

There's been a lot of interest in my ninja mask (Ravelry link) which is super awesome! But it's not a simple pattern and some parts are downright mindbending.  I've been answering questions individually, but I realized today that it might be useful to aggregate the questions and answers in one spot.  Instead of hiding this useful info in the comments or cluttering up the Ravelry project page, I've decided to put up a Q&A page here (I have a blog, might as well use it!).