Knit Devotion

Tattoos, tattoos, and more tattoos. I’ve always wanted a tattoo but I couldn’t decide what I might still want on me at
60-70. Plus I can’t stick with a design for more than 6 months. So I guess for now I will just
stick to fabrics with really cool tattoos on them. I have a really cool tshirt that had Angelina’s tattoos on the inside so when you wore it, it looked like you had tattoos. It was a cool thought but the tshirt was made out of a thin cotton (so the designs will show through) and it got holes really quick. I was really upset.
But I did find this awesome fabric. Here are my first two designs with it. I love them. I went with a 50′s bowling shirt theme. And to spice it up I paired it with plaid striped shorts. The plaid is different plaids in strips sewn together then I made them into shorts. It looks good especially on my son.

Then for the girls I made a simple dress with red and pink plaid accents to show off the tattoos. It’s a little small for my daughter but I thought she looks good with the leggings. The tattoos on the dress are just a larger print from the ones on the shirt. The tattoos seem to come from the likes of Sailor Jerry, Harley Davidson, Captain Jack Sparrow, and many others.

As far as knitting goes. I have done something I’m not sure of. I have entered a contest called Hat Attack 2 on Ravelry. It is a killed or be killed by knitting. You have a specific day when you get to see the pattern. The object is to knit the hat and send it to your “victim” before you get “killed” by the one someone is sending you in the mail. It sounds like fun. If you are interested go to ravelry.com and look for Hat Attack 2 under the groups. I can’t wait and I will let you know what happens. They have some great shirts for it…….I sitz, I knitz, I killz. I love it.

Also I have entered my first swap. Day of the Dead swap no doubt. This is where you get to learn more about a person
the “spoilee” and for a month you get to send them emails and cards and make them feel special. Then at the end of the of the designated period you get to send them a package with some really cool stuff in it. Depending on their personality, you can really put some cool stuff in the package. The moderators like for you to use homemade stuff which is cool for me and you can only spend $30. So I have just received my “spoilee” Raquel. “Rocky” is her nickname. She seems to be a cool person from her blog. Here’s the link http://www.rockinknit.com what a really cool name for a blog. She’s a new knitter like me. I’ll let you know how this goes also.

Well, It’s pouring rain here Hurricane Fay is finally getting us wet and we just started school Monday and already had 2 days off. And being cooped up in the house with 2 kids….my husband and I are about to go crazy. I feel like I have been on my kids butts for 2 days. They won’t leave each other alone!!! So I’m off to relax and relish in the feeling that my daughter gets to go back to school tomorrow. Yeah!!! Peace, love and skulls!!!

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