Some Comic Relief

Read this and then read this.

Possibly the funniest series of blog posts ever in the history of blogging.

Garden Gnome

A gnome turned up in my garden the other day. A sad gnome as he had been cursed with the Spell of Drabness.

Luckily I know a little magic myself and was able to revive him by casting an Acrylic Spell.

A number of humans objected to the green coat I chose for him but that's because they don't read Fantasy Fashion Weekly. If they did they would know that solid blue tunics are out; bright green top coats are what all the best-dressed gnomes are wearing this season.

But G. Gnome is happy now and says he will hang out by my front gate from now on and greet visitors.

Tie-Dye: Round 6

Here we go .. the last seven of the Relay For Life shirts. 3 adult LG and 4 adult XL. XL's aren't so much fun. The more fabric the harder to truss up and the harder to get the dye down into the folds. But they are all done now and I'm very happy with all of them but one. One whammy out of 19 isn't bad. ;)

Tie-Dye: Round 5

My latest batch. 7 for 7, no whammies! Yay! I used the same neon color kit as before. This time one kit did seven adult shirts - six mediums and one large. Note to self: For stripes, pleat the shirt opposite the direction you want the stripes to go. Seven more to go ...

Tie-Dye: Round 4

I used a "Tulip One-Step Tie-Dye Kit - Neon" for this batch. Fuchsia, Orange, Yellow, Lime, and Turquoise. The Neon kit is either brand new or so old it's been discontinued as I can't find another like it now. :( Pity as I really like this combo of dye colors. But isn't that the way it always goes? You find a product you love and then poof - they decide to stop making it.

I've used the 5-color Tulip kits for all my tie-dye projects and what I've found is .. THEY LIE! The boxes clearly state "Dyes up to 20 projects!" Uh-Huh...Maybe if their idea of a project is twenty newborn socks or a few adult shirts with only a hint of dye each. It took almost an entire kit to do these five adult shirts (two XL and three LG).
The other thing I've come to accept is that with tie-dye, you can never be sure of the result until you un-tie and rinse it. Each unfolding is a surprise so you just cross your fingers and hope it'll be something you like. And I think I hit five of five with these. :)