help save handmade & vintage for "kids"

Please read the article, vote as appropriate and please pass along,
this is not just about toys but ALL items for and that might possibly appeal to
children under 12.

This is particularly harmful to small companies, and artists making clothing, toys and
other items for children, or might appeal to children. It's particularly harmful to the
small companies that make educational, scientific equipment for schools, as well as
the small companies that make specialized equipment and toys for disabled children.

It includes vintage and antique childrens' items collected by adults, it includes used things in resale shops, yarn sales, church bazaars... it includes items already on store shelves and in warehouses...


Dec 31 deadline for level 1 voting, please help.

www.change.org/ideas/view/save_handmade_toys_from_the_cpsia

and vote again in the first 2 weeks of January for level 2.

Thank you.

Busy, busy, busy

I've been busy with school, work (I help out with a local band) and such that I haven't been doing much crocheting lately until today. Anyway here is a post of something I'm making for my sister.

http://yarntalk.blogspot.com/2008/09/for-love.html

One of my kitties is sick!

I haven't been posting much anywhere except my blog ( http://www.trinlayk.blogspot.com ) lately as I'm being a nurse for my 5 yr old cat (the one from my avatar).

A couple weeks ago she yakked up a hairball from heck, and generally wasn't feeling well or eating well. She is gradually doing better, but I'm waiting on some tests from the vet, after running up quite a vet bill on OTHER tests. (see my blog for more information, and updates.)

Why, you may ask, spend so much on medical care for "just a cat"?

Megumi is a bit more than "just a cat" she's my support animal too, and even saved my life when she was a bit more than a year old. Currently, she mostly tells me to "sit down NOW" when I really need to sit down now... but back then I took a new medication for the first time, and ended up passed out with my BP rising to very scary levels. Megumi revived me by washing my face and meowing desperately, when I came to, I realized just how sick I was, and was able to call for help... I ended up in the ER, where they took care of me right away. If Megumi hadn't been able to rouse me, the next chance for me to be rescued would have been 2 HOURS later when my then teenaged daughter got home from school.

She's the best darn cat in the Universe.

My Godson's Blanket

Okay here is the blanket I made my godson for his b-day which is the same day as mine. It is made with scrap greeens. It is 61 inches from point to point and I used a J hook.
Here he is sitting next to his blanket to kind of show the size.
This one he is making a silly face at his mom. As you can see he is sitting on one of the points that just how big it is.
Here he is laying on it to show size again.
And finally he wanted to be a green ghost lol. Oh and he turned 4 on our birthday this year.

Amigurumi Critter

This is the Amigurumi Critter that I made for my swap partner at Crochetville for the Summer Secret Pal Swap. It turned out pretty cute, if I do say so myself. :-)

panda!

Ping Panda is 4.5 inches tall. crochet from a soy wool blend, with safety eyes, and full of polyfil and Love.

Ping likes eating bamboo, playing with kitties, eating bamboo, eating ice cream, watching sunsets and sunrises, gardening and eating bamboo.

More pandas coming soon!

Todd the Kappa

Todd is a creature from Japanese lore/cryptozoology called a Kappa.


I made him as a gift for a friend into boating,
who also is the center of a "kappa (greek letter k) phenomenon"
a sort of a Chaos field where perfectly functional machinery will get goofy,
apparently, due to the presence of my friend.