Day 98: Knit Bear and Can of Craft

Today I worked on another knit square from my pattern book, and this time it starts with three cast on and adds one stitch on each end every two rows to the full diagonal and then decreases two stitches on the end of every two rows.  It was a hideously easy pattern and the most addictive thus far.  On the way down from the full diagonal, I just kept thinking, "one more row, just one more row."  Because every two rows I was decreasing and the rows were going faster and faster.  My son has a t-shirt that says "Just ONE MORE LEVEL" and refers to his (and my hubby's) fascination with video games....and now I get it.....just one more row and I'll.....

So upon finishing my square, I set out to make a monkey since there is no monkey in my pattern book.  I folded it all up about twenty different ways, made a little crochet snout and ears, and in the end, it looked like a bear, so I gave it a little nubby bear tail too.  It was really too cute to be irritated with its lack of monkey attitude! I linked my bear up to a party HERE!

Meet Mr. SMOOOSH.

I must really stop making things out of my 10' squares or I won't have anything prepared for the class....I just DON"T DO WAITING WHEN I AM EXCITED!  Plus I don't sit still well, so I knit, or glue, or scrap, or....

Here is my latest up-cycled ditty....I call it.....dramatic pause.... " CAN.....WITH PLASTIC LID."  Not to be confused with.....dramatic pause....."APPLESAUCE JAR......GLASS."

 This here is cool COOOOOL paper with some MODGE on the scene!  I love the greens and orange together.....I think I remember something about opposites on a color wheel?

Then I attached some shiny on top to detract from the otherwise plastic lame lid.  And on with a flower that I have had in a pile made from scraps toward the start of my 365-day project.

Oh, and BTW: My gooey project from yesterday's blog post DIDN"T WORK AT ALL!  I will try again, and blog when it works, but I thought you should all know that I am far from having all of my projects coming up roses!  Good thing I put that on the back of my cutting mat as I think the gooey thing will be permanent!  Ooops.

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