Oh the Cuteness!

My new job is at a lovely little toy store in the north bay called A Child's Delight . It's a lot of fun and it has helped furnish my budding Re-ment collection (maybe you'll get some pictures soon?), and I really enjoy working with the public. This past sunday the mall that one of the stores is located in was having a trick-or-treat for the kids, with every store handing out candy. We were encouraged to come in costume so I busted out ye olde fox tail and cosplay ears, plus a set of really realistic fangs and I went to work. Only one other person dressed up, and she was only there for 3 hours! It was fun being the odball in costume; the kids and parents alike loved it, and it was extra funny because the fangs give me a lisp when I wear them. Though the tail is by far the best part of the costume. People see me coming and they smile at the ears, then when I say hello they say "Oh my," when they see my fangs, but the best part is after I passed them by I hear them...

So I recently found out that Artfibers is due to close its doors some time in January and I'm so sad! But I guess that means they won't be making a kit out of my pattern for the Manly Skull Scarf , so I decided to post it here for free, just in time for Halloween! It's a really simple scarf, worked entirely in half-double crochet (HDC). To start, you'll need 1 skein each of white and black bernat super soft yarn and a size K crochet hook. There's some great tutorials out there for how to change colors of yarn as you work, my favorite is here . It also explains a bit about crocheting over the unused yarn. Oh, and you'll need this handy-dandy sketch I did: Row 1: With black, chain (ch) 28. Row 2: Skip the first 2 chains from the hook, HCD in 3rd ch from hook, HDC in each remaining ch. Rows 3-5: Ch 2, turn. HDC in each remaining HDC. Row 6: Ch 2, turn. HDC in next 8 sts, switch to white yarn at end of 8th st, and HDC with white in the next 10 sts, maki...

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I got to go to another art night in downtown and it was awesome, as usual. Dennis, Angela, Fred, Allison, and I did our usual rounds starting at Mamabuzz and going from there. I just wanted to mention one of my favorite galleries, Oakoppolis. It's a great gallery connected with the coolest little boutique called Moon. They're down a little alleyway near Gold's Gym off of Broadway. I love all the handmade artsy goodies they have there. This time they had some neat abstract knit dresses on display. I want one! This time was also extra cool because there were a few interactive pieces of art, like a poster asking you to draw a two headed dancing snorphulblat. Lots of other first Friday goodness at my flickr, here .