another earthy wrap

This week I've been making things with yarn for my thing-a-day project. Next week I'll take on fabric or paper. For the third I'll do whichever option I didn't choose for the second... and I don't know what I'll do that last week, maybe instructions.

Here's what I came up with for day 3. Thought I'd have some fun with photobooth...

Project America's Next Top Drag Queen

I'm so into Rupaul's Drag Race, the new reality show where drag queens compete to win some money, a cover for Paper magazine, and the title of the next drag queen superstar. Rupaul is Tim Gunn in one scene and Tyra in the next. Santino, from Project Runway, is one of the judges. I'm so happy I get to see him again.

In the first episode there were handfuls of lovely little gems like, "I think you might need to take a pregnancy test," or "In a moment I will ask one of you to shante, which means you can stay, and ask one of you to sashay--away." Ridiculous. This is like the most intense reality competition show ever--not only do these guys have to create theatrical and realistic versions of femininity, but they also have to sew outfits, do runway, do photo shoots, do their own makeup, and lip sync, with a whole bunch of bitches.

I love this. It's my favorite day.

My only questions are: Why didn't someone think of this before? And why isn't this show on Bravo???

HiP!

I made it onto the Handmade in PA site for their 6 more weeks of winter shopping guide.  I love that site! Check it out and see the details for a discount from my shop.

thing2

I made my friend Tone a wrap in earthy tones with a mix of a bunch of different yarns.  It ended up being a blend of merino, silk, cashmere, microfiber, and mohair.  With a couple of wooden buttons, this turned out to be my absolute favorite wrap yet.  

I was pretty thrilled with the colors and decided to make something else with greens and golds. I ran through my stash and pulled out all the earthy odd and ends that worked well together. I'm evoking spring, hoping that I won't have a reason to make these pretty soon.  I came up with a two tone merino wrap for day 2 of my thing-a-day project. I picked up the silver hook closure in Thailand.  Love it.

25 things... YUCK!

I can't stand that people keep tagging me in this 25 things thing that is going around facespace like a sneaky STD.  Didn't we learn, like in grade school, how irritating chain letters and things like this are?

multi-grain cheerios

The first thing I made for thing-a-day is a crocheted neck wrap. It reminds me of multi-grain cheerios. Delicious. I crocheted it up quickly.  It's just a big circle that you fold and pin with a big kilt pin.

thing-a-day 2009

I've been contemplating doing some kind of project similar to my sister's 365 project. I want to create everyday and share it. I want to be more diligent about documentation and writing about how to make the things I make.

I will kick off this new endeavor with thing-a-day 2009. Artists all over post something they did that day, everyday during Feb. Last year was a lot of fun, register before the 31st to get in on the fun.

new koco knits

It's freezing out, so I've been keeping myself warm and busy by crocheting and knitting a bunch. With some help from J9, here are photos of the new "scarves" I've been making.

dim sum twist

I went to a Korrupt party in Chinatown at a dim sum place. I like the concept. It felt like a high school homecoming dance, but with booze--maybe that's because the high school I went to always had those events at large restaurant with tacky decorations or mirrors. I always seem to bump into someone I know from a while ago when I go out in NYC, this time it was Nick, from Nickydigital.com. Love him! My sister used to do magic shows with him. She was the "tah-dah" girl. Now Nick has a handlebar mustache, goes out a lot, and takes photos of drunk people. Love him!

sweetness

Thus far, the thing that has most defined 2009 for me: dessert. It's like life is what happens between cookies. I've been spending lots of time with Sugarmonk in NYC satisfying our sweet tooth cravings. Spending time with him in itself has been like one treat after the next, adding good eats to the situation makes for a very happy koco.

One of our recent adventures took us to two bakeries in Hell's Kitchen to compare their chocolate chip cookies. The pumpkin chocolate chip cookies--slightly cake-like, super soft with big chunks of chocolate and nuts--came out on top in that challenge, though the monk would argue otherwise. After dinner, bellies typically filled with some fantastic Thai or Japanese creation, we often find ourselves scoping out the nearest place to get a sugary conclusion to the evening. Per his suggestion, I ate ice cream for breakfast in bed last week. It was incredible. Before going out to a show this week, we had to pop into a cafe for a cupcake, just so he could eat all the icing off the top. Here, at Milk Bar in the East Village, we had some disappointing soft-serve chocolate mousse ice cream and a corn flake chocolate chip cookie. The cookie saved that experience.


In my creative world, I'm obsessed with Mew Gallery, and they've started selling my work there. My new item there this week: fortune cookie card sets. There are two cookies in each Chinese takeout box for you to write your own message or fortune on. They're cute. You can also find them in my etsy shop.

I want to make some cookies this week. I made some bangin' oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with pecans in them. Maybe I'll replicate that. Any suggestions?? Recipes? Please send them my way asap.