Little Lamb

The most adorable little lamb.

This adorable picture is brought to you by cuteoverload.com. I couldn’t resist sharing it with all of you.

Dog Hat patterns

I had links to free knit dog hat patterns after blogging about those adorable knit hats by a Canadian knitwear designer.  She wrote to me and said that she was happy to see that I love her patterns but she doesn’t have any free patterns since this is how she supports herself.  So in respect for that I told her I wouldn’t put up any patterns similar to hers.  You can find different dog hat patterns on Ravelry, but I have deleted them from here out of respect to the designer who actually wrote to me.

Knit Puppy Hat

This is not my design, and I wouldn’t want to pilfer someone’s pattern and use it as my own but this is seriously awesome.

Puppy Toque

This is by Debbie Storey at thegreatcanadiandog.ca. Holy heck, how adorable are these? I mean, if I had one I would break this down in a hot minute and make 20 forDarby. I might give it a shot anyway.  Someone on my blog requested a hat pattern for a dog, this must have been what she meant.

So, maybe Darby needs a hat for winter?  Raise your hand if you think she would put up with it?….I didn’t think so either.

Renaissance Faire!

I drove down with my Aunt and Grandmother to see my mom this weekend.  Sunday my mom and I went to the Renaissance as an early Mother’s Day present (I didn’t want to fly, what with swine flu fears swirling about…and I don’t like to be one of those people that freak out over threats that aren’t probable but this one seemed possible, though not probable).

I bring you pictures…

Moonie the Magnificent.

Every year my mom and I see Moonie.  He also performs outside of faire as a comedian, professional actor, and ne’er do well.  If you ever have the chance, and I know I’ve said this before, do it.  Moonie does an act with Broon at the end of the day and they also perform together outside of faire.  Go see them too.

Storm troopers at faire.

There were storm troopers at faire.  Geeks of the world unite!

Poxy Boggards sing-along

Poxy Boggards are a drinking group with a singing problem.  I know this looks bad, but they are a hilarious group and this is the refrain to one of their newer songs about drinking oneself to death in solace…but it’s really really funny.  Really really disguistingly, perversely, side-achingly funny.

Hot Pirate Singing Group

There is a new pirate singing group, sort of a punk-rock polka thing called the Dread Crew of Oddwood.  Super-cute kids who make me feel slightly old.  Were there a pirate festival in Berkley these boys would headline.  Listening to their stuff on myspace it feels a little heavier.  On stage the singing is much harder to hear, so mostly you watch the pirates headbang and rock out to their music while still being adorable and not very fearsome.  Delicious eye candy.  if they actually get themselves mic’d or a stage with better acoustics they could really draw a crowd.

Super cute hat

The Bag Wench crochets and knits awesome stuff. This is just a regular tam with felt flowers on it.

Bag Wench

See her hat? She made it.  Hemp yarn with a wire frams to make the ends curl up.  See the shawl, she crocheted that too.  See everything else in the picture that looks even remotely handmade? Yeah, she makes all that and a shop FULL of HATS.

That’s faire for ya.  up next I’ll bemoan how difficult it is to take apart a sweater to make yarn and show off my silkworm cocoons.