Favorite Things Friday

First, is the yarn that will be used for a granny stripe afghan by A Snippy Gal: 

Yummy. They're all Vanna's Choice and Vanna's Choice Baby. Isn't it a great palette? I love this yarn, soft and slightly chunky, yet with the ease of acrylic. It almost makes me want to go out and buy 12 skeins for a ripple blanket. Hmmm.

Second, I'm really happy Mozilla Firefox seems to be working again. Using Safari is ok, but it's made to work with Macs, and gets slow on my computer. Since I reinstalled it a few minutes ago, it has crashed once, but has been good for the past 10 minutes or so. 

Third, and still relating to crafts, is an evil panda by Zlaika.

Personally, I think it's adorable. So huge and fluffy! I'd love to toss him around.

And check out some of these links, too:

1. I'm loving this 2 inch hexagon fall runner by simplykidsocala on Flickr. Hexagons and a beautiful autumn palette? I'm so in.
2. The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project! It is a project by the Institute For Figuring in Los Angeles. The Crochet Reef resides at the intersection of mathematics, marine biology, handicraft and community art practice, and also responds to the environmental crisis of global warming and the escalating problem of oceanic plastic trash. It's currently at the Natural History Museum until April 24th, so I think I'll be able to squeeze some time in there to see it, hopefully sooner rather than later. And then make some hyperbolic crochet coral reefs to put around my fish tank.
3. Check out this knit skeleton! It's "Transcending the Material" by Ben Cuevas. Check out the amazing detail on the teeth and hands!

A few things...

Such has HEXAGONS! I found these on someone's blog, and need to find where they make them ASAP.

What a spectacular cereal!

On crazymomquilts' blog on Monday she posted an adorable hexagon needle book she had made:

Is this not the cutest thing you've ever seen?!  The link to the tutorial is HERE, and the hexagon template she used is HERE.  I can't wait until I have another day off to make some clean the crafting room and then make some.

I've uploaded my New York City pictures onto Flickr finally.  You can find them all HERE.  As you know I visited the Lion Brand Yarn Studio for a class.  I have some pictures of the yarn I bought and the baby gator I made, but those are still on the camera, so I'll get those soon.  But how did I know it was the LBYS?

By the yarn bombing outside, of course!

Ohhhh, it was beautiful.

OK, so I was really excited to meet Anna and make some baby gators.  Once he's completely finished, I'll

 add him on here.

Speaking of Anna, I asked if she could make a tiny hippo, and she did!  Look how cute!  I hope I can get a pattern to make a whole multicolored army bunch for myself!

 P.S.  I also finished my baby gator today!  Pictures tomorrow!