Púca Project Baltimore MD: Fae Style!

What fun! What fun!

I went first to the "forest" [a small woody park near my house] to take appropriate images, because I was goin' it alone and knew I wouldn't get any while I was out. I dressed as a Woodland Faerie with glittery "magickal pinwheels" to hand out.

I'm in Baltimore County, and didn't have time to drive to the city to hand out my pinwheels, so I decided to pick someplace where I thought I'd find a lot of people and needed some magic... The Avenue, one of those fake Main Street setups with stores and fountains and the like.
There weren't as many people traveling up and down the street as I'd hoped, so I wandered in the stores, too... and that was one of my best successes! I managed to cheer up several salespeople by presenting them with shimmery pinwheels. And the squeals of glee from the kids I gifted with the spinny toys! It was marvelous.

Under the cut are pics from the Woodland Forest where the Pinwheel Fae live.
( Here be faeries... )

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The AntiCraft. Lots of funny, rockin' things to make.

Púca Project!

I'm off to do this:



It isn't too late to join in, wherever you are! Pics when I get back, hopefully!

Meeting knitters in odd places; or Fairy Knitmothers?

I was walking around Barnes and Noble on a Friday afternoon, with a copy of Bazaar Bizarre under my arm and a scarf around my neck that's made to look like a cat lounging there. [I looked for a pic, but it came from Hallmark and they've taken their pics down. Poo!]
I was stopped by a woman who wanted to see the scarf - a lot of people had been commenting on it, so I was of course amused and obliging - and she asked if I'd knitted it. I replied that I didn't have the knitting skills as of yet to knit something that complicated... and she responded with an excited, "But you do knit?"
Heee. Knitting addicts united!
We discussed how the scarf could be constructed, and I revealed my doubt in my skills, as I've just started knitting a few months ago. I told her that I'd not been able to get purling down yet, and she showed me her technique, which was SO easy. I was thrilled to meet another Continental knitter - it has always made more sense to hold the yarn in my left hand. Seeing the stitch done sealed my understanding of it. Last night, I made my first row of purl stitches! And it was easy!

... Moral of the story? Fellow knitters can be found everywhere, and they might hold great insight if you take the time to chat! [even better if you discover that they're on the same LJ communities as you, heh!]
Big kudos to chattybadtz for talking to me and helping me out. :)

HALLOWEENIES!

Happy BIRTHDAY to these two PUMPKINS:
invidiosa
and
ding_0_
!!!!!!