Monday, January 28, 2013

Mortem's Tricks or Treats:Sincerest Form of Flattery

My my, I have been a busy bee this past week or so-- which will explain my absence.
I couldn't decide whether to bombard you all with the updates into one fat post... or to torture you all slowly in the upcoming days. I think I'll do the latter.

I'll start with the most recent update, which will begin with a giant disclaimer:

This is a homage piece; I do not own the rights to the following, nor will I distribute the pattern in any way shape or form, so please do not ask. It is all property of Archaical-- so if you want one, then please go to her site here.

Now that I have that off my chest...




I'm not one to "copy" another artist's work on a whim; it takes a special set of circumstances for the notion to  create enough momentum to even remotely cross my mind, and conversely weigh the pro's and con's of doing so. If I had limitless funds and limited knowledge on the particular craft, I would buy one in a heartbeat; just as I have with Louise Black's corset at the time of its purchase, and many more like that. Unfortunately funds fluctuate terribly, identical to that of my moods. So my conclusion seemed inevitable... they do say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...


Through mere observation, I was able to recreate one of the infamous hoods. I was armed with nothing but my finite knowledge of knitting, tools, and ambition to succeed.
I exaggerated the ears just slightly so that they resembled bat ears more than cat ears. I also made the scarf bits of the hood wider, so it would curl less and cover more. The colors were my choice, of course; I adore many things purple and black! You could just as easily say they are my favorite colors. I didn't use the large yarn which is evident in her original hoods, but it really didn't take much of the regular stuff to complete it. It took me approximately one day and one night to complete-- I imagine with the larger yarn it would take half the time; I don't consider myself to be a quick and prolific knitter by any means, FYI.


I recommend purchasing one of these hoods-- it's quite comfy, and very handy not to mention cute! It's also quite fun to tease a scaredy cat into thinking you're a large animal with-- Poe will attest to just that!


Off topic:

I was nominated by not one, but three lovely ladies (Bones & Lilies, Breakfast on Mars, and Drinking! Not Studying) for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award


The honor of receiving this comes with the duty of listing 5 of my most aberrant habits. So, in order of peculiarity:


  1. I concentrate best when I have a tape dispenser near me, so I can snap a piece and place it at random on my body. Although most anything sticky does suffice-- just not jam sticky... I'm very particular about that.
  2. I willingly clean just about any mess, and some were really quite grotesque-- but I vehemently refuse to do dishes.
  3. I don't speak as I write. I am very closed mouthed in person; though I may have much to say, it very rarely comes out, and when it does it's haphazard and awkward at best. I tend, very much, to mumble. I have done very well during phone conversation, though-- it's a long process.
  4. I tend to be quite absent minded-- I wander without consciously knowing it, I'll randomly stare blankly, and at one point or another I have misplaced every item I have ever owned... and they are usually in equally peculiar areas: my phone has been found in the fridge, in the shower, in the microwave, on high selves where I couldn't possibly have reached without a stool... and that is an example of one item!
  5. When items are in front of me, I subconsciously move them around until they "feel right"... but this habit never happens inside my craft room where I need it most. Even I find that odd, and contradicting to 4 as well...

So now I list some of the bloggers which inspire me and haven't been tagged, in no particular order:



Totally voluntary; you won't hurt my feelings if you refuse, I'll still keep reading your blogs!

7 comments:

  1. I think you did a marvelous job with that hood! The originals were great but too bright for my taste, I like the colours you chose.

    I can relate to number three, in person I hardly ever speak and when I do, things tend to come out awkwardly. I speak better in my head than I do out loud if that makes any sense!

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    1. Yes, I felt the same way about the ones she was displaying-- she does take custom orders for colors.

      Heh! And I'm not even sure where to start to fix it, shy from bringing cheat cards to social situations lol.

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  3. Really good sewing skills you have!
    I hope you keep with your lovely 'torture' by showing more cute stuff.to us :-)

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    1. Thanks! I hope I can keep up too heh! More and more goodness keeps filling up my plate =)

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  4. Thank you for the shout-out! Please excuse my super late comments! I agree with you, dishes are the WORST. GROSS. I would rather scrub out the toilet easily! It doesn't make sense but that doesn't seem as gross as food particles floating in water!! BLAH!

    Also I can't believe you finished that hood in one day and one night, you are very fast at knitting!

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