Taylor Kristiina

Creating Custom Travel Albums with Artifact Uprising

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I take a lot of photos when I travel. However they don’t always leave my hard-drive. I recently took the images from three of our favorite trips over the years and with the help of Artifact Uprising, combined our favorite shots into beautiful albums. I had a lot of fun going through photos that I had never seen or haven’t looked at in over 5 years.

Each album is completely customizable as I was able to edit everything down to the image size. I chose the Photo-Wrapped Hardcover Book to create unique covers for each trip and now they sit beautifully on our living room bookshelf. Now we can easily relive the memories whenever we want.

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An Eeyore Stuffed Animal Handmade from Mohair and Cashmere

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My daughter absolutely loves Winnie the Pooh and while we endeavor to be as sustainable as possible in our home, I didn’t want to purchase a stuffed animal made from synthetic materials unless it was vintage. Since I was unable to find what I was looking for and I refuse to buy plastic where possible, I endeavored to create my own stuffed Eeyore.

I used Claire Garland's knit pattern and I paired Purl Soho’s Paintbrush Mohair yarn and Cashmere Merino Bloom yarn so that Eeyore is fuzzy and soft. The yarns were thicker than my pattern called for but I wanted my version to be larger than the finished product as noted in the pattern. I didn’t want many knit holes to show through so I sized down in needle size.

Eeyore was stuffed with natural wool from Mountain Meadow Wool and a little button was added to the top of his tail. He did have a pink wool bow but it was too tempting for little hands to pull off.

Making Purl Soho’s Warm Wishes Hot Water Bottle Cover

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I recently made two hot water bottle covers and used Purl Soho’s Warm Wishes pattern. The two yarns I used were Vinter Wool in Green Patina and Knitting Yarn DK in Pine Needle. Both we’re really enjoyable to work with and the pattern was quick and makes a nice gift. The first cozy was accidentally knit too tight around the neck so I adjusted when making the second and made sure to keep my knits nice and loose.

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In Process: Lord of the Rings Double Knit Blanket

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Those that know me know that I love Lord of the Rings. My brother does too, so I have endeavored to make him a blanket.

I wasn’t sure which knitting technique I wanted to use. I had just learned stranded knitting which seemed easy enough however I was concerned with the thickness of the fabric and the backside. Normally I don’t make swatches, but this time I did. While swatching I had to hide so many of the strands lest they get pulled, that the front of the knit appeared to be twisting. My little swatch was also very thin. Much too thin for a nice movie watching blanket. That’s when I decided to explore double knitting.

For my first double knit blanket, I am extremely pleased with how it is turning out. The yarn I chose is Till by Purl Soho and it has been lovely to work with. I have much more to go and I am hoping to complete it by Christmas.