Robot Pooch is in the houuuuuuuse!

I received an order from central command to add a robotic pooch to the robot line - and "poof" here he is, "Cyber Bow-wow".

Thanks for the idea CB.

Now should there be a Cyber Puss? Somehow, the idea of a cat behaving in a human-serving manner does not compute. Much as the cat-haters out there would love the idea, I'm thinking not.

Avatar is born

This weekend, Jeff and I were in the Vermont studio (aka my parent's house). Luckily, this usually means lots of knitting time with Mom. Time that was sorely needed for finishing the latest robotknitter invention. Here are some photos of my first attempt at "Avatar" - a knitted version of my online other-self as envisioned by Jason Pym.



Thanks again, Jace! And thanks Jeff for taking her out into the Vermont sunshine and capturing some great photos.

Now I need to work out the directions by knitting another robot - and then figure out how and where to post the .PDF instructions for sale. Stay tuned!

Chickens need sweaters too

I saw a small item in the new Vogue Knitting magazine on British chickens in need of some TLC. Who knew that there were chickens in the world in need of sweaters! What a great idea to help the little hens out. But I have a better idea. Stop the jerks who are doing this to the chickens in the first place.

One more reason to buy eggs from the chicken man (known to the rest of the world as the Country Hen). Plus the chicken man writes letters and sometimes sends them in the eggs. I think I'm in love.

My sister raises hens, and I think I'll knit her a chicken sweater in case one of them gets sick. (note: Hers are very well cared for chickens bearing no resemblance to the poor creatures in the picture above.) The pattern and more information about the effort to help the chickens can be found here: http://littlehenrescue.co.uk/jumpers.aspx

Posted my first free pattern!

I finally got around to typing up the instructions to my proto robot pattern. You can download it from my new website robotknitter.com.

Please give it a try and let me know how it goes. Send me links to your completed robots so I can share them here. If you are a ravelry member, be sure to link to the pattern too!

Happy knitting.

Robot Finished!

Finished! Hubby has put in a vote for no felting... so guess I will have to knit another for the great felting experiment. Yay!

To felt or not to felt, that is the question...

Finally, a new robot design! This little guy has been floating around in my head for the last 6 months.


Thinking I am going to felt him and see what happens... after I sew on the other arm, of course.






Before I go into the fiery furnace that will forge my strength, shall I contemplate the color blue?