Name the Hat Contest Part 2

First off, thank you to everyone that entered my contest! It was a great showing with nearly 40 comments, many of which had multiple names! It was hard to narrow it down to just five, but we did it. Drum roll please....

The five finalists are:
fauxtograph with "The Amazing Technicolored Dream Hat"
heatherfuture with "Grannystafarian"
gypsycaster with "Reclaimed Rainbow-licious!!"
quietsleeper with "Dandy Candy Tam"
tjmetz with "Fantasta Rasta"

The voting will go on for one week, at the end of which, the winner will be notified and told how to claim their prize. Good luck to all of the finalists!

Brand New Blog Contest!!!

This is the official announcement of:

Fuzzy Izmit’s Homemade Tomfoolery’s Name the Hat Contest!

I need your help! I am having trouble coming up with a name for the latest hat I created. This hat is created from granny squares from an old forgotten ugly afghan. As you can see, the hat is quite colorful and it is not my normal style… which is why I am having trouble naming it. All I can come up with are names like “Rainbow Puke” or “Ugly Hat” which probably doesn’t make this hat as appealing as it could be. That is where you guys come in. I want you everyone out there in internet land to help me come up a name! Your job is to come up with as many (family appropriate) names as you can and leave them as comments here on this blog. You can enter as many times as you want, just make sure that your comment has some way for me to contact you (like you sn and site you found this from etc.) if you name is picked. Any names deemed offensive or inappropriate will be deleted. Please do not list names more than once, only the first person to list a name will be counted. This "brain storming" phase of the contest will run until April 26^th. At that point, the five best will be placed in a poll (also on this blog) and after a week, the name with the most votes wins!! The inventor of the winning name will receive a $5 gift code they can use in my shop and free shipping on anything they order at that time. I will also give you credit (if you wish) when I list this hat!

On to the hat! Like stated before, this is made from granny squares and is (to the best of my knowledge) make from 100% acrylic yarn. I have a few squares left, so I may make a few more similar, but each one will be unique because no two granny squares are the same! There is elastic cording that helps to keep it on your head and it is made to keep a bushel of dreads under (colorful) wraps. Hopefully with a great name this special hat will find a good home!

Good luck!

Wool Dread Extensions: Part 4

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I know that you are thinking... wtf is that picture?!? Well, I just finished dying my dreads and I am giving them one final rinse in the bath tub. I cant wait until they are all done and are dry. Then I can start making arrangements with various relatives to install them! I am so excited! I have never made anything for my hair quite like this! I have brown, red and some brown with red tips. I think they look great for my first try, but I will have to wait for a final judgment until I install them. They are on the short side because I knew I would be walking around campus a lot and I hate to be too hot. Tell me what you think!

Wool Dread Extensions: Part 3

Well, I am almost done! These are my dreads as of right now. Right now my total is 66, so all I need is four more to meet my total of 70 dreads! They are over powering the plastic hanger! I took a picture zoomed on the dreads. Now I just have to make the last few and to dye them. I have been making dread bands like crazy and picked up a new crochet book with lots of hat ideas. I cant wait to make a mess of new dread accessories! I even made a pair of pony tail things tonight.. but they arent quite done yet, so I cant post pictures, but I will once they are done. There is a great pattern for a total head wrap thing that is just awesome that I cant wait to try! The only issue I have with this book is 80% of the patterns involve elastic cord, which I dont have. Guess that means another trip to the craft store.

Premium Personal Bacon

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Originally uploaded by fuzzy_izmit

I am now the proud seller of a line of felted bacon products! As of right now I have 6 pieces of felted Peruvian wool bacon and I am slowly posting them on my etsy shop. I love contributing to the bacon frenzy that is blazing across etsy! I know I personally have bought bacon fudge, bacon lip balm and a bacon scented candle from etsy (a few of which I also blogged about!). There is also an "I [heart] BACON" necklace made by Lady Spleen I am coveting too...

I hope to photograph and list more bacon and head bands soon, but with my brand new camera I need work out the bugs with it.

Enjoy the joy of bacon!