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Friends of knitcole update! @kretzu, @losliferuiner and @_Bren_

Just a little update to the "Friends of knitcole" who are featured on my right sidebar.

My friends Chris Kretzu and Los Life Ruiner have both recently moved! The posts about their blogs have been updated to reflect their new addresses. You can find Chris at http://kretzu.tumblr.com and you can find Los over at http://losliferuiner.tumblr.com. Please go and check out their new blogs and say hello! 

If you haven't noticed there is someone new over on the right...her name is Brenda and she writes over at her blog, "Brenda Says." Expect a full post about her very soon.

Remember to say hello to the other friends of knitcole too! Kaelah, Jagger Photography, and Candice.

Until next time!

Nicole

Monday was a holiday???

I had no idea until about an hour ago that Monday was the Observed Holiday for the 4th of July. This is the kind of thing that happens when you don't have a job. Either way traffic was awesome yesterday thanks to the holiday that I had no idea was happening!

I spent the day at Sid's Tattoo Shop with Mr. Coleman while he got his arm tattooed with what might be the most amazing dad tattoo I have yet to see. He got old school headphones because he shares a love of music with his dad and has some old pictures of him with his dad listening to music with these big old headphones on. I must say that I felt pretty horribly for Mr. Coleman's poor elbow but on a positive note..I think Los did a stupendous job and that it turned out fantastically!

 
I spent my time at the shop crocheting as usual. It's a great place for me to get stuff done because I can just work on my projects and still chat with everyone. I always get something done when I'm there because we are always there for at least 4 hours. Yesterday I worked on a lumberjack hat sample. I got the bulk of the hat finished, (well all the crocheting is completed,) and I need to find the perfect buttons so I can complete it. It's hard to tell in the photo but it's actually red with yellow trim, not white. (The picture is a bit over exposed.)

I also worked on my afghan for a bit and it is coming along nicely. I'm on the second set of rows and it's getting larger and larger. I love the bright colors. I wish there was a way to photograph how vibrant they really are but I just can't seem to get a great picture of it.

Now I'm off to Trader Joe's for some groceries and then to Michael's to search out buttons for the lumberjack hat and another one I have in mind! It's a nautical themed one for a girl and I can't wait to get it worked up! I'm also going to look into making my own mannequin head type thingy so I can take proper pictures of the beanies. Wish me luck!

Until next time.

Nicole

Friends of knitcole - Los Life Ruiner (@LosLifeRuiner)

It's time for another shout out to the "Friends of knitcole" mentioned on the right sidebar. Today's friend, Carlos "Los" Ocegueda, also known as Los Life Ruiner. Yeah, he ruins lives but it's all good!

You can follow Los at http://losliferuiner.tumblr.com or on Twitter, @LosLifeRuiner.

Los started out as a friend of a friend. I remember when I first met him he had this ridiculously amazing beard and kind of somewhat resembled some sort of crazy vagabond! I was intrigued...but it would be quite some time until he and I got to know one another on a more personal level. 

Then it happened...Los became my tattoo artist. It started with the deer on my upper arm, then the ball of yarn with knitting needles and crochet hook, a sparrow and then the most amazing of them all...my harmonica and black roses for the one and only Mr. Johnny Cash. 

Over the course of tattoos and hang out seshs Los and I became friends. I don't really know when it happened but I'm so glad that it did. He's a radical man! Hardcore vegan, (I mean the man tattoos all vegan which I find particularly amazing!) gun toting, barber shop going, tattooing, 'merica loving kind of dude! It's fantastic! Apparently he'll ruin your life too...which if that's what he's done to mine then I'm all in! He is a great friend to me and I'm so happy that I have the opportunity to have him in my life. 

Now, for those of you looking for a great tattoo artist...look no further! Los continues to astound me! He has created pieces for me that I constantly receive compliments on and besides the work that I have personally seen on all of our friends, he also posts photos on his blog and I am constantly in awe of what he can do. Here are a couple of his most recent works of art. 

(I about died when I saw that last one, it is soooooooooo good! It makes me want to get tattooed again even more than I already do.)

In addition to being a great tattooist he is also a great painter. Of all the paintings he has posted, here is my favorite. The colors are so vibrant and rich, and the image is just fantastic. 

So in short Los is an awesome guy, great tattooer and a superb artist. You should most definitely check out and follow his blog. You won't regret it, and if you don't follow him...well then you just don't love 'merica as much as he does! ;)

Until next time!

Nicole