In many things in life, including crafts, people talk about determination, grit and pushing through to get to your destination. Don’t give up, don’t give in. But sometimes, it’s important to know when to stop, take a pause, and rest or review your strategy. I do not, in fact, think… Read More »Knowing when to stop
I finised my Ergane cowl, in time to go with fall colors. We’ve had colder nights, bringing out lots of lovely oranges and yellows on the trees. At the same time, it’s been up in the 70s (around 23-24 C) during the day with plenty of sunshine and a fresh… Read More »Fall colors and a small case of “startitis”
I always forget how much I dislike the crab stitch. It, well, it makes me crabby. I don’t do it very often, so I usually forget exactly how it goes, and then I have to look it up and somehow, while I am usually pretty good at following instructions, it… Read More »Going backwards is a pain
I’ve been working on the buffalo silk cowl for TheEnabler on and off since August as an excellent purse project. The skein is 50g of lace weight and the pattern, Monroe, is basically k2 p2 ribbing for 14 of the 16 row repeat. Rows 8 and 16 aren’t exactly rocket… Read More »Cowl Conversions
Two weeks solid of a parade of guests it turns out is bad for blogging time. If I wasn’t hanging out with friends and family, I was working (it’s a bit too busy at work at the moment for two straight weeks off – and I want some time left… Read More »Guests are bad for blogging
I’ve been working on stage 5 and row 21 of the Ergane cowl for a couple days now. It seemed like it was going on forever. In an effort to buck myself up and prove there was progress, I counted how many of the repeats I’d completed. It was 15.… Read More »It’s not supposed to go on forever…
Last Sunday was not, as you may remember, a good day for fluffies. The entire train ride was consumed with detangling yarn. The week has since been better. On Monday, TheEnabler, his college buddy and I took the local train down from Cologne to Bingen, and from there took a… Read More »Cologne and beyond
We’re on our way to Koln (Cologne) and I was looking forward to a nice 4hrs of crochet on the train. Instead I had a major case of yarn barf from my nice cake. We have 10 min left and I’ve finally untangled it (with some help and moral support… Read More »Well that was frustrating…
I finished it. It’s completely cast off, and bigger than I fully realized. It covers more than half of our queen sized bed. I still need to figure out how to block it – I might just have to hold it under the shower… For some context, everything circled in… Read More »Holy Sheep It’s Done!
Our last museum stop on Tuesday was the Chicago Art Institute. As I was feeling pretty museumed-out, I headed straight for the one wing and exhibit I was interested in – the Textile wing with it’s special exhibit “Music and Movement: Rhythm in Textile Design,” which is frankly buried in… Read More »The Chicago Art Institute – Music and Movement
