Thoughts about crafting in general, or people who have influenced me.
Warning – long post ahead We had a quiet evening Monday night, which was good because Tuesday was busier on the whole. The start to the morning was a bit smoother – my class didn’t start until 10am and second go round I’d figured out the coffee situation. Did I… Read More »Shetland – Tuesday
It’s been a busy but thankfully not totally exhausting couple of days. This is really good, because we’re only part way through our trip and the full day hike in still in front of us. I have, however, already eaten far more scones than is good for me. TheEnabler and… Read More »A Shetland Update
Desamour Designs is hosting a BIPOC make along through November 4th, and I’m participating. I love the idea of it – the rules are simple and straightforward, should help raise awareness in a concrete way and it’s not high pressure. Just pick a pattern designed by somebody in the BIPOC community and… Read More »Participating in BIPOC Make Along 2019
(or crochet, spin, or otherwise use yarn) … you convert your cat’s growth into skeins of yarn. Kitty and I had a trip to the vet today for a booster shot, and the vet said she’d gained 300g* since our last visit four weeks ago. When it comes to people… Read More »You know you knit too much when…
Since last January, I’ve been planning to go to Shetland Wool Week 2019. By this time next year we’ll most likely be back in the States, so this seemed my best shot. Getting to the Shetlands is no joke, even from within Europe, must less from the US. But now,… Read More »Roadside Beanie & Getting Ready
Or, more accurately, on the last arm. I finished all of the decreases on the left arm, and am setting it aside to work the right arm to the same point. Part of the reason for this is because I altered the decrease rate to account for a) my larger… Read More »On the last leg
Earlier this weekend somebody reached out to me via PM in Ravelry asking for help with the Frozen Leaves pattern, since I made it recently and they liked how mine turned out. They had two questions: where were the English instructions? and were the charts written out anywhere? because reading them would… Read More »What makes a pattern “hard”?
I promise that tomorrow I will put up a post of my new yarn treasures, what I have been knitting, and how Tour de Fleece is going. But we just got home from Amsterdam, and I have a kitten to pet. Or she says she will be claiming more than… Read More »Tomorrow
I received an amazing surprise in the mail: yarn! And really special yarn at that. My cousin was able to attend the annual carding and spinning event on a Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. First, I am extremely jealous as it sounds like she had an amazing time and the… Read More »Surprise Yarn
If you’ve been offline or haven’t checked Social Media (or some news outlets) since Sunday, it’s just possible you missed the news: Ravelry has banned support of Trump and his administration. If you have not already, I urge you to go and read through the policy as well as their… Read More »Ravelry did the right thing
