Thoughts about crafting in general, or people who have influenced me.
It’s been a trip full of travel time – Germany to Chicago, Chicago to Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh to Fort Wayne… This is generally good for crafting if you can get out of being the driver. Which didn’t even come up. Thus, on this last leg (4+ hr drive from Pitt to… Read More »More progress and an easy win
Sunday was our day at the festival. We picked Sunday because: – it’s when there was still room in the classes we picked – more stuff was likely to be closed in Brecon on Sunday – festivals are often a little less crazy on Sunday than Saturday. Since I can’t… Read More »Wonderwool Wales
A little while back somebody at my knitting group asked about the spindle I was using and how much I paid. I gave an estimate of around $70 as I don’t remember the exact price, and several people were really surprised. Some don’t spin, and thus have no point of… Read More »Don’t underestimate the spindle
I’m making some more headway on my Damask Cowl and I think I’m in the final stretch with just another half a repeat to go. I’m still really enjoying working the brioche colorwork. It’s a lot of fun to have a “row” with the pattern followed by a rest “row” in the… Read More »Saturday knitting
This weekend was gorgeous – sunshine, mild temperatures, slight breeze instead of a wicked fast wind. Which was great since I had a bunch of errands to run Saturday and it meant kitten and I could do a little walk Sunday (she rides in her cat carrier backpack). Today, we… Read More »Alpaca to the Rescue
And the first casualties Last Saturday we had a little adventure with a very important goal: a new kitten. We had a three hour ride up to Rostock, where her breeder lives, and I got a good bit of a sock started: I’m planning to use an adapted version of… Read More »Not good for crafting productivity
Today is my husband’s birthday. This means it’s going to be a short post, because I want to spend time with him. However, he’s currently distracted by a book. My book. My new book, on nalbinding. It arrived today and he’s sitting on the couch reading it. Yup, I have an… Read More »Happy Birthday, my biggest enabler
Over the past few weeks there have been a lot of threads, posts and discussions of racism specifically, and various forms of privilege more generally, in the fiber arts and crafts communities, particularly as pertain to Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC). I’ve been thinking a lot about what, if… Read More »An Obligation to Listen and be Thoughtful
You think assembling Ikea furniture is a quick and easy project. I’m pretty sure that most of the world considers assembling flat packed furniture like Ikea stuff to be at best an annoyance and at worst a frustrating hair-pulling experience involving many swear words. Yet, Saturday afternoon I found myself… Read More »You know you knit too much when…
I know there are one-project-at-a-time knitters, crocheters and spinners out there. I have even met a couple. If that works for them, that’s great. But I think saying that you “get things done more quickly” is BS. If you know yourself, and know that if you let yourself start multiple… Read More »Multi-Project knitters get things done
