or Tale of Two Shawls I know for some people the hardest part of finishing a project is weaving in ends. I won’t claim to like this particular step, but it’s not the hardest thing for me to do. I have a yarn needle sitting among the things on my… Read More »Throwing a Winter Block Party
Ah, the holidays, a time of sharing… including things we would rather not be shared. Our household got off comparably light with just a cold shared around. Even so, on the heels of the stress of the holiday season it left me pretty tired and the knitting projects I had… Read More »Just a simple sweet project, right?
So my second Birds of Paradise shawl is officially 100% complete. My first isn’t… but I’ll get to it. I tried out my new blocking mats. First, it really brought home how BIG some of the things I make are. I have approximately 18ft2 of blocking mats, and it was… Read More »Birds of Paradise Shawl – Blocked!
The hardest part about letting this blog sit idle for so long is trying to figure out where to begin… So I’m going to mostly start with what I’m up to now, and over time try to go back and fill in what’s happened while the blog has been quiet.… Read More »Where to even start?
I am happy to report that my Knit Stars 5.0 purchases, aka “all my 2020 Yarn Budget” arrived safely. Even better? Customs had no trouble calculating what I owed so they could deliver it straight to me instead of requiring that I go to the customs office. Slightly awkward? I… Read More »Some quick updates
For months now one of my knitting projects has been languishing in it’s project bag, untouched. This isn’t so much because I didn’t want to work on it, as that I feared working on it. It’s a lace shawl with a heavily beaded edging. I’m still working on the edging,… Read More »Brave or foolish?
A little while ago, I mentioned my plans to make a totally kick-ass bright knit jacket from several of the Clan of Igor colors I received in the spring. I knit up my gauge swatch, washed it, measured it… and then sat on it for a while as I slowly… Read More »Drat you gauge!
I finished my EmPower People bandana last Friday: TheEnabler really liked it. He thinks it looks nice on me, but he also felt he would look rather good in one as well. Happily, it took less than half my skein of yarn, so I picked my crochet hook back up… Read More »Twice the EmPowerment
I managed two crafting goals today. First, I pulled out my swift and ball winder to wind a whole bunch of yarn. Seven skeins to be exact, all of them Undercover Otter yarn from my Clan of Igor subscription. Six of them are (hopefully) destined to be a sweater: A… Read More »Empower People 2020 Bandana
I was first exposed to the concept of “Misers’ purses” through the DMC booklet Magical Misers Purses. At first glance, the purse may appear sewn shut, but as you pull the front and back apart, it becomes clear that the row of chains is not merely decorative: they hold the… Read More »Beaded Seashell Miser’s Purse
