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”?
For those who celebrate, I hope you had a Merry Christmas. We had a lovely relaxed Christmas. I did a lot of the cooking Monday so that Tuesday morning was just the turkey and making the cranberry chutney. We had a Christmas lunch and then headed out for beers at… Read More »Christmas Crafting Time
Confession – I like to read Dear Prudence on Slate. On Friday I was reading the latest Dear Prudence and felt a crafter’s sense of indignation over the woman who complained her daughter-in-law was “improper and stingy” for giving her a blanket she’s made from materials purchased with a gift card given… Read More »Giving and receiving handmade gifts
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
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…
As I mentioned on my post yesterday, I’ve (despite a slow start last week) made good progress on the blanket. In fact, yesterday and today I made my targeted 12 rows per day and then some. I may even get a couple more rows in today. So I let myself… Read More »Rewards for good behavior…
Did you know that crochet and knitting use different muscles? Of course you did. So did I. But I also kinda forgot how different. All this single crochet in cotton for my potholders has very much reminded me. If it was wool, or maybe crochet lace… maybe I wouldn’t feel so… Read More »Did you know?
