Well, it seems I am capable of learning. Last September, when I was working on my first Tea Leaves Cardigan, I was living and breathing that sweater. I knit in the morning between school drop-offs, I knit at the dentist’s office, I knit while waiting for an oil change, I knit in the school pickup […]
Read More: September ProjectMonth: September 2012
Six Thousand Words (give or take)
I’m feeling very much like I am neglecting the lot of you here. What’s funny is that I am actually spending quite a bit of time on this website, but you’d never know it by checking the blog. I’ve been working on behind the scenes stuff, shop stuff, breaking links, fixing them again, yadda, yadda, […]
Read More: Six Thousand Words (give or take)Production
My approach to doing production work has always been the same: get excited about an idea, work on it for three weeks straight, burn out, close my custom shop, resist all efforts to bring me out of retirement until I get excited about another idea. Lather, rinse, repeat. Well, I thought I should try something […]
Read More: ProductionWeekend surprises
The above are some scenes from part one of our weekend: a surprise overnight stay in Ocean Grove. The boys had never spent the night there before, so they were excited when we revealed about an hour into our trip, that it wasn’t a day trip after all… we’d booked a room and would be staying! It […]
Read More: Weekend surprisesKnitting Loom Picks and Steel Crochet Hooks
I evicted the sewing machine from the dining room this week and pulled out my claythings for the Fall making season. As you may have already read, I’m making custom crochet hooks again. Also pens. And buttons. [subliminal message: think holiday gift-giving for your crafty friends!] This year I am also introducing something else I think […]
Read More: Knitting Loom Picks and Steel Crochet HooksHow to make a center pull ball
When I am buying yarn, I am always happiest when it comes in ball or skein format. And if I can locate the end that’s stuffed in the middle so that I can pull the yarn out from there, all the better. I prefer a center-pull ball to a ball where the working end is […]
Read More: How to make a center pull ballIn threes
This past week I knit the quickest sweater ever. I knit it twice, in fact, and it still only took me six days. Why twice? If you take a look at that teddy bear picture, that was the first iteration of the sweater. You may notice that the third textural stripe is inconsistent. On one […]
Read More: In threesDay Two
As in, Day Two of me being home alone for the first time in – literally – months. My 7th-grader and 4th-grader started school yesterday, and I’ve been spending my time doing laundry, food shopping, catching up on business email, knitting a tiny sweater, and getting my calendar populated with everybody’s work and school schedules. […]
Read More: Day Two100 Snowflakes to Crochet
What’s nicer than a new crafty book when you’re spending time stuck on the couch? Not much, I’d say. Especially when you only have to reach into the yarn basket next to you for all of your supplies. And even more so, if the projects are straightforward enough that you can attempt a few of […]
Read More: 100 Snowflakes to CrochetItty bitty booties and such
I have been kinda laid up since Wednesday. I had a little mishap while grilling up some chicken to take to the beach with us – I stepped on an errant hot coal and burned my foot. So, um, OUCH! A big blister developed on the arch of my foot, which meant no walking, no […]
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