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Month: October 2013

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Fun with Stripes

It’s a new eBook tutorial for October: Striped Wristwarmers! Suitable for double-pointed needles or knitting loom. Get just the pattern, or a full-blown pattern+ tutorial, depending on your skill level.

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Categories: downloadables, knitting
Tags: fingerless gloves, loom knitting, wristwarmers
Posted on October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 20 Comments

Would you like to knit an Everyday Cardigan?

I designed a sweater, and I’m looking for test knitters so I can publish the pattern in a few months. Click through if you’re interested!

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Category: knitting
Tags: everyday cardigan, sweaters
Posted on October 25, 2013October 24, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

There’s a whole lot of Fall goodness here in this post. Pictures, links, you name it. Grab a cup of cider, and have a look!

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on October 24, 2013October 28, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 17 Comments

How to make rustic buttons even when it all goes horribly wrong

Sometimes a technique doesn’t go as planned. And sometimes you press on anyway, and end up with something different but better! Here’s how I made my green rustic buttons.

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Categories: polymer clay, tutorials
Tags: buttons, everyday cardigan
Posted on October 22, 2013April 27, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Pumpkin Spice

I was in the mood for something new to listen to in the car, and so last week Pumpkin Spice was born. Check out the playlist 🙂

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Category: Polka Dot Radio
Tags: autumn, cd mix, mix tape, playlists
Posted on October 21, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 7 Comments

Rhinebeck Weekend

My son and I spent the weekend in New York State, enjoying the Autumn weather and the Sheep and Wool Festival.

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Categories: excursions, family
Tags: fall, rhinebeck, sheep and wool festival
Posted on October 18, 2013October 17, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

Weekend Favorites

I’m planning for a yarny weekend away, but I still managed to pull together some favorites to share on this lovely Friday. Enjoy!

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on October 14, 2013October 14, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

Prototype in stripes

I had a lightbulb moment about knitting during my working hours, and as a result I got stripey today while the sun was still shining.

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Categories: downloadables, knitting
Tags: fingerless gloves, striped wristwarmers, wristwarmers
Posted on October 11, 2013October 10, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Weekend Favorites

Hey, do you have a favorite craft blog? You can nominate it for Craftsy’s Blogger Awards. I tell you more about that and share my favorite photos and links from the week.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on October 7, 2013 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

All manner of busy-ness

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then consider this an 8,000-word essay on How I’ve Spent My Time Lately.

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It's been a nice low key birthday 😊. I started It's been a nice low key birthday 😊. I started by liberating a few peonies from the plant, then I took myself out to a new-to-me coffee shop for a light roast and a scone. Later, Aidan and I tried yet another new coffee shop (iced latte this time). We ordered take out for dinner 😋 and played some games. And I've come to the decision that my car needs an epic scrappy granny square blanket, so I got started on that 😁#peonies #peonyseason #polkadotcottage #polkadotcottageblankets #pdchighlanderblanket #crochet #crochetblanket #grannysquares
Today's Good Things:- Peonies beginning to pop! Today's Good Things:- Peonies beginning to pop! 💗
- A lovely morning spent remembering my dear friend
- My favorite me-made quilt back on the bed#peonies #peonyseason #pdcskinnerblendquilt
Our 15th long weekend in Ocean City has come to an Our 15th long weekend in Ocean City has come to an end. As usual, Neil and I easily could have talked ourselves into staying for the rest of the week. One of these years, we are going to have to do it. Maybe 16th time will be the charm 😁. Today was the first non-foggy morning we had. I could even see my shadow on my morning walk! We played some games at @jillysocnj Arcade (as has become our last day tradition), and I stopped in at @mancoandmanco for a slice of pizza before we hit the road. Wow, was it ever delicious! Why did it take me so long to stop in there? 🍕We're home now, and it's back to work tomorrow. *Sigh*#iloveocnj #oceancitynj #jerseyshore
Our last full day here started off even foggier th Our last full day here started off even foggier than the previous two, if you can believe it. But then the sun pushed through, and I rented a bike from @bobsgrilloceancity and broke my own mileage record (it was awesome and I am pooped). I finished a pack of instant film and added to my collection of sub par snapshots 😜. There were falcons on the boardwalk again this year, sitting nicely still for pictures when they weren't working to deter seagull aggression. And I had a delicious ice cream sandwich (coffee ice cream between two peanut butter cookies) - it was huge and a bit much for me to finish (though I did 🙊). Maybe @famouscookiecreamery will consider selling half sandwiches sometime, lol.P.S. pictures of me by @clarkesworld 📷#iloveocnj #oceancitynj #oceancityboardwalk #jerseyshore #lisadoesinstant
So much walking today. I've broken a personal reco So much walking today. I've broken a personal record for number of steps, which is really impressive when you consider it rained all afternoon and I spent a few hours inside reading back issues of #taprootmagazine and watching #annikapbs 😁. My day has been bookended by trips down the boardwalk: alone in the morning for coffee @oceancitycoffee and with Neil in the evening for soft serve @kohrbrosocnj ☕🍦💗#iloveocnj #ocnj #oceancitynj #ocnjboardwalk #jerseyshore #oceancitycoffeecompany #kohrsbros
It's been foggy here all day long. This is the liv It's been foggy here all day long. This is the living room of the condo where we are staying. It's a nice little place, with more space than hotel room the four of us usually share when we're here 😁The next two pictures are from this morning on my walk to get coffee, and the rest are from a walk tonight with Neil. So much fog! 🌫️
We've stayed at the same hotel in #ocnj since 2008 We've stayed at the same hotel in #ocnj since 2008, but this year there is just this empty space where the hotel used to be.@oceanfrontmotel #oceanfrontmotelnj #oceancitynj
I usually start the day on my laptop, but today I I usually start the day on my laptop, but today I feel like going analog 🙂Edited to add: I forgot #memademay starts today, but I am coincidentally wearing my #pdcfancypants PJ bottoms, which I sewed two years ago in some lovely @theshopcabin fabric I picked up from @hawthornesupplyco 💗#morningcoffee #noromagazine #memademay2022
Wanna see something cool?These little polymer cl Wanna see something cool?These little polymer clay doodads are NFC-enabled. Each of them can be programmed to do a specific task when held up to an unlocked phone. They can do stuff like this:- open a website address
- open an app
- sign you into a wifi networkI have one on my keychain that is programmed to open Polka Dot Cottage, so if somebody asks me where they can buy one of those colorful rings I'm wearing, I can tap the polymer tile to their unlocked phone and it will open lisaclarke.net in their browser.I have one in the car that I use to quickly open Spotify on my phone.I have one in the family room that friends and family can use to connect to my wifi network without typing in the long password.I'm still exploring this technology, as well as playing with ways to encase it in polymer and make it pretty. These prototypes make me happy. Even the pink one where the tip of the teardrop broke off. I just sanded it down and drilled a new hole. Weird shape, but good as new.I'm thinking about making tiles like these available in my shop. What do you think? Can you see yourself using a custom polymer clay bauble that lets you easily share your website to a friend's phone? Or share your Instagram profile with that kindred spirit who noticed you snapping photos in the park? So many possibilities!What would you like to be able to do with a tap?
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