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Home / 2014 / October

Month: October 2014

Posted on October 31, 2014October 30, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 3 Comments

Weekend Favorites

Organic lollipops and fair trade chocolate: do I know how to tempt the neighborhood kids at Halloween, or what?

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on October 30, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

New Pattern: Neutral Squares Blanket

Hold on to your hats, it’s another pattern! In less than a week! This one is for the crocheters.

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Categories: crochet, downloadables
Posted on October 29, 2014October 29, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

And now for something a little different

It’s a collaboration! I needed some new backdrops for my photography, so Mom and I made some. Come see what we did.

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Categories: general craftiness, photography
Tags: painting, wood
Posted on October 29, 2014October 28, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

More upgrades

The Polka Dot Cottage Handmades Shop has a new, brighter look and easier navigation! Come and see…

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Category: polka dot cottage
Posted on October 27, 2014October 27, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 23 Comments

Spotted in the wild

Sometimes I see something I made, somewhere I don’t expect to see it, and that is always cool.

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Categories: crochet, polka dot cottage, polymer clay
Tags: craftsy, crochet hooks, linda permann
Posted on October 27, 2014October 25, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

New Pattern: Striped Yoke Cardigan

Colorwork can be intimidating, but you won’t find an easier way to get your feet wet in the technique than stripes and trim on a flat-knit piece!

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Categories: downloadables, knitting
Tags: cardigans, stripey sweater, sweaters
Posted on October 25, 2014December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Rainy and Leafy

This Week in Pictures, Week 43, 2014

This week was mostly rainy days, bookended by a couple of really beautiful ones. Also: Can you believe it’s almost November already?

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Categories: excursions, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, rhinebeck, sheep and wool festival
Posted on October 24, 2014October 24, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

This week’s pictures and links have a bit of a cozy vibe.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on October 23, 2014September 7, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Rhinebeck #3

My son and I had quintessentially autumnal weekend away recently, and I’ve got the pictures to prove it.

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Categories: crochet, excursions, family, knitting
Tag: rhinebeck
Posted on October 22, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Charlotte Leydon

I made a new pair of fingerless gloves for myself. The pattern is called Leydon, and the yarn is from an alpaca named Charlotte.

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Categories: knitting, show and tell
Tags: alicia plummer, fingerless gloves, fingerless mitts, leydon, wristwarmers

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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?
Tfw three minor/routine health/medical things that Tfw three minor/routine health/medical things that by themselves are nbd, converge in a single week, making you spend more lazy days feeling meh and watching TV than you really want, but then the week is over, and everything is back to normal, and you take a shower and go outside and spring has sprung spectacularly 💗💚💗
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