…because I spent my day doing non-knitting holiday-crafting stuff, and I’m so damn happy with how these came out that I MUST post a picture. Apologies to the people who will eventually get some of these - sorry it isn’t a surprise now, but you probably understand the need for a crafter to gloat sometimes.
“Poppies [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...I wanted a sock-knitting bag, and thought, well, how hard can it be? For a normal person, not too bad. For me and my lack of skillz… it came out pretty bad. LOL!
But it serves the purpose. Bonus: my bad math meant it’s big enough for even a cantaloupe-sized (literally!) ball of Opal Batik!
Yes, the [...]
Relatively unusual for me, I’ve been on a non-yarn-craft kick the past week. It’s not so much that I’m tired of knitting and crocheting, as much as I’m overwhelmed by the sheer amount of non-yarn craft supplies I’ve amassed over the years.
The past couple days, I’ve been making rosettes out of vintage ribbons and [...]
I decided to kick off my Project Spectrum… erm… projects… with a skirt. A simple thing, based on the aforementioned Fashion Overdose skirt. I was actually doing really well with it until I had a complete idiot moment and sewed the ruffle on backwards. Argh. I didn’t throw it out, but [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...I should have posted these things “last year”, but… eh, you know how it goes.
One of my works in progress: a scarf for Adam. I believe it’s called “granite stitch”; it’s the Vice Versa Scarf, done without stripes. The yarn is Araucania Yarns Atacama Nature Alpaca. This might well end up [...]
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