Posted in sew on August 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Not that I’ve been busy doing anything important, but there’s been a bit of a backlog with completing the Crafty Daisies Embroidery Lessons. I spent yesterday afternoon catching up and I’ve finished through lesson #2 and homework #1…
Can you tell that I really like the Chain Stitch?
I did a bit of altering of the pattern [...]
Posted in to-do, travel on August 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In a little over a week I’ll be going to my first fiber festival, the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. (The On Wisconsin! forum is all a buzz on Ravelry.) I hear that it’s small in comparison to some festivals out there, but that’s okay. I think smaller is better for this newbie. I was [...]
Posted in knit on August 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Learning fair isle is like learning to knit all over again. I’m dropping needles, dropping stitches, dropping strands of yarn. I’m getting the yarn so tangled that it ends up in knots around my fingers. My stitches are alternately so loose that they fall off the needles then so tight that I can’t slide the [...]
Posted in knit, to-do on August 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Like Sufjan, take on the 50 states! Perhaps rather than 50 I’ll just knit the states in which I have lived…
So far:
California
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
Virginia
Washington, DC …. wait, there is no DC! Boo!
Wisconsin
And maybe I’ll work up England and Sweden patterns as well. Unless they are already out there… are they?
(Thanks to IMBKARH for the links.)
Posted in knit, stash, travel on August 23, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Pittsburgh was great fun. I think that a sign of a great vacation may be that you arrive home completely exhausted. Matt certainly lives the Rockstar Lifestyle, and I just ate it up! A bit of a change from my typical early to bed, early to rise self… but how can you say no when [...]
Posted in non-crafty on August 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I passed I passed!
Posted in knit, knitty, supplies, travel on August 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A quick note from Pittsburgh. No yarn shops yet… and in fact the big news I’d like to share came before I even left for the trip. A fabulous little package from Knit Picks arrived on Thursday full of some fabulous things. I now have the yarn needed to cast on for my first fair [...]
Posted in knit, misc-crafty, sew, to-do, travel on August 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I thought this might be a good time to reflect on the status of all (oh so many) of my crafty items that are want to fall into the shadow of other, more shiny and new projects. Let’s take a look at the sidebar, shall we?
First… the Shiny! The New!
1) Mom’s Super Secret Mystery Object: [...]
Posted in sew, to-do on August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
From teachers of Crochet School, welcome to Embroidery School!
This round will include six weekly lessons, detailing the basics of tools and the craft, enough to launch beginners into the world of embroidery. Stick with it and send in a finished project at the end of the school and you will recieve a goodie box full [...]
Posted in knit, travel on August 12, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Thank you everyone for your kind words about the Swallowtail Shawl. Your comments really pushed my enthusiasm even higher and with that kind of momentum I couldn’t help but cast on and charge ahead (25 rounds!) into the Rona Lace Shawl. Tee hee. (Is there a Lace Addicts support group out there?)
In other news…
Action! Excitement! [...]
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