This has been a very hectic summer, full of rushing to and from camps and lessons, Janelle Monae, fresh vegetables, and guinea pigs. I have, however, completed some crafting, most of it in the last two weeks.
Knitting
Finally finished the Cat Bordhi Discovery Sock.
Pattern: Discovery Sock from Personal Footprints for Insouciant Sock Knitters
Yarn: Madelinetosh Tosh Sock [...]
I love buying yarn “with a story,” whether that means a percentage of the proceeds go towards helping refugees in Darfur or the yarn is handspun by at-risk youth thirty miles from my house. The story makes me feel good about buying yet another skein of yarn, and, when I knit a project out of [...]
I knit a kippah.
Jews (some) wear kippot (skullcaps) at varying times (if they wear them at all). Some wear them all the time. Some wear them only to pray, or only at Passover, or only in synagogue. I don’t usually wear one at all — I feel self-conscious because most women don’t. I am going [...]
The large questions are supposed to be the ones that sustain us, that keep us turning the metaphorical page, swinging our feet out of bed and onto the cold floor every morning. We are supposed to hang around on Earth because we want to see our children grow up, or want to work towards world [...]
1. Saroyan
This weekend, I finished my birthday present. Happy birthday, me.
Pattern: Saroyan (from feministy).
Yarn: Lonesome Stone Alpaca Worsted
Color: Shades of Aspen Leaves
Other than the Giant Chuppah of 2008, I think this is the first lace pattern I’ve really buckled down and finished. It was really nicely designed — the lace panel was so teeny, [...]
Traditionally, my New Year’s resolutions come with a hefty dollop of guilt. I don’t, by any means, think I’m alone in this. The very nature of a list of resolutions involves tasks that we feel a nagging need to do — lose weight, get married, lose weight before getting married, etc. Since my birthday is [...]
…is that it is too cold to go outside if the white powder is on the ground. So I won’t. At least not yet.
We’re in Tahoe this weekend. We finally arrived last night after an interminable car ride, during which I knit exactly two inches of Malabrigo Gruesa (color: Olive). I planned to bring my [...]
(Untitled Fantasy Novel is winning, though it’s a close thing. The dirty dishes are the real loser here.)
I’m at 22,241 words of a novel I never thought I could write. I am behind the NanoWriMo curve (I should probably be around 26,600 words by now) but I’m assuming it will all work itself out. All [...]
I was reading the CRAFT blog when I happened upon a crochet-along that caught my fancy. I can (technically) crochet, but haven’t for ages, and was thinking of proving that I still got it.
My daughter saw the brushed amigurumi panda, and she wanted it for her own. Who was I to deny her? I loved [...]
Project Spectrum is the creation of Lauren Weinhold of the Lolly Knitting Around blog. Her goal is to prod artists to explore the impact that color has on their lives and, in particular, their artsing and crafting, using a series of themes throughout the year. A good exercise for me, since, left to my own [...]