Archive for June, 2008
Flickr Inspiration: Malabrigo
I’ve been reading knitting blogs longer than I’ve been knitting this second time around. In fact, it was a blog that inspired me to pick up the needles again after an almost 10 year break (thank you, Crazy Aunt Purl!). During the last three to four years, I’ve read dozens of knitting blogs, and just [...]
Filed in: Flickr Inspiration
Don’t Get Any Ideas
After my marathon sewing projects, I wanted to do a little knitting. Not just any knitting, though. I had criteria. Criteria that could actually be listed in list-format. (What can I say, I love my lists). Susan’s Recent Project Knitting Criteria – In List Format 1. The yarn had to already have been wound into [...]
Living Room Pillows
While I anxiously await the arrival of some magnetic snaps I ordered on eBay (for future totebags), I figure it’s a good time to show off some of my other sewing. Behold – pillows! These are two of the five zippered pillows that are now gracing our living room. I made one at my first [...]
Filed in: Sewing
Just in Time for Summer
Just in time for 88 degree days, I have a finished scarf! Figures. Project: Vintage Velvet Scarf, (Ravelry Link) by Lisa Daniels from Scarf Style Yarn: 4 balls of Muench “Touch Me” in Mustard (72% Rayon microfiber; 28% Wool) on #8 needles. I won 4 balls of this yarn 2 years ago at a raffle [...]
