Archive for November, 2008
In Between
Between waiting for my Noro yarn to arrive, to prepping for my weekend crafting experiment, to getting completely enraptured by the live puppy-cam, I don’t have much current craftiness to write about today. More tomorrow! Tweet
Filed in: Introspective
Easily Influenced
I’m spineless. I couldn’t ignore the urging of Dawn and Octopus Knits. Plus, I sat down to start Mr. Martini’s plain, boring grey scarf last night, and was immediately bored to pieces. Which means, I ordered some high-end designer yarn today to make a striped scarf for Mr. M: Noro Silk Garden, which is know [...]
Filed in: Knitting • Stash Building
Flickr Inspiration: Noro Striped Scarf
I have the attention span of a gnat. All it took today was a post by the Yarn Harlot about Noro Striped scarves, and I immediately forgot all about my embroidery and ended up cruising around Flickr, finding some really gorgeous photos: 1. Noro striped scarf, 2. Noro Scarf I, 3. Noro striped scarf, 4. [...]
Filed in: Flickr Inspiration
Embroidery Experiment
This is a pretty photo-intensive post. Sorry, dial-uppers! Last night, I finally managed to try a new craft that I’d been contemplating for awhile. I was inspired to try embroidery when I saw this post on Dogged Knits way back in June. I used to do cross-stitch, but there was something about embroidery that I [...]
Filed in: Sewing
Stash Busting Update
Well, shoot. I went and signed up all official-like for NaBloPoMo (see sidebar) and what happens? I get called out of town for a few days, and can’t post. Oh, well. Instead of ditching the idea, I’m just going to continue on with the posts as if nothing has happened. Onward! Except… Well, since I [...]
Filed in: Stash Busting
I Love This Yarn!
Usually, when a product claims a consumer opinion in its very own name, I get suspicious. Case in point: “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!” always makes me say, “Wait, I really can believe it’s not butter. How dumb do you think I am?” Which is why, when a co-worker showed me some yarn she [...]
Filed in: Stash Building
Homemade “I Voted” Sticker
This is about as crafty as I can get today, with the nail-biting anticipation this election is offering: Our local polling location was not giving out “I Voted” stickers, so i decided to make one of my own. I think it gets the point across. More craftiness tomorrow. Today – it’s all nail-biting, all the [...]
Filed in: Introspective
Crocheted Beanie/Hat
Done! And the amazing thing is, it only took me about 2 and a half hours to complete it. Pattern: Boy Beanie by Laura Killoran from Stitch n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker Hook: Size I/9 Yarn: I Love This Yarn! from Hobby Lobby (more on this yarn in another post) Photo Credit: Self-portrait. Don’t [...]
Filed in: Crochet
Baby Steps
Today was a lot busier than I had anticipated, errand and cleaning and around-the-house project-wise. But I can say that I’m almost halfway caught up on laundry, and I did a thorough clean-up of all of our office files, which makes it much easier for me to relax tonight. I always relax better when the [...]
Filed in: Crochet
