As Spring emerges and warmer weather begins to slowly become the norm, I find I’m trying to work on everything at once. This happens to me every spring. I wake up with ideas in my head and I have to force myself to put away my work and stop creating so I can sleep each night. Swatches to Solve … [Read more...] about In Progress (09 April 2021)
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focus on finishing
At the first hints of spring, I struggle to focus on my knitting and crochet projects. It's not that I want to abandon my needles and hooks, no — I want to work on everything! The desire is to begin new projects and finish everything that I've been working on over the long winter nights. I know I … [Read more...] about focus on finishing
in progress (15 January 2021)
It's been a while since my last update about the projects I'm working on. I'm trying to process the events of the past several ... are they only days? I have a few additional curve balls to juggle so today's post will be rely more on pictures than words. First -- Finished! I completed the LGF … [Read more...] about in progress (15 January 2021)
To mend and to make, warm hands edition
Yesterday I woke up to the first snow fall of the season. It was nice to bundle up in several layers of warm wool, so I didn't freeze while shoveling. Today is for tending to one of those layers, while shoveling I discovered that my mittens has a hole. This isn't surprising, I knit these … [Read more...] about To mend and to make, warm hands edition
in progress (25 September 2020)
Instead of becoming distracted by posting to social media, I periodically write about the projects I’m working on here. Honestly, there hasn't been much progress on existing projects since the last time I wrote. The humidity this summer was not kind to my planned work and there were too many large … [Read more...] about in progress (25 September 2020)
do the electric wind
As I organize my studio following the mini-renovation, I've been winding a lot of yarn. While I often quip that winding yarn is a form of exercise, I've wanted a motorized ball winder for a very long time. We're a DIY family. In addition to a large amount of fabric, craft supplies, and … [Read more...] about do the electric wind