If you wind up just one ball of your new yarn before you loan your ballwinder to a friend, and you make a really quick gauge swatch, and it turns out perfectly, you are supposed to start the sweater right away even if you already have a million projects in …
Almost immediately after professing my love of SwapBot, I have decided to organize my own swap. For some reason I have been fascinated with granny-squares lately. I think they are the perfect destiny for acrylic yarn. Since I have been secretly dreaming of a granny-square afghan for myself I started …
First off a big thanks to Natalie for mentioning the Treasury Project on the Craft: blog today! I am daunted by the fact that no one has volunteered for the Mosaic knitting book yet. Really, if you go out and buy the book just for this, you won’t be disappointed. …
I have completed my first knitting project of 2007. A beer cozy that I am calling “the Handyman special.” When you know a handy guy that welds a new piece for your ball-winder, you need to repay him somehow. I attempted a dramatic picture in front of sunset behind the …
This Sunday my friends and I traveled to the new Daiso Japan store in Daly City (as mentioned recently on the Craft: blog). It is the Japanese equivalent of a dollar store (100 yen) where almost all items are $1.50. I got a ton of stuff, especially cute stationery with …
This past Christmas season, I had the opportunity to hang out with some fine felines while their owners were away. the first is my neighbor, Pablo. He enjoyed chewing on my knitting during our afternoon ‘People’s Court’ dates. The second is Emma. She is still a bit of a kitty …
I was luck enough to have my Ipod Tape Case chosen as a prize winner for the whiplash competition. My prizes were donated by tall poppy craft and are mostly purse making supplies, and are all fantastic. Purse handles, magnetic snaps, ribbons and tags, and a quilt pattern The cassette …
Back home in the middle of the country, when the first ice coats the streets the local news goes crazy. They send all of their field reporters out to the salt barn for on the spot news. The salt barn is a giant shed where the city stores its supply …
When I was in Melbourne, Australia a few months ago my friends and I made a trek out to Marta’s yarn store. It was a truly lovely place, full of Marta’s hand dyed yarns. Marta was there to help us with our yarn selections and displayed infinite patience while we …
Oh socktober, you were over too quickly for me. i discovered that in a month of dedicated sock knitting, I can make *gasp* ONE pair of socks. I am wearing them today to see out the month in style. You already met them a few days ago… here they are …