While at work i found myself with an hour to waste and I was desperate to make something. I found some acrylic yarn in my office and a crochet hook in my pencil cup, and i whipped up this little guy… photo courtesy of teapotgirl he is a little amigurumi …
I couldn’t help but notice that admist the recent heatwave, everyblog and their brother has been complaining about the heat. “It’s too hot to knit,” they cry. And while I understand that the oppressive temperatures preclude knitting a giant sweater on your lap, I am a little disappointed in everyone. …
My Deep-V is speeding along… i have completed the waist decreases, so i can’t really try it on easily anymore. It looks pretty curvy… i hope it fits! I had some sock yarn dyeing success…. Inspired by the california poppy (i accidentally typed poopy first -hah!) (photo from flickr)I made …
This weekend I spent a little bit of time with my dyepot. My dyepot is a crock pot that i got a garage sale and I couldn’t be happier with it. Every time I dye fibers am a little nervous that everything on the bottom will come out gray or …
Why, it’s some roving!! This summer at the El Cerrito city wide garage sale i picked up a crock pot for $1 in anticipation of using it for a dye pot – and today was the day! I was so sick at looking at sheep-colored yarn, so this weekend i …