Skill +1 Up

Look back over your last year of projects and compare where you are in terms of skill and knowledge of your craft to this time last year.  These kinds of questions are always a bit tricky for me. I’ve tried my first cashmere shawl, and I suppose I’ve learned a bit specifically about knitting with [...]

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Day 1: A Tale of Two Yarns

“Choose two yarns that you have either used, are in your stash or which you yearn after and capture what it is you love or loathe about them.” Today I’m going to talk about two of the three yarns I’m using for the “H” in the “You Are Chosen” yarn square. These are yarns which [...]

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Gimping!

I love the Creative Commons license. It means that an artist can give permission for others to use, modify, whatever an image, and still get credit for it. For example, I took parts from three other artists (hover over or click the picture to see who made what) and put them together (using the freeware [...]

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Not a Whole Lot of Progress Today

I’m working on the tea cozy today, going very cautiously (because I’ve ripped out the decrease rows twice). I’m thinking putting an extra garter stitch ridge between them is worth a go. I am trying to document all my modifications on the project’s Ravelry Page. So I’m afraid to knit it anywhere not next to [...]

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Answer Hazy, Try Again Later

I’m making slow progress on the “H is for tHe” square. Truth to tell, I’ve been putting more of my free time into writing up background for that game that I’ve been running than into knitting. I’ll keep pushing though, I don’t want to get anywhere near the deadline before I mail this. Following up [...]

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Woke Up in Darkness

I woke up from a nightmare this morning, and was not too pleased to find myself in the dark. It’s only been a week since the clocks have ‘sprung forward’, but I’ve gotten used to morning sunshine. Here it is, the second ‘official’ day of spring, and I woke up to a world on the [...]

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In Other Blogs…

I didn’t post here yesterday, because I spent the day running an RPG, something I haven’t done in a very long time. It’s not crafting, but it is one of my very favorite favorite creative outlets. There’s a shared, improvisational aspect to it which just works well for me. I’m also a sucker for world-building, [...]

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Blog Week Announcement

Take a look at the sidebar, I’m joining the 2nd Knitting and Crochet Blog Week. Why not? I entered a drawing for a Damask Shawl Kit at the Knitting With Sandra Singh blog (drawing ends March 24).

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Don’t Have That Here (I Wish I Did)

The square is coming along very nicely.  I really like how the ‘grain’ of the stockinette background is contrasting with that of the garter stitch H.  I think the seed stitch border highlights the effect rather than confuses it.  In other words, working just as planned: According to my WordPress stats, people are finding my [...]

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Reflections on the Color Red

I’m really pleased with how this picture came out.  First of all, I think I’ve got the color right this time (yes, her hair is really that red).  I managed to capture the personalities of all three of them.  I’m even happy with my own reflection (well, half reflection) in the glass door.  The only [...]

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