Months ago when there was still snow on the ground Joel asked for a pair of fingerless gloves. He designs and builds websites all day and wanted to keep his hands and wrists warm. I was excited about the project, ran right out and picked up the yarn, flipped through my stitch dictionary, and made [...]
I’ve been wanting to make a pair of selbu mittens forever and I’ve been working on my very own pair forever. It feels like forever because I keep putting them off because other projects. I’m also making up the pattern as I go along which has meant pulling the mittens apart and starting over a [...]
I’ve had a lot more free time this month to actually use some of the too-many ideas I have for projects. I’ve had this orange wool for ages. I got it in Williamsburg, VA when Joel and I went back in 2010. I bought a second skein in November of last year and I finally [...]
It’s our last day in Williamsburg and we’ll be back on the road to West Virginia in a few hours. Tomorrow will be all about cooking good food, eating good food, hanging out with family, and watching the dog show. (We all have weird family traditions and watching the dog show happens to be ours.) [...]
This is not a very exciting post, because most of my weekend was spent drawing lots and lots for my design class and measuring and remeasuring and cutting for my construction class and taking care of other schoolwork things. I managed to sneak in a little knitting, too. I tell myself it’s good for homework [...]
Yesterday morning before work, I realized that I hadn’t taken a single photo for my 365 Project in October yet. And we’re already a week into my favorite month! So I looked at the dinning room table that is constantly covered in magazines, muslin and fabric swatches and spotted this ball of beautiful, burnt-orange wool [...]
I’m still pouring over the stunning Rowan Magazine (vol. 48) that I picked up in Madison this weekend. So I thought I’d share a peak today. Rowan has been publishing a biannual knit and crochet magazine for twenty-five years. Kind of amazing, isn’t it? Each page is a feast of textile inspiration. Volume 48 is [...]
Our quick trip to Madison was perfect. We stayed with our friend Katie and her apartment is the most amazing place! I took a few photos that I’ll share soon. The weather was rainy and ideal for a Saturday morning coffee and breakfast at Barriques. I had some wonderful granola. Afterwards, Katie took us to [...]
There isn’t much to report today. I’m just having a nice, quiet evening of Joni Mitchell (isn’t Blue the best?)and fancy grilled cheese and knitting away on some new things for the shop. I’m going to have a few new styles of Baby Mocs to share on Thursday. They’re super cute!
I’m mixing things up just a bit today. So instead of a lovely list of things that have caught my fancy this week, I’m going to share a little something I’m working on. I’ve been promising Joel a fisherman’s sweater for ages. In fact, I bought the wool for the project all the way back in [...]
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