I did it—after 7 months of just thinking about it. I told the girls in the Lancaster Co. group on Ravelry that I’m coming to their local “Stitch and…” *ahem* on Thursday. Time to meet some people in this one horse town! Time to get that yarn out of the basket! Squee!
All the ends are woven in. The hoodie is finished! I took a couple of snapshots of Katie, interrupting story-time for an impromptu shoot. Here is a sweet shot: And here is the shot that I like to call “Future Teenagers of America:” Look at that sass! Maybe you can’t see it, but I’m her [...]
I went to sew up the sleeve of the hoodie the other night… when I discovered a strange looking hole in the fabric: Travis took a good look at it and he determined just what had gone wrong. I had laid my knitting down (probably to run after the kids) and when I came back, [...]
My Manos scarf is done! Look at the cute model I found: 52 inches of love and stitches. Can’t wait to give it to my loved one! Well, honestly, I kinda want to keep it and love it forever. Such pretty colors! But I think I really like hording yarn more than hording projects. Now, [...]
Why didn’t anyone tell me that sewing in knitting is really knitting with a sewing needle? So, I feel all fancy. I stitched together the shoulder seems for the hoodie! While doing so, I learned how to make an “Invisible Horizontal Seam” (doesn’t that sound impressive?). I couldn’t quite master the “Invisible Vertical Seam” however, [...]
A project that I occasionally enjoy is altering composition notebooks. I say occasionally, because lately most papercrafts have been leaving me feeling frustrated and incompetent. But I digress… This weekend, I put the finishing touches on my little yarn notebook: This book is a place for me to gather all those little slips of very [...]
