I dabble in the history of knitting. Its not a subject I follow seriously, more of a subject in which I follow my nose. I take a “oh, that’s cool! Let’s learn more about that” approach to knit history. As such I have quite a bit of fun with it and learn things in a back ass-wards sort of way. Like in the case of the Gunnister Man, a Scot who happened to be wearing a ton of handknits when he went into a peat bog in the late 1600’s.
It has come to my attention that Food-Woman spent last Thursday writing about a dog that messed up a skein of yarn. A dog. On my blog.
A dog.
Continue reading Thursday Poll – The Feline Overlord would like a few words
So one of those Japanese crochet coasters got done. I like to live dangerously. All of my other WIPs are still WIPing along. But this one got done.
I sat under my OTTlight lamp while I worked on it so maybe it didn’t cost me any of my eyesight. I tried very hard not to squint.
As for holding on to my sanity, I make you no promises!
Thread crochet will make you go blind and crazy. If I’ve said that once, I’ve said it a hundred times. Beware the thread crochet!
I have done some thread work in the past, but only some. My eyes are precious and my limited sanity is even more so. I think the last thread crochet project I cranked out was a set of decorative bracelets done as a teeny, tiny granny squares sewn end to end. And I complained the whole time.
Startitupitis – a condition that strikes knitters and crocheters when they least expected it and results in the starting of multiple projects in a very short period of time.
I’m pretty sure I have that. I’m pretty sure there is no cure. I’m pretty sure I don’t much care. Continue reading I Might Have Caught Startitupitis
I went on an I-cord binge for today’s Sunday Stitch. Included here are three ways to make I-cord:
Continue reading Sunday Stitch: How to Make I-cord, plus selvedge and bind off
It can be a little challenging to write interesting and engaging posts about handspinning. Spinning is slow and monotonous and I suspect that most of my readers have never tried it.
So, to keep things lively, I went into my fiber stash and picked Karaoke Rainbow!
Continue reading A Handspinning Post That is Totally Not Boring
I have a knit student who has a dog. Well, I have several knit students with dogs, but this particular student has a BAD dog. She (my knit student, not the dog) brought me this:
I published Spliced, my first pay-for pattern on ravelry, today. As promised, my lovely readers don’t have to actually pay for it!
Continue reading Get Spliced! – a coupon code for free pattern download
I’ve got people in my life that I refuse to knit or crochet for. I have judged them (oh yes, I’m a judger!) and while I like them as people, I found them unworthy of all the time it would time to make something. Yet I make things for total strangers and give them away.
Hmmm…
Honestly I hadn’t realized this contradiction until
Roving Crafters 