Embrace Your Geekiness
I have a problem. Every time I walk into a yarn store I become enamored with hand-painted yarn. My pupils dilate, I grab a skein and cuddle it to my face, naming it Fluffy and promising to bring it home to be made into something amazingly beautiful. I have done this many times… my yarn …
I heard about The Crochet Project on a recent podcast episode of A Playful Day (another interesting and fun podcast to subscribe to). The Crochet Project is a collection of crochet patterns for wearable items that I actually want to wear. The only things I’ve crocheted are amigurumi (stuffed animals), baby hats and one scarf. I’ve never …
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I know, I know, it’s been over a month since I last posted and it’s especially embarrassing that although my last post was about finding my passion and hopefully getting motivated, it seems like I have nothing at all to show as far as progress of my own. Because I have nothing to show that’s …
I’ve been thinking a lot about my next move. I mean, not literally, but figuratively – what is the next path I’m going to take? My thoughts on where to go next have been all over the place in the last six months, from starting my own freelance web design business, to illustrating a children’s book, to …
I have a little time to kill before heading off to school for a workshop this morning, so I decided to knit and listen to a podcast. In the latest Woolful podcast episode, Ashley interviewed Hanahlie Beise who followed her passion, bought some alpacas, and started a line of yarn (Hinterland). Like I admitted before, one …
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I began thinking about someday owning my own alpacas after John and I went to an alpaca farm / yarn shop while visiting my parents in Wimberley, TX. In this shop, they sold yarn spun from specific alpacas and each skein came with a little card of information about that alpaca. Yes, the yarn was …
Sorry, it’s been a while since I posted! John and I were WWOOFing for a couple of weeks (this included my first attempt at shearing a sheep and spinning yarn, so take a look). On to business… Tara Swiger helps makers figure out what they want to do and how to make it a viable …
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Okay, this is kind of off topic and I’m sorry but I’m not. I will start by saying that I’m not affiliated with Ting in any way other than that I’m a happy customer and I’m hoping to save you some money. 6 months ago my husband and I switched from AT&T to Ting, trading …
After the train wreck that was my mug cozy, I felt like I needed to redeem myself as a knitter and I think I did, so I wanted to share this finished knitted object with you all. I found the INSULATE! hat pattern by Amy van de Laar on Ravelry a few weeks ago when looking for …
I’ve been working on a test knit for my mug cozy for probably a month, picking it up and putting it back down. The intarsia was a slow process, since I designed the color changes based on my own visual likes rather than ease of knitting. I’d also never done intarsia knitting before this. With intarsia, …