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Post #2013: The episode in which I’m learning to knit.
The photograph above represents my first ever knitted project – a dishcloth! I mean, a lopsided, mis-gauged, dishcloth – but whatever. I’ve never knitted before now other than a few feeble attempts to...
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Post #2016: My new favourite breakfast and more knitting
I know there have been a lot of blueberries on here lately – but they are going crazy and ripening super early and all at once in my backyard – so it’s been blueberries every day this week. As a …...
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Post #2021: That’s another wrap!
One more finished item to share with you! Earlier this week I finally got around to blocking this wrap and last night I put buttons on it. This seems to be a month of finishing things both emotional...
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Post #2022: Another first in knitting (for me)
Yes, it’s my third finished project posted this week. But this one is exciting because it’s my first, honest-to-gosh, finished knitting project. A scarf! (Pattern is Wheat by Tin Can Knits – thanks...
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Post #2026: More knittery
Enough about me – here’s a quick post about what I’ve been knitting in the middle of the heatwave – worsted weight hats! Cause, you know, nothing says summer like wool crafts. Seriously though – I am...
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Post #2048: The start of the new
Now that the sewing room re-do is almost complete (once I get the final furniture pieces I’ll post proper photos here) – I’ve got a tidy and very clean work space to inspire me again. And one of the...
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Post #2049: Work in progress
My in-progress shots from this week. The featured image above is my first ever knit sweater project – pattern is Paulie by Isabell Kramer. All I can really say is so far, so good. It appears that it...
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Post #2054: Some knitting notes.
My fall has started off full of lovely things, but as usual – it isn’t leaving much time for sewing or making, except what I carve out during the weeks. This past weekend was no exception – I had a …...
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Post #2062: Blogging along with #slowfashionoctober
Coming off of Wednesdays’s post on mindfulness and creativity, I feel compelled to join in with October’s blogging theme over at Fringe Association which is Slow Fashion (#slowfashionoctober). Some of...
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Post #2069: Knitting on the edge of the Salish Sea.
I’m sure everyone reading this knows that today is election day in Canada – and it’s important! By tomorrow morning we’re either going to have a new government or a constitutional crisis on our hands –...
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Post #1972: Finished items and new projects – from knitting to radio.
That up there is a picture of me wearing the Beacon Shawl to work yesterday. That is my third finished object from the materials documented in the top left photo below (which I blogged about back here...
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Post 1981: A little knitting catch-up – finished objects, wips, and new year...
While there has been no sewing since earlier in the fall, airplane travel lends itself particularly well to knitting and crochet – so while I’ve been in the air, in hotels, and passengering in vehicles...
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Post 1990: First finished of the new year (sweater!)
It still needs a soak and a blocking, but I’m proud to announce the finishing of my first-even knitted sweater! I’ve crocheted a few (three successful, one not so much), but I really wanted to get a...
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Post #3029: Almost ready to turn on the fall projects.
It very suddenly feels like fall here – the leaves have been turning for the last couple of weeks, and this morning some much needed rain falls on my yard outside the studio (the sunrise photo above...
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Post # 3105: A roundup of makes from March!
When I moved (almost) two years ago, I moved a number of unfinished projects with me. Like the quilt in this photo. I’ve been carrying the squares and the backing fabric around for about five years –...
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Post #3186: The new favourite (sweater)
As evidenced by the photo up top from the google photo archive (May 15, 2015), I have been knitting for nearly five years. This was my first finished item; a washcloth made of cotton. I thought cotton...
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