I have finally moved onto the second color! Unfortunately, since I was picking the color based on the symbol on the pattern sheet I am currently adding black to the very dark blue already on the pattern. Because of that it may be harder to tell where the new color is compared to the old […]
On a Wing and a Prayer Shawl: The Finished Project
I finished the shawl! That was probably obvious by the title of the post but I am very excited with how the shawl turned out. The colors look just as good as I had hoped and the edging turned out much nicer on the final project than I thought it would as I was working […]
First Friday Fiction: Breakout!
I know this is technically squeaking in at the latest moment on a Saturday so it’s not really a “Friday” fiction, and that is all on me. I have been staring at the short stories I have and debating on which ones to use, and that pushed back getting the art done, which pushed back […]
The Bread Maker is Taking the Cake
My father recently got a bread maker. As someone who’s determined to make my life harder than it needs to be I was skeptical at first – using a machine for something you could do yourself with twice as much work in double the time? But I do have to admit it has slowly been […]
Mid-Month Middle Earth 6
I come contrite, sad to admit I have not gotten as much done as I had planned. I have made some progress, mostly by dogged determination to have an update and the skin of my teeth, but it’s no where near what I had hoped to have finished. I’m almost moving onto the next color, […]
Di-Di-Digimon, Digitama!
I only had a partial picture of this piece in my Fandom Fun post but I finally finished it and wanted to show it off a little! Pictured below are nine crests from the old anime Digimon Adventure (plus the crest of kindness from Adventure 02) and their corresponding digi-egg (or digitama, as the show […]
First Friday Fiction: Spring Showers
This is a very short story for the month, mostly because all the other stories I have I want to do a better picture for. This week has been a whole bunch of going very slow to get what I want done, and feeling very rushed to try and get it all finished. I’m hoping […]
Pre-planning for Ponchos
I attend a knitters group once a week when I have the time, and every once in a while one of the older knitters will bring in something from their stash (pattern books, yarn, needles) that they no longer need or use. Recently one of the items they were giving away was a book on […]
To Search or Not to Search: Using Yarns Specified in Patterns
Despite liking to make patterns I don’t often go out of my way to try and find the yarn specified for a project in most pattern books. If I’m getting a pattern from a store or shop that also sells the specific brand of yarn I’ll look into it, but a lot of the time […]
Pattern Practice, Take One
I don’t know about anyone else, but at a certain point once you’ve done a project or hobby enough time I think your brain gets a little bit ambitious. Maybe it starts when you’re putting an edge on something, or maybe you start daydreaming when you’re knitting, but at a certain point you start experimenting […]