The second color went much quicker than the first. Despite my fears, I was able to tell the very dark blue from the black thread, so long as I had decent lighting. I’ve now made my way onto my third color, a dark green. I’m hopeful I’ll get more done soon, especially now that the […]
Category: crafting
Sock It To Me
I have decided to finally try to knit socks. I will credit this to the wonderful little book I got from the public library which provided me with a simple, basic sock pattern. If you are interested it is called The knitter’s handy book of patterns: basic designs in multiple sizes & gauges by Ann […]
Mid-month Middle Earth 7
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fandom Fun
I know I’ve touched on this briefly when it comes to my Haro posts but I wanted to spend a little time talking about fandom crafting. We all have something we are a fan of, be it a book series, a sports team, a movie, or a video game. As people who like crafting, we […]
What to Choose for Color
Similar to the last post this is a bit more introspective rather than focussed on a specific craft. I want to talk about colors, specifically favorite colors and how they play into crafting. Over the years I’ve had plenty of different favorite colors. When I was younger it was sky blue, then cherry red, grey […]