It’s been a pretty slow month when it comes to working on the map, and I’ve just been plodding my way through one shade of brown, after tan, after slightly lighter brown. We haven’t gotten to the point where I need to start marking off the squares I’ve already completed in black ink but it’s […]
Category: crafting
New Years Resolution: learning preferences
My embroidery resolution has continued and as time has gone on I have found that I have a pretty notable stitch preferences. I think that’s pretty common in most hobbies, there is always something that will be easier for someone to do one thing rather than another, and I’ve seen it in both my knitting […]
Mid Month Middle Earth 17
We are onto another shade of brown. As I am going on I am thinking about having to shade the portion I’ve already done with black ink, just to make it easier to pick out the parts I still need to work on. I’m not planning to do it yet, but I might if I […]
Fandom Fun: Having a Blast
Going back to fandom projects we have another from Legend of Zelda: Windwaker. A bomb flower! In game, these flowers grow all over the islands and when you pick them up you have a brief time to move them before they blow up. These are much safer options, since the only thing that will happen […]
Mid Month Middle Earth 16
There is a point where you start to question your decisions when it comes to long projects. It’s a little early for this project in particular but soon I’m pretty sure I’ll be getting there. As I’m filling out more of the first section I am starting to come across one of the things you […]
New Year Resolution: Going Swimmingly
At the new year I gave myself a pretty simple resolution: actually doing some needle point embroidery patterns. I’ve done cross-stitch for years and thought about doing needlepoint but always felt too overwhelmed to actually start. That changes this year. The first pattern I’ve started with is pretty simple – just a chain stitch and […]
Mid-month Middle Earth 15
This is not going to be a terribly cool update, because it’s just an update of beige. It’s important – the connective tissue that carries you on. But not terribly exciting as far as things to look at. Until I move into a new section most updates are probably going to be some sort of […]
Fandom Fun: Island Shawl
Growing up I played plenty of video games and one I remember fondly is “The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker”. As I’ve been expanding my knitting repertoire I thought it would be cool to make something from a Zelda game, however all I could find pattern-wise were simple green tunics and caps. This wasn’t […]
December Double Trouble: One Week to Post Them All – Part Two
I’ve been working on my own shawl design, and it’s been a bit of trial and error as I work out all the kinks in it. The initial idea wasn’t too hard to figure out because it’s a modified zig zag pattern, but my biggest issue was working out how much to cast on for […]
Mid-Month Middle Earth 14
I swear I’m starting all of these posts recently with some declaration of life, mostly because these posts are so sporadic and oddly timed. This holiday season has been kicking my butt so far, even worse than last year (and that’s saying something). That said, we have a new, if short, update for sometime after […]