I have finished the border on the cross stitch. Sort of. I have had that starting line sitting in my drafts for the last few weeks, mostly so that I would have to have the border finished by this next update. It has been one of the driving factors that has had me spending hours […]
Category: crafting
Hello, Haro!
A couple of months ago I found an amigurumi pattern for a robot named “HARO”. They’re a mascot character for the TV series Mobile Suit Gundam. I had some free time on my hand, some yarn that I needed to use up and some leftover stuffing so I decided to give the pattern a shot. […]
a Growing Amigurumi Army
I think that anyone who’s done crochet for any amount of time has heard about amigurumi, the Japanese art of creating cute little stuffed animals out of knitting or crochet. there’s something a little addictive about it, just sitting down and in an hour or two you’ve got a cute little stuffed animal or toy. […]
DIY Decorations and Steam Blocking
Good evening! I meant to get this posted this morning, but things don’t always go the way we plan. I hope this post is worth the wait! One thing I like about crochet is that if you’re doing a small project it can go by pretty fast. I’m currently working on a whole mess of […]
Stocking Throw Back
These are some stockings I made 2-3 years ago. We have an older set my aunt crocheted with our initials on them that we’ve used for years, but as my sister and I got older I thought it might be nice if we had a family set that with stockings my sister and I could […]
A Colorwork Conundrum
Pictured are a pair of colorwork fingerless gloves I made some years ago. At the time I was working at an office building and I noticed that sitting next to the window in the winter things got a little chilly in my cubicle. I decided to knit myself some light fingerless gloves as they would […]
It’s Officially Sweater Weather Season
I want to knit a sweater. I don’t know what kind of sweater, but a burning desire to make a sweater of some kind has struck, and being confronted with a new obsession has made my old concerns look small. Yes, I have only knit flat pieces before. Yes, I will need to take my […]
Mid-Month Middle Earth 2
The photo for the post is having technical issues, we hope to have it up by the end of the day. *Edit, the photo is up!* We’re back with my cross stitch project, the map of Middle Earth! I’ve started the actual stitching and I live in perpetual fear that I will have missed 1 […]
Pumpkin Problems
I can admit I have a pumpkin problem. I like just about everything about pumpkins. I like their colors, I like the shape of them, I like the way they taste either baked into a sweet or savory dish. Heck, I like the way they feel when you hold them, the smooth skin and hefty […]
Sock Drawer Secret
So I’m going to start this post with a confession: I have never knit socks before. I have wanted to knit socks before; thought about knitting socks, looked at patterns for knitting socks, drooled over sock yarn and even bought a few skeins. Those skeins are currently sitting on top of my yarn stash, a […]