This year's writing buddies try out their shipping box for size. The Writing Buddies for NaNoBoston 2018 are almost finished and ready to be sent off to their forever homes. Ninja cat still needs ears and embroidered eyes, and the fawn needs her white ...
WIP: “Ghost of a Chance” costuming
Buck the deer stands guard over the "Ghost of a Chance" set My first costuming gig of the 2018/2019 community theater season opens tomorrow. The show is "Ghost of a Chance" by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. The show was written in the mid-1990s and we ...
WIP: Canada Socks again
The latest Drive to Canada socks I didn't post any WIP last Wednesday because my brother and I did another Connecticut to Quebec and back run. Here's the socks I started this time, Whisper Lace Socks by Rachel Hawksley. I'm making them as 4 repeats ar ...
WIP: Writing Buddies So Far
It's getting crowded in here with all the writing buddies Writing buddies tend to take up my knitting time in September. So far, I've got two red pandas, two black and white pandas, one tiny jackalope, a fawn and the first of this year's animal luchad ...
WIP: Still Pandas and Costumes
The pandas get meta - looking at last week's WIP photo while they pose for this week's. I spent a lot of time in thrift stores this week, looking for costume pieces to finish up clothing my "Ghost of a Chance" cast, but I didn't take any photos of the ...
WIP: Pandas and Costumes
My creative week in a nutshell - three tiny pandas and some possible costuming pieces for my hippie psychic Since last week I have made three of this year's writing buddies (except for their embroidery finishing) and spent a lot of time and a little m ...
WIP: This Year’s Writing Buddies
Mr. Bunny and Mr. Pig missed the first batch of tiny ninjas so much that I made them bunny and pig ninjas of their own. Their shuriken throwing stars are little star stickers. It's time for this year's batch of writing buddies. Every year I knit up a ...
WIP: Socks and Some Costuming
First finished sock from "Tiny Waves" socks. So here is finished sock number 1 of the "trip to Canada for two hours" socks. It's been a busy couple of weeks and the sock is the only crafty project I've gotten any work done on. I finished off (save ...
WIP: Love
Our lives are our ultimate WIP. Bill made his from love, joy, music and kindness. My friend Bill died on Friday morning, and ever since then his friends, colleagues and clients have been posting stories about him on social media and sharing them in pe ...
WIP: Socks
Tiny Waves socks by La Maison de Saba So yesterday I made a trip from Enfield, Connecticut to St. Benoit du Lac, Quebec and back in 13 hours. My brother and I accompanied our father as he headed back up to be with our stepmom Lorna. Since Dad needed a ...