Patterns for Adorable and Distinctive Toys
Lots and lots of tiny pattern pieces, and I still have to cut out their Santa hats. When my part-time retail gig put up the "Black Friday Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest" sign by the time clock, I realized three things: I refuse to pay money (even i ...
Bob Cratchit was never this colorful. Free pattern Friday! The pattern for the Bob Cratchit style gloves I knit myself a few weeks ago is now available on ravelry. It contains instructions for adult sizes XS (circumference around palm of 5"/12.5cm) th ...
Both pairs of Canada Socks are now finished and ready for winter wearing. I've been fighting off a nasty cold for the last two weeks, which is why we've been absent of blog posts, but here's what I've managed to knit during that time. Whisper Lace ...
Bob Cratchit was never this colorful. I was standing around outside the other day and realized that it was time to make some Bob Cratchit style gloves - the ones with the ends of the fingers bare. So pulled a skein of Patons' Kroy Socks FX (in clover ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Ming Vase gown from Guo Pei's Fall/Winter 2010 collection. I first saw Chinese couturier Guo Pei's work when my favorite fashion bloggers, Tom and Lorenzo, wrote a post about her 2010 collection. That link is unfortunately no longer working, but t ...
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 ...