Any dedicated knitter will tell you that planning travel knitting is at least as important as planning which clothes and accessories to pack! Everyone has their own criteria for travel projects, but the main considerations are pattern and/or stitch complexity (or lack thereof), weight of yarn (bulky yarn is bulky to pack, too!), and appropriate size (big enough to last,… Continue Reading Possibly the perfect travel knitting project
Continue reading →Considering that we had snow again today (April 3rd), it’s hard to get in the ‘spring’ mood. The daffodils are convinced, though, so I’ll go along with them. And here’s another sign of spring – Easter egg dye packages, on sale for a few days after the holiday. Yes, I bought ten of them… and if the price goes down… Continue Reading It’s spring (maybe)!
Continue reading →It has rolled around again, and I wasn’t as ready as I wanted to be for the 2012 Kansas State Fair. I know, big surprise, right? Well, I lost some knitting time after DH’s old laptop went wacko, and it turned out to be the most problematic rescue-and-rebuild I have ever done. I still don’t know why, but that’s water… Continue Reading Fair time!
Continue reading →I’ve been sitting on this project for a while, because I was seriously contemplating submitting the pattern to an online magazine… but I decided that it’s probably not unique enough to make the cut. This “eSleeve” is the first in my planned series of M2M (Made to Measure) patterns. It’s a sleeve for any size of flat handheld electronic device. … Continue Reading A pattern and a class
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