Last week, I talked about the Dog Days of Summer. Typically, this ends around August 11. This past week, the Dog Days of Summer were in full force in the PNW with highs in the upper 80's to mid 90's. Any type of crafting becomes rather challenging. It's hard to get excited about creating warm…Read more Break in the Heat Wave
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The Dog Days of Summer
The Dog Days of Summer was named for the most sultry period of summer. In early times, this was observed in countries bordering the Mediterranean. This period ranged from 20 days before to 20 days after the alignment of Sirius (dog star) and the sun. Traditionally, this is July 3rd from August 11th. It seems like…Read more The Dog Days of Summer
Thursday Edition: Socks
One of the earliest knitted items in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, is a pair of red socks. It's believed these stockinette socks were made using the single needle method. You can learn more about them here. I particularly love that these are toe socks. If you scroll through the photos, you can…Read more Thursday Edition: Socks
It’s All About the Hat
For every head a hat. ~ Lithuanian Proverb Knitted hats are like warm hugs on chilly mornings. I love knitting hats especially as gifts. So far this year, I've cast on 13 hats. Nine are finished, and four are in process. Last month, I wound yarn for Portland Rainchaser. I bought this kit on our…Read more It’s All About the Hat
Long Forgotten Projects
Knitting is about the journey not the finished product. I'm a process knitter with an abundance of wips. They were threatening to take over my craft room. This blog is to chronicle my journey to finish or frog those long forgotten Orphan projects. My chat last month with Malabrigo K. has inspired me to see…Read more Long Forgotten Projects
The end of Tour de Sock
Tour de Sock has officially ended. A little research unearthed there were about 1660 finished pairs of socks knit during the Tour de Sock race. Maybe if you add up the five pairs I cast on during June and July, it might equal one finished pair (okay at least one finished sock). Here's a group…Read more The end of Tour de Sock
Liberated Orphans of July
It's the final hours of July 31. My goal was to finish eight long forgotten wips plus maybe a few extras to make up for June. Presenting the July Orphans. I have nine finished or frogged projects. While quite a few are for gifts, several projects also came from the wip bins. Here's a close…Read more Liberated Orphans of July
Best Ways to Beat the Heat
It's officially summer here in the Pacific North West. It's hot. Most of us don't have air conditioning. That means we aren't sleeping, and we're grumpy. One of my favorite ways to combat a case of over heating grumpiness is with a float. Here's my adult root-beer float. It also means I'm mostly working on…Read more Best Ways to Beat the Heat
Final Stage of TdS
Stage Six of Tour de Sock posted late Wednesday night. It's a lovely cabley toe-up pattern called Entanglements. Toe-up socks aren't my favorite. It could be I've simply made more cuff down socks. It could be I've never found a heel I really like. It could be I need more practice this way. It could…Read more Final Stage of TdS
Makers Market
On Saturday, one of my local yarn stores was having a Makers Market featuring local artists. I meet M.K. (Malabrigo K) for lunch and shopping. There was hand dyed fabric, jewelry, buttons, pottery and much more. M.K. found some really amazing wooden buttons that were finished with bees wax. They looked amazing and even smelled…Read more Makers Market
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