Not Long Enough
I realized partway through that there was no way this was going to be long enough to be a scarf. I’m not even sure I could get a neck warmer out of it. What would you do with this rectangle of knitted fabric?
I realized partway through that there was no way this was going to be long enough to be a scarf. I’m not even sure I could get a neck warmer out of it. What would you do with this rectangle of knitted fabric?
Getting ready to finish knitting, left to take a phone call, came back to find Kavi had wound my remaining yarn into a very pretty spiral.
Clearly in prepping for fall yarn mode. I watched the second episode of Great British Bake-off last night….(mild spoiler follows for Sri Lankan contestant)… … … … …happy to see the Sri Lankan woman (Saku) made it through another round. She make a Sri Lankan breakfast out of biscuits! (Or as we say in America,
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Casting on new autumn knitting project; simple garter stitch scarf in Lana Riga. I needed something mindless I can do while standing at the cash register during quiet stretches…
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Long, hard day. Some personal relationship stuff that has been difficult for a long time, and continues difficult, and I’ve just been sad all day as a result. But here are some little bits of autumn that cheered me up, at least for a little while. Got bored with my hair and bleached it for
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Yesterday, I spent a while cutting out this super-cute pattern, a reversible apron. I did the smallest size, which is for age 3-4 or so. If only I had a 3-4 year old around to model it for me, alas.
Wrapped up some tiny candleholders and candles for the fall Patreon treat boxes. So cute. 75% off the first box if you join by the end of September — and 9/30 is the deadline for getting this fall box. Haven’t finalized everything that’s going to be in there, but I’m hoping for wolfberry scones and
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Took an hour to make resin bookmarks while listening to Nicola Griffith‘s _Spear_ on audiobook. This is my second recent attempt at listening to an audiobook (something I’d like to try to get in the habit of, since I listen to so many podcasts, and it’d be nice to use some of that time for
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Took a little break to remove ferns from the flower press, gather geranium leaves, and press them. Pretty pretty.
Yesterday I tried a new experiment — making ‘millefiori’ style polymer clay earrings. Let me just say that I strongly recommend choosing something naturalistic like flowers or fruit slices for your first attempt at these, at least if you’re someone like me, someone who is not very precise by nature. I think the end results
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