moving sucks and I have a lot of yarn
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.
You never know how much yarn you have till you pack it all into boxes.
I’m moving on Monday, so it’s been packing and donating, and sorting, and tossing, and returning, and cursing the amount of yarn and fabric I’ve managed to acquire. I’m pretty positive that I own more “potential clothing” in the forms of yarn and fabric, than I own “wearable clothing.”
But between the packing and the cursing, I wove in a kagillion ends, washed, and blocked my piles of handwoven fabric.
Of course, I finished them and they went straight into a box. But at least they’re done.
yarn tangles & crocheting in the rain… with dogs
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.
What I’m Working On…
I started untangling the nightmare of all nightmare yarn tangles. It’s five balls of yarn that got tumbled together in the dryer, and I’ve been putting it off for about a year. I’m not positive I made progress. And I’m pretty sure this is going to take forever.
So I chose to get distracted by Maine. Between watching sunrises and seaweed with a couple dogs (plus family members of the more human variety), I added a couple rounds to my crochet granny square cardigan. I’m close to finishing one of the four balls of yarn, and the rounds aren’t getting any shorter.
To Read Over Coffee #3
A collection of links from the past few weeks that I think are interesting/amusing/educational/insightful enough to read/watch/listen & think about over a cup of coffee (or out in the sunshine).
Keeping things short & sweet this week:
Most parts of a garment can be altered, the key to shopping and getting clothes to fit, is knowing which parts of the garment those are: “Shop like a seamstress” on xojane.
I think we can all appreciate why colorways vary from dye lot to dye lot – but why do colorways vary from base yarn to base yarn? Georgian Bay Fibre Company wrote a whole post about.
Serena Garcia Dalla Venezia makes stunning, organic, sewn art pieces. Serious go look at these!
A wonderful interview with Cecelia Campochinaro, the author of “Sequence Knitting,” a beautiful book that explores the process of repeating sequences of stitches with marvelous results.
“My guiding principles are first that the process must be simple, and second that the end product must be lovely. The balance between these two criteria is a fascinating puzzle.”
