The pieces for Dolores‘ beach cover-up are done and blocking! Hopefully I will be able to get them sewn together tomorrow and done. It should go together pretty easily – there is a back, two fronts, and a hood, and it looks like pretty straightforward seaming. Well, we shall see. This is a very blingy… Continue reading Cover-up
For those of you who are not up on their condiment-based holidays, this past Saturday was National Mustard Day. In honor of that day, French’s Mustard decided to do something a little wacky. Specifically, they teamed up with Coolhaus ice cream to make a mustard flavored ice cream. Yes, really. I was immediately intrigued. You… Continue reading Ill-Fated Dessert
I got started on one of Dolores’ new outfits yesterday. Since we still have a little summer left to go, it had to be swimwear! As you can see, her bikini is done and ready for the beach. What you can’t see, because I didn’t take this picture until it was getting dark out, is… Continue reading Dolores – Beach Ready!
I finished my Heart of Sharkness socks today! The pattern is from AC Knitwear‘s Boost Your Knitting pattern/technique club. As I mentioned earlier, the pattern is called Heartgyle Socks, and is a cute takeoff on argyle patterning. But for some reason I decided my heart should have sharks on it, and instead of crossed lines,… Continue reading Heart of Sharkness – Done!
Nope, not a yarn-based tragedy, but rather a yarn shop near Anchorage! In spite of this shop being in the next town over (Eagle River, for those familiar with Anchorage and its environs), I have never been to this shop until today. We have some perfectly good yarn shops in Anchorage, so it hasn’t been… Continue reading The Tangled Skein
A year or so ago, Vogue Knitting magazine ran an article about a new book by Danish knitting expert Vivian Hoxbro, Traditional Danish Sweaters. As the name implies, the book was about traditional Danish knitted garments, somewhat misleadingly named “night sweaters”. (The name is somewhat misleading because – spoiler alert! – although they were worn… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Traditional Danish Sweaters
Quite A Yarn 