In Which the Pirate Tests.
Testing, testing, one two three! Check, check. Sibilance. One two, one two.
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In Which the Pirate Goes to Rhinebeck.
On Saturday morning, Michael and I got up (not too early) and headed off to Rhinebeck. The trees – ohhh, we don’t have leaves like that here in Virginia. They’re much duller this year. These are just gorgeous! We went through a few of the buildings and then stopped to admire the alpaca. There was a guy there taking pictures of them with what...
In Which the Pirate Will Have a Clean Face.
When you want some instant gratification, crochet is definitely the way to go. It’s so much faster than knitting! I decided that a crocheted cotton washcloth would be the perfect project for my weekend, and after some searching of the Ravelry library I decided on the free Big Girl Dishcloth/Washcloth pattern, upsizing it by 150% because big washcloths just seem so much more luxurious....
In Which the Pirate Scritches the Cat.
It may be impossible for a cat to enjoy being scritched more than Kipling does. He would be happy if I spent all my time scrubbing his ribs with my fingertips like he was a washboard, with brief intermissions for bellyrubs and ear-scratches. I think I’m going to be taking a summer break from blogging here. I’ve got a camping-trip vacation coming up, followed...
In Which the Pirate Experiments.
Day Five: 1st April. And now for something completely different. This is an experimental blogging day to try and push your creativity in blogging to the same level that you perhaps push your creativity in the items you create. There are no rules of a topic to blog about (though some suggestions are given below) but this post should look at a different way...
In Which the Pirate Gears Up.
Are you ready? Knitting and Crochet Blog Week is coming! Run by the inimitable Eskimimi, Knitting and Crochet Blog Week is a “week of blogging for knitters and crocheters, where individual bloggers could all simultaneously post about the same topics over the course of seven days, so that for one week readers might be able to read from blog to blog and enjoy a...
In Which the Pirate is a Sucker for Sock Yarn.
There’s one love that we all share: yarn. Blog about a particular yarn you have used in the past or own in your stash, or perhaps one that you covet from afar. If it is a yarn you have used you could show the project that you used it for, perhaps writing a mini ‘review’. Perhaps, instead, you pine for the feel of the...
In Which the Pirate Revisits the Past.
Bring the fortune and life of a past finished project up to the present. Document the current state and use of an object you have knitted or crocheted, whether it is the hat your sister wears to school almost every day, or a pair of socks you wore until they were full of holes. Or maybe that jumper that your did just didn’t like...
In Which the Pirate Considers Location.
Where do you like to indulge in your craft? Is your favourite arm chair your little knitting cubby area, or do you prefer to ‘knit in public’? Do you like to crochet in the great outdoors, perhaps, or knit in the bath, or at the pub? Wherever I can! No, seriously – I do most of my knitting and spinning in front of my...
In Which the Pirate Considers Skills.
Is there a skill related to your hobby that you hope to learn one day? maybe you’re a crocheter who’d also like to knit? Maybe you’d like to learn to knit continental, knit backwards, try cables or attempt stranded colourwork. Oh, goodness, there are so many things I’d like to learn. For starters, I’d like to learn to crochet. It seems like a good...
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