Wildcard – Embellish the story Embellishments come in all types and forms. Some are more than purely decorative and form a practical function – pretty buttons are as much part of holding a garment together as mere decoration, and some are just there to give a piece an extra ‘something’. Blog about an embellishment, be it a zipper, amigurumi eyes or applique patch which...
Wednesday morning, 7:00 am. Leap out of bed, grab sock yarn. Drive to hospital at just over speed limit. Wake up, begin using full sentences. We stayed in the room with my sister-in-law until the pace picked up, and then were sent downstairs to wait in the lobby, where I got started on my next pair of Jaywalkers. This little girl was born at...
Before anything else, I need to thank Pirate-Husband, who saved me from a hell of unseamed babypants. On Tuesday, after the nightmare of waistband stitches getting free, I tried to get the seams in and failed. On Tuesday night, Pirate-Husband gave it a try, but was also frustrated. Wednesday, I made four attempts to seam the pants, four different techniques, and still failed. (Oh,...
The pockets have been redone (twice, in the case of the front pockets) and I’m up to seaming. Again. I’ve tried three times and have failed to create a seam that can be seen from the outside of the pants. Don’t know what I’m doing wrong, but I can hear the ghost of my great-grandmother over my shoulder, saying, “You *want* the seams to...
Yarrrgh. No, that wasn’t strong enough. YARRRGH! There, that’s better. What is this yarrrghing all about, you may ask? Well, I’ll tell you, because YAARRGH. I finished knitting both legs of the babypants. With the waistband stitches safely on waste yarn and the ends nicely woven in, I was only a little nervous as I tossed them into the washer. On hot. To deliberately...
It’s very difficult to work on a surprise knitted gift for my sister-in-law when I spend most of the day out shopping with said sister-in-law! (I didn’t buy anything, though there was this one flowery dress – not for me, for the baby – that I was tempted to pick up.) I did show her all the other yarny stuff I am currently working...
My father called me this morning. Dad: Hi, toots!** What’s going on? Me: Uh.. you called me, Dad. Did something happen? Dad: No, I was just calling to say hi. Me: Oh! Okay good. I thought you were calling to tell me that the baby was born. Dad: No, not yet! But it will be Any Day Now. I could hear the significance and...
Yarrr, but not in the way that ye think, ye scurvy landlubber! Last night I finished the first leg of Blu and cast on right away for the second, just in case there’s anything like Second Sock Syndrome for pants legs. The yarn does stain my fingers a little bit, but it washes right off. I’m not sure about my bamboo needles – they...
I found a local Stitch ‘n Bitch through Meetup, and tonight I went for the second time. It’s a relatively new group, but it has a lot of potential. We had about a dozen people there, both two weeks ago and tonight. Ages ranged from high school to grandmother, and the skill range was from total beginner to wow, look at that lace! I’m...
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