• Starting Jan. 2nd

  • Antiqued Silver Eggs

  • travel knitting

    here’s my holiday traveling in knitting…Finished Odessa Hat in San Francisco airport waiting for flight to Houston on Saturday, Dec. 23.Finished Odessa hat from Rowan Cotton Wool (a sample...
    Dec 29, 2006 6 Comments

  • a few little projects

    this is a practice piece for a sweatshirt i am going to embroider for daria’s birthday. i’m still not happy with my satin stitch. i’m hoping its just the weave of this fabric makin...
    Dec 22, 2006 1 Comment

  • Cast Iron is a wonderful thing

    for blocking that is. I never thought the curl would come out of this sweater but two days under the skillet & it is flat.so now I don’t need to knit up a different pink sweater & th...
    Dec 20, 2006 6 Comments

  • freezer paper

    A couple people had questions about freezer paper after my last post. I think freezer paper was a paper originally used by butchers but crafters have discovered it. It is matte on one side & wa...
    Dec 11, 2006 8 Comments

  • santa’s workshop

    it was a cold rainy day in san francisco. a perfect day to turn our apartment into an annex of santa’s work shop. First matt & i worked on stenciling t-shirts using freezer paper for all o...
    Dec 10, 2006 11 Comments

  • tomte & other delights

    I finished the embroidered elf from wee wonderfuls to match my elfette even though they were shunning me at knitting on monday for sttching instead of knitting.i then decided to trying drawing own des...
    Dec 08, 2006 3 Comments

  • Whiplash December

    The December theme for Whiplash is gifts & decorations. Here’s my entry..I wanted to make this sweet girl something special for Christmas.I was inspired to try a handmade doll by Martha St...
    Dec 06, 2006 15 Comments

  • a little stitching

    i mentioned in an earlier post how cute I though the elf patterns were on wee wonderfuls so last night I took a stab at doing one.I got out my Jenny Hart Stitch-It Kit, did a little reading & dov...
    Dec 04, 2006 10 Comments

  • holiday panic

    yesterday i got a little manic & worried about getting everythign done for the holidays. i think with thanksgiving over the amount of time really hit me. plus i feel like a lot need to be done ...
    Nov 27, 2006 2 Comments

  • lazy saturday

    its been a pretty lazy day. we took a lovely walk through the neighborhood with a stop a william-sonoma for a few kitchen necessities & did a little bit of christmas shopping. i’ve been s...
    Nov 25, 2006 1 Comment