Needlecraft category

  • 20 – Two Rights….

    …means I’ll be spending my evening frogging a mitten & I was so close to done. So, remember when I was talking about knitting & drinking the other day? Well that’s the same...
    Jan 20, 2010 No Comments

  • 19 – Les Noeuds Français

    I spent the afternoon making french knots for the center of the flower on the squirrel pillow. This took me a lot longer than it should have but I’m happy with the finished results. Maybe I̵...
    Jan 19, 2010 No Comments

  • 18 – Practice Piece

    Typically when I embroider something I just do outline stitches & french knots but for the squirrel pillow I want to fill in some of the areas. I know this is usually done with satin stitch. I de...
    Jan 18, 2010 No Comments

  • 17 – Knitting & Wine

    Today we had a bunch of people over to the house to make tamales. So, a little wine & beer were had. Now its evening & the time I would usually sit back & work on some knitting but ther...
    Jan 17, 2010 1 Comment

  • 16 – An Inside Job

    Still working on robot mitten #2. I’m pretty proud of how neat the inside of these mittens look. I try not carry a color longer than 3 or 4 stitches without wrapping it & I try to vary wher...
    Jan 16, 2010 2 Comments

  • Toast onsie

    Toast onsie Originally uploaded by craft room One of our little friends LOVES toast. So for the holiday, I made him this Toast onsie. Witness – a craft was done! If you are not reading this ...
    Jan 15, 2010 No Comments

  • 15 – Choosing Colors

    I often have an embroidery project & a knitting project going at the same time but most of the embroidery project have been for my Etsy shop. Then I saw this free pattern on Badbird and knew rig...
    Jan 15, 2010 1 Comment

  • 14 – Terrible Twos

    The problem with making something that comes in pairs is that after you have the fun & challenge of making the first one you still have to make the match. For me, once the first one is done I fee...
    Jan 14, 2010 3 Comments

  • 13 – All thumbs

    The first of Matt’s mittens is just about done. I’m waiting for him to come home & try it on so I can make sure the thumb is long enough. I still need to get better at thumbs. My pick...
    Jan 13, 2010 3 Comments

  • 12 – Why do the simplest projects…

    …end up taking so long?I had a simple project to get out of the way today, a set of Ikea curtains in our bedroom needed to be hemmed because they were too long. I marked off where to trim the fi...
    Jan 12, 2010 3 Comments