Y’know, I read The Happiness Project a couple years ago (I wrote about that here) and decided then that I was going to implement a lot of what Gretchen Rubin talks about, but then for whatever reason or group of reasons I never really did to any great extent. It might have been because I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'projects'
Lazy weekend
January 9th, 2012 · No Comments · hug all the cats, knitting
I’ll be honest: I thought about blogging through the weekend. I did. I thought about it for about ten seconds. Five seconds were devoted to “you should, you should write every day” and five seconds were spent persuading myself that I should take weekends off because weekends mean something to me now. (Not every week, [...]
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A long-term project … maybe
January 4th, 2012 · 1 Comment · crochet, projects
In addition to the sweaters I showed you yesterday, I’ve got another project in the works. The idea for this project was born out of a yarn windfall, the fervor over the first Mason-Dixon Knitting book, and the desire to make all sorts of home decor things, which at the time resulted in exactly one [...]
The first knits to be completed in 2012
January 3rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · knitting, projects
Oh, they’re not done yet. But they will be before the year’s out. I solemnly vow this to be. I started a sweater for Dan over Thanksgiving break; got a sleeve done in Chicago, knocked out a huge chunk of the back on Lord of the Rings Day (most of you know this day as [...]
Tags:knit all the things·rhapsody in tweed·sally cardigan·thermal
O Cross Stitch, I’m Yours
July 28th, 2011 · 3 Comments · cross stitch, projects
Remember back in December, I had this plan to devote each new month to a new craft? I devised this plan because I was getting burned out on knitting. I should say, burned out on knitting again. Crafting does go in waves, doesn’t it? With knitting, it’s sort of a seasonal thing, with not much [...]
Tags:cross stitch·douglas adams·hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy·the wire·vogon poetry
Oh, hi.
January 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · books, cross stitch, knitting, projects, reviews
First, a big hearty cheers to anyone venturing over here from the Five O’Clock Cocktail blog, where I have a post today. *clink* Second, hi! I’m here. Been letting the blog lie fallow for a little bit in the hopes that it will eventually yield . . . you know, I’m not a farmer. Do [...]
Tags:antique patterns·cables·collins·cross stitch·knitting·vintage patterns
Run, Coward!
January 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · cross stitch, projects
I finished the Sinistar cross stitch a little while ago and have since realized that the task of framing is very much like that of seaming a knitted sweater. The main part of the work is done, and my mind and hands would much rather move on to the next fun thing rather than take [...]
Tags:cross stitch·fort greene·sinistar·williamsburgh savings bank tower
(More) Cross Stitch Geekery
December 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · cross stitch, projects
Quick question: Do you recognize this? This is Sinistar. From the 80s arcade game Sinistar. Yeah, I didn’t know either. But over the past week I’ve become intimately acquainted with this pixelated dude. No, not like that. Like this: It all started when I was working on my Death Star cross stitch while Dan was [...]
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Ta-da! (more cross stitch)
December 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · cross stitch, projects
That went quickly. (See: Previously.) This is what I had at about 11:30 am on Saturday, before I left to hang out with friends. Got up early the next morning (my sleep schedule is so out of wack lately. One day I sleep in until 9:30, the next I’m up at 6, then 8, then [...]
December is for cross stitch
December 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · cross stitch, projects
Cross stitch was my first real craft. I’m not sure I can explain why it appealed to me as a kid, aside from the fact that it was what I saw the grownups doing and I wanted a piece of that action. Maybe it was because I was horrible at drawing, and cross stitch was [...]