Another part of my ‘get rid of all the scrap yarn I have ever owned, ever’ plan has been accomplished: I save all the odd bits of yarn after I complete socks and this habit, paired with the great Koigu Mill-Ends Binge of 2008, has left me with lots and lots of little 30g balls [...]
Archive for June, 2009
socks & shoes
Posted in Uncategorized on June 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Cuckoo
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’m so excited, I just had to share this. My birthday present to myself arrived about a month earlier than I thought it would. I am now the proud owner of a cuckoo clock! Believe it or not, it is the first clock in our apartment. AJD and I use our cell phones as watches, [...]
New Slippers for Dulle Griet.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
And new slippers for you too, if you like. Materials: Notes: I made myself way more ‘felt’ than I needed (yes, I know this is fulled knitting, but for ease, I’m going to use the word ‘felt’). The amounts written in the list are the measurements for the final pieces of felt I made. These [...]
a nice weekend.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
AJD and I don’t usually have the same days off (I take my weekend in the middle of the week to avoid tourist mayhem, and AJD’s schedule changes weekly), so when our schedules work out we try to do something fun. Last weekend, we were supposed to go to NYC but AJD’s nasty cold kept [...]