Month: April 2020
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I don’t really do patterned socks.
Honestly. I did the math and less than 5% of my finished socks have been patterned. I even currently have a patterned sock on the needles that I’m mostly making no progress on. I cast on patterned socks from time to time, and I often frog them. Recently, I was watching the Crazy Sock Lady…
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The most fun I’ve had at a sewing machine.
About a year ago, I spied a sew-along on instagram that took my heart. It was from the ladies of my favorite fabric shop, Sunny Day Supply, and was for a quilt called The Norah Quilt. The quilt is simple: a single block log cabin. I’ve ooh-ed and ah-ed over all the Norahs out there…
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Like a variety show.
I’ve honestly been a bit all over the place. Something about being at home all the time has me flitting from project ot project, craft to craft. I am managing to finish some and have only started a few, so I suppose I’m keeping some level of balance. After finishing up my Happy Christmas quilt…
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Measure twice, cut once.
Well, I finally did it. I cut in the heel of a sock at the wrong spot. If you take a very close look at last the first sock, I cut in the heel between the speckled stripe and the purple stripe. Fast forward to me late one evening, working on the second sock —…
Knit 1, Make 2 