Tag: Yarn

  • Tidy mind, tidy stitches.

    Today’s topic is organization. When it comes to my craft supplies, there isn’t much of an organizational system. I try to keep everything in a few designated areas like this drawer, but I still end up with yarn and needles everywhere. My desk frequently gets over taken by it all. I can’t even keep my…

  • A Tale of Two Yarns

    Hello all! I still have an essay left to write (the deadline for one of them moved), but I thought I’d end my little blogging break and join in on the Second Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week. All of my posts for the week will be on the topics there. The idea of today’s…

  • Yarn

    The yarn for my next knitting project came in the mail today. It’s taunting me because I still have to finish my Alice sweater. It’s due next Monday and I only have 1/4 of the second sleeve done. There is something about deadline knitting that makes me lose all interest in a project. I really…

  • Intarsia?

    Sorry for dropping off the face of the planet. I had a bunch of papers due last week and then some I-might-not-get-home-for-Christmas anxiety because I had to fly through Charles de Gaulle. Anyways, I made it home eventually and there was a big box of yarn waiting for me on my bed! I ordered it…

  • Birthday Yarn!

    Today is my birthday and I received an awesome package from my family with cards and presents. The card from my sister gave me a laugh. It said “The Good News: You’re 21! The Bad News: (she scratched out what it actually said and wrote in) You’re in England! No One Cares!” Some how I…