Category: Sewing
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Answers Pt. 2 – Crafty Stuff
Why did you want to learn to knit? How did you learn to knit? Who taught you? It was a weird sort of preteen rebellion. My parents thought I sat around watching TV too much and they said I needed to be actively doing something at the same time in order to watch TV. I…
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I am a crazy person.
I was taking my camera for a walk in town on Saturday when I saw this in a charity shop window. I have a habit of drooling over old sewing machines in shop windows and stealing a picture, but this was the first time that I’ve seen an old sewing machine that was a price…
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2010 in Crafty Projects
With the exception of October when I moved to Lancaster, I managed to finish at least one crafty project a month. Some months I finished oodles of projects. It was a good year for me in terms of crafting. I wrote my first knitting pattern. I knit six sweaters. I made Britta 3 hats and…
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New Book Bag
I realized yesterday that I only have 9 (8 now) days left before I leave so if I was going to replace my old book bag, I was going to have to do it soon. Obviously I dropped my knitting, put on a campy sci-fi movie marathon, and got sewing. For those of you that…
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My Favorite Book Bag
Most people would throw something out after a squirrel tried to chew through it. I am not one of those people. My recent post on my knitting bag reminded me of the current state of my favorite book bag. It’s in bad shape. It has squirrel damage. I left a sandwich wrapped in paper unattended…