It’s been all over the news, but I thought I would announce it here and let you know I’m okay. As some of you know, I’m a student working on my BFA at Northern Illinois University. Today there was a shooting and a few people died, 22 were wounded. It […]
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Oh the Weekend
I just wanted to drop in and let you know that there will not be a pattern this weekend. I have the opportunity to travel to a contemporary art center’s residency program and, well, take a look around. It will make up my mind as to whether or not to […]
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Cherry Chirp
I really enjoyed knitting up this little guy. At only a half a skein of yarn or less, he knits up fast and is really super cute. His feet and the beans in his bottom allow him to sit up all on his own. This little quail has very intelligent beady eyes and you never quite know what he will be up to. I found him in red, but I have a feeling he has quite a few colorful cousins.
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Hello there!
Well, I was afraid this would start to happen. School is getting really intense, so I’m taking this weekend off putting up a pattern as well as wednesday’s midweek post. Clm will still go out as planned. I’m working on a new schedule to keep it all in order. I’ll […]
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Midweek Get Over Hump Day with Cooking – Aprons Part III
Okay, so well, haha, I messed this baby up. I remade the pattern, cut all the pieces just fine, made tons of bias tape: And here is where the problem started: Don’t see it, maybe you do, I sure didn’t. I sewed the shoulders on backwards, dang it! The back […]
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February CLM In the Shop!
It’s in the shop! Hooray! Go Check it Out! Oh and on a side note, this is Issue #6! Holy Moly! I’ve been doing this for 6 months! I really can’t believe it. So there will be an extra special love note to all of you who have made this […]
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Midweek Get Over Hump Day with Cooking Crafts – Aprons! – Part II
Okay, so this is going to turn into a three part post, which is okay with me if it is with you. I’ve decided to explain what I’m doing a little more than I usually do in a midweek post just because I love reconstructing vintage patterns. Aprons are usually […]
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Midweek Get Over Hump Day with Cooking Crafts – Aprons!
To give you a head’s up, I’m going to do half the post today and the progress photos tomorrow. I’m not sure what I came down with, but this morning has not been kind to me. I’m cool with laying around on the couch and letting my figures do the […]
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Hi ya folks!
Well, i’m feeling like a goob for not getting the pattern up by now, but my weekend-before-class-starts running around has completely gotten in the way. I would normally say that I would get it up tomorrow (like usual it seems), but I’m going to chicago tomorrow for the Sewing Rebellion […]
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Midweek Get Over Hump Day with Cooking
This week I’m going to do something a little bit different, instead of a craft, it’s cooking (mainly because I don’t have access to my stash at this point, i’m still out of town! Cooking crafts will be the theme for the next two weeks. I think it will be […]
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Knit Tea Cozy
I just bought a tea set from Target with some of my Christmas Money. It is a little one person set with a little red kettle, a mini tea pot, and a tea cup that fits underneath it. So cute. The tea pot does a good job of keeping my […]
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Midweek Get Over Hump Day with To-do List Crafts
Well, with all of my new year resolutions and things to do and thing to get done and things to try, doing basically, I have been making a lot of lists. Grocery lists, exercise lists, reading lists, craft projects to do lists, things to buy, things to find, things to […]
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Temari Ball Bag
I saw a new book on Temari at the public library. Dang it. I just had to bring it home. Then I just had to read it. And you see where this is going, I just had to try it! I collected up all my temari ball making supplies and soon realized that I would need something to put them in. I’m normally okay with zip lock bags, but for whatever reason, I wanted a temari ball bag that would have all my essentials for the ball I was working on. The other driving factor is that a temari ball is just the kind of favorite thing that my ferrets love to steal and hide and re-hide until they have really done a number on it. So a zipper was needed too.
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Midweek Get Over Hump Day with Grocery Getter Crafts
A new grocery store was just built in our area and they are pretty good, more my style than dekalb style. I’m really not sure how long they are going to last really, or at least, I’m not sure how long they will be stocking what the kinds of neat-o […]
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Midweek Get Over Hump Day with Reading Related Crafts
I know that during the week, about wednesday, I start to get a bit blah. Just not enough crafting time, too much work, Friday’s knitting group is just looking too far away. I’ve heard my fellow crafts people say the same thing. I’ve decided to start posting midweek for the […]
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Shop Update and stuff
Hey there folks. Like usual, I had unusually high expectations of what I could get done yesterday after posting the pattern. Mainly I didn’t forgot about prepping for crafting with a friend as well as going to the Christmas knitting lock in at my lyc where I work. Woops! I […]
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Fingerless Mitten Duo
I wear my lady moss mittens on walks, outdoor excursions, going to class, etc. Basically when I know that I will be outside for more than five minutes. It’s my fingerless mittens that I wear just about everywhere else. To the store, in class, in my apartment, to the mail […]
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Stripe Set
It is always so satisfying to use up stash yarn I must say. I’ve had this nondescript bundle of bulky super wash wool for quite sometime. It was given to me by a friend who was de-stashing. Known as the “Craft Leftovers Girl” I often get donations of leftovers from […]