Another month down, another five to go. This month was fairly productive, compared to June. Early in the month, I finished my Elemental Boatneck. I…
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Yes, that was my very first thought this morning, when my cat woke me at an ungodly hour because she was hungry (sorry, fuzzmonster, I’ve…
13 CommentsToday’s blog prompt: Whatever happened to your __________? Write about the fate of a past knitting project. Whether it be something that you crocheted or…
Leave a CommentHow do you keep your yarn wrangling organised? It seems like an easy to answer question at first, but in fact organisation exists on many…
Leave a CommentOn one of my Ravelry boards, someone threw out the phrase “alpha knitter,” and I henceforth declared that I wished to be known as threadpanda,…
6 CommentsWell, I wasn’t going to participate in Eskimimi’s Knit and Crochet Blog Week, but then I saw Allyson’s blog post this morning and felt inspired to try. In a hectic week, hopefully taking a few moments every day to think about a hobby I love will keep me grounded and relatively sane. {read more}
4 CommentsAs I said earlier, I’m planning to knit 12 pairs of socks in 2011; one pair of socks for each month of the year. However,…
9 CommentsWhen it comes to knitting, I’ve decided that a better approach, for me, is to plan ahead as much as possible. It’s good for me to know what I want to do, so I don’t end up with a million WIPs; even if I’m not loving a project while I’m in the middle of it, I can look at my list and say “well, this is on the list, so I’m going to work on this for a little while and then come back to this other thing.”
My momma would be so proud; she used to struggle with me to plan my clothes for school the night before. (I do, occasionally, plan out my work clothes the night before, but usually only because I’m excited about a new outfit or crazy color combination.) {read more}
7 CommentsMy relationship with my mom is not one of those “my mom is my best friend” kind of thing, though we are pretty close and I miss her a whole lot, being halfway across the country from her. (I love my dad and my brother very much, too, but they’re not really a part of this post.) So when she told me she was going to mail me some crafting supplies she’d found in a closet, I was really curious as to what she might have found. She had said there was some yarn, and some books, but I had no idea what was waiting for me. {read more}
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