How to Crochet Bobbles in a Knitting Project
The pain of making knitted bobbles has gnawed at me for a long time, and I finally sat down and made a tutorial on how to crochet bobbles instead. Yup, crochet them in a knitting project. So fast and simple, people. The tutorial is over on The Holocene blog. I won’t lie – I hope it changes your life. FacebookTwitterPinterestGoogle +1MoreLinkedInEmailRedditDiggTumblrStumbleUponThe pain of making knitted bobbles has gnawed at me for a long time, and I finally sat down and made a tutorial on how to crochet bobbles instead....
Read MoreThe Holocene made it to the TOC Startup Showcase Finals!
Over 1700 people rated the twenty semi-finalists last week, and after the judges weighed in, we made the cut! Corey, Brett and I were in a Google Hangout meeting yesterday when we got the news, and there were jazz hands all around. Sadly, I can’t be in New York for the conference in mid-February. But Corey and Brett will be there to tell everyone about our magazine and our plans, and I’ll be here at home cheering them on and hoping we’re named one of the three winners. Thank you so very much for your support! I’ll share more about our adventure as we live it, for...
Read More2012: A Round-up of Making
So, fine, it’s 2013 already. I had to debug a little WordPress to get images to work on the blog, and that took up almost all the time I had to blog over the last while. My excuses thus delivered, here’s a summing up of my last year in making, viewable as a slideshow if you’re so inclined (just click a thumbnail and proceed in the obvious way). Oh, but first, a look ahead. You’ll notice there’s some food in here. I’m cooking and baking more than I used to (which was pretty much never, so I don’t mean to imply I do it all the time), and this coming...
Read MoreI made a hat!
It’s not really all that exciting, but it’s for my father-in-law for Hanukkah, so in that regard I’m considering myself a hero for knitting it on time for the planned Saturday delivery this coming weekend. Here are the project details on Ravelry. In other news, I must whine to you for a moment, because I’m losing a days-long battle with a cold of unknown name. Said cold has finally stopped tormenting my kid, and I’ve been keeping it at bay, allowing only a minor throat tickle or headache through my fairly strong defenses, but yesterday afternoon the sneezing...
Read MoreA Mistake!
I’m knitting Owen a Fisherman’s Pullover in some stash yarn I don’t like very much. But it’s a really fun, quick pattern I’m otherwise enjoying very much. And so when I discovered last night that I’d managed to knit a purl row in the garter stitch section and I cursed loudly about it and Greg said, “Dude, he’s going to wear the sweater for like four months, just leave it,” I scowled and then he said, “Ok, one more curse. Make it a good one,” and I did and it was good and then I smiled and then I left it. The end. PS I also...
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