Finished Projects

I don't much like designing craft patterns. My passion for craft manifests more as a desire to curate, to pontificate, to advocate. I usually either follow other people's patterns or just wing it. I decide a couple of weeks ago to do an experiment, though. The weather was getting colder, and I realized Owen's going...
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The weather has been so gorgeous here the last couple of weeks, it's all I can do to sit inside and work. It's like a proper northeast autumn – blue skies, crisp air, turning leaves. It's usually grey by now here in the Pacific Northwest, which makes outside even more irresistible. And to top it...
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Fall means knitting and crocheting, people. Seriously. Greg's started going to a class one or two evenings a week, which is like added crafting magic. I put the baby to bed, eat something, then watch all sorts of vaguely uninteresting television and knit. Which means I'm actually making progress. And that's a very good thing, because there's...
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I finally made Owen some clothing. It was killing me not to have made him clothing. So now I won't keel over! I blogged about the project over at CrochetMe.com, so I'll just nudge you on over there.
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It's grey and rainy in Vancouver, but spring's pretty much already started so I'm not too worried about any unpleasant prognostications today. BING! Regardless, instead of passing out from exhaustion at 7:30 last night, I parked myself on the couch in front of the television and finished off my groundhog (huge thanks to June Gilbank...
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Working outside of my house means, you know, hat head blows. So I needed a slouchy hat and here's what I made. Read more about it on the Crochet Me blog. Summary Pattern: Phannie, by Phoebe Gaughan Yarn: SweetGeorgia Yarns Speed Demon Hook: 4.5mm Started: 3 December 2009 Finished: 6 December 2009 Ravelry deets
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First Embroidery: Finished, originally uploaded by kpwerker. When I was in the seventh grade we had to take home ec. I hated it. Mostly because I hated my teacher. She was everything the stereotype isn't—cold, hard, severe. What she lacked in imagination she made up for in negativity. I remember some of the projects we...
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Love the Ugly Scarf, originally uploaded by kpwerker. I started this scarf during Knitting Daily TV taping in September. I had a sample ball of yarn, came into a sample pair of needles, and picked the simple one-row lace pattern from Eunny's Spectrum Scarf. Little did I know the colour changes in the yarn would lead...
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Neck Warmer, originally uploaded by kpwerker. Not really a sheep or a wolf; I have no idea where that came from. But this is the first time I've knit something that made me realize how flexible knitted fabric can be. By which I mean there are a lot of different fabrics you can produce out...
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On Tuesday our good friends welcomed the most adorable infant into this world and on hearing the news an hour after she was born, my ovaries hijacked my body and made me crochet a tiny blanket. I am not kidding. I had the day off. I planned to do a hundred loads of laundry, go to...
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