Monthly Archives: October 2011

Academia Projects

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Blog Forum Gdansk 2011

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Join me this weekend in Gdansk! I'll be keynoting at the Blog Forum Gdansk, October 15 and 16. I'd love to see you there.

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Everything

Posted on October 8, 2011 by | Comments Off on Everything
clary sage harvest

I feel like I haven't had much to say lately. Not too many fast-moving projects happening means not a lot to share. I have so much going on right now and not a lot to show for it, but I do have a few things for now.

Knitting is still happening a lot it seems.

tiny sweater progress

wee sweater

The plants are still blooming and even pushing new growth in many cases...

rosebuds

more of linda's roses

I finally cut back the clary sage and decided to infuse it in the rest of the rice bran oil I had in my soap room.

clean, dry jars

washed and drying

dropped, settling, and stirred in, respectively :)

infusing

It has been sitting in the window sill and getting shaken several times a day and it is almost ready to strain already!

But perhaps one of the most exciting crafty things lately was a swap I did with one of my Ravelry friends.

My little Ashford "Knitter's Loom" for her four harness vintage Rasmussen table loom.

harnesses down

Rasmussen Looms

nice lookin' reed, eh?

so many strings!!!

love the teeth on this

the knitting corner, now with larger loom

For storage, it sits on that cedar chest there in my knitting nook (that I never really knit in...) but when I want to use it, I'll be setting it up on the dining room table like everything else I'm sure. :)

The big let down is that I haven't attempted to warp it yet. Too many other things happening right now to devote the time to it, but one of these evenings or weekends I will have some time and I cannot wait to get my hands on it!

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Limited Time Discount: Hopi Mittens

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A Little Sewing To Relax

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Current Projects
Today I finished Peanut's Fleece Packer outfit.  Why make it?  My child has a head the size of an adult (20" around) and we have to always buy his shirts a size or two bigger so as to not shove his eyeballs into his head putting on a shirt.  Not to mention his torso is a little bit long for his age too.  Well, unfortunately, it's not cost effective to buy two track suits, one that fits the bottom and one that fits the top, so I picked out a McCall's pattern where I could make the jacket bigger and the pants smaller.

I've never sewn with fleece before, so it was definitely a challenge.  I started with my mother's Brother sewing machine, which "jacked up" several seams on the jacket.  It took 3 days to finish what was considered an EASY pattern!!!  Got home, used my new Brother machine that I got for Mother's Day, and it was easy peasy.  So here's what it looks like:

Cute, isn't he?!
A green pocket on both the left sleeve and pant leg...

Hood on the jacket and contrast color pockets lined up
after some help from my mother and my uncle (designer Ashley Stewart)

And now some clapping for our undefeated Packers!
One thing I'll say about working with fleece: I hate it!  But it was a learning experience about different machine stitches and stretching one layer of the fabric as part of a pattern look.  So after this I tackled making a double-sided fleece Packer blanket (pictures to come once I catch Peanut napping under it).  Still hate working with fleece, but I won't discount it as a viable fabric to use if and when necessary.

Coming Soon
Fall jumper is almost done!  Yea, we got a lot of work done today!

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A Severe Lack of Photos

Posted on October 1, 2011 by | Comments Off on A Severe Lack of Photos
We've moved! Since my last post I've started working at a Rhode Island College, also in Providence. With two jobs there I've stopped substitute teaching and we're now living in Providence. Everything is still in piles on the floor, but once things get a bit more under control I'll post some photos of our apartment!

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I made my college roommate two hats a Hannah and an elf hat - I got the yarn with her in mind during the Shop-Hop and the patterns followed naturally. She has a lot o'hair and and is very pixie like, how could I, in good conscious, not make her those hats?

I've finished (except blocking) my shawl and had a few opportunities to use it already. It's very comfy and warm, it's liked being hugged all the time.

I'm making this hat for my mom. An easy intro to tiny little cables. The first ear flat took quite a long time and was very tight, but I got into a better tension and rhythm for the second ear flap. This project was somewhat harder to transport so it's taking a long time mostly out of the time spent not working on it.

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