Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! It’s 2011! Wow, amazing. It feels like it should still be October… (don’t ask me what YEAR I mean, either; we’ll just assume for the sake of my dignity that I mean 2010 and leave it at … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Knoontime Knitting – One Writer’s Journey Into 3-D
Holiday Knitting: The Bolero of Doom
I decided to tackle a bolero for my friend R…, and figured it would be easy because it’s a Lion Brand free pattern. It stumped me a little at first, because of instructions like “and at the same time” in … Continue reading →
Weaving! Harness the Power…
Sorry, weaver’s joke. (Harnesses hold the heddles, which are how the fabric is made… get it? Yeah, it’s not that funny.) (MAN, maybe I need to get out more.) ANYWAY. So, I’m going to give an update in reverse order … Continue reading →
Mochi Progress
I’ve been working away… well, playing away, really… with my shawl. Here are a couple quick updates. I’m on row 14 of a 16 stitch sample of rippled rib. I may extend it past this current spot because I like … Continue reading →
Final Day of First Session, June 24th
My final day of class, and I’m hooked. I will definitely sign up for the four-harness class, and even have purchased my first instructional book: Learning to Weave, by Deborah Chandler. It only just arrived today, so I don’t have … Continue reading →
Weaving, June 17th
Back to the workshop! June 17th was my third session at the Chicago Weaving School. I made some good headway with my weaving, though I had some trouble getting the beating consistent. Stress really made a difference in how I … Continue reading →
Weaving Update
As I’ve discussed in prior posts on weaving, I’ve been working on learning the Cricket loom, a rigid heddle loom. I have successfully taken the fabric off the loom and it is now a table runner in my dining room! … Continue reading →
Motif Loff!
Sorry, couldn’t help the alliteration. 🙂 But I took a basic crochet class and learned how to make Granny Squares and basic motifs. My motif is sort of the large, Frankenstein type of motif where you use huge yard to … Continue reading →
Box Loff – The Extended Cut
I found some more pictures. (Can you tell I’m finally cleaning out my photo folders?) I finished the stitching on the pieces, and have actually sewn the bottom of the box. I need to get going on finishing it so … Continue reading →
Box Loff Revisited
As you know, last year I experimented with needlepoint boxes. When Rachel visited in July, I showed her the box in my office. Later on, we got to talking and came up with a design for another one. I have … Continue reading →