A drawing for the window at work.
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Trying to write more, so I am keeping a journal to help organize my thoughts about a current writing project when I am away from my computer.
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Must be almost St. Patrick's Day at work. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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Great North
Yarn: Cascade 220 and Diamond Galway
Pattern: Classic Granny Square
My very first crochet project, finished in December. It has begun a dangerous habit of blanket making.
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Burnt Honey Orange Label by Tanis Fiber Arts
Knitting Problems: Not having a project worthy of such gorgeous yarn.
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Perfect.
Ha. Now these are sew-in labels I could really use.
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Forget-Me-Not Mittens
Yarn: Regia Crazy Colour #5446 Sylt and Tanis Fiber Arts Yellow Label in Chestnut
The Regia yarn was a thank you gift from a friend. She gave me, my wife, and my girlfriend each a ball of the same colour. Tacky, matching mittens here we come!
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Every-damn-time. Clean the lid and rim before you put your materials away unless you really enjoy spending ten minutes prying them open again.
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Being a reasonably social person in my late twenties, I find myself attending a fair number of weddings these days.
For a creative person, the nuptials of dear friends can mean a whole lot of work. There is all the potential crafting, set-up and volunteering for the wedding, and for wedding related activities (engagement parties, showers, jack & jills, etc). There is the potential construction of wedding outfits - themes are in, guys! And finally, there is the gift.
If I care enough about someone to go to their wedding, I probably care about them enough to want to handcraft a gift for them. And that gift is almost always a blanket.
But making a blanket is time consuming! I have quilted, knit and crocheted wedding blankets, and it always takes longer than I expected. I have only once succeeded at getting a blanket done in time for the wedding.
Right now I have two wedding blankets I am working on. Sometimes I lose focus and enthusiasm, and I doubt if I will ever finish them. So I remind myself that a Wedding is just one day. A marriage - a good marriage - lasts much longer. A quilt or an afghan takes a long time to make, but it will keep the people I care about warm for many winters. So it's probably okay if my gifts tend to be a bit late.
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This is one of my favourite things on the internet. GOLDEN always does awesome stuff, I highly recommend reading their Just Paint Newsletter if you are a total art and material nerd.
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So many ends to weave in.
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Here I am with a tumblr.
I'm not totally sure what a 'tumblr' is, but I have one. Hopefully this will be a place where I can dump pictures and words without feeling obliged to be brilliant. That's what this is for, right?
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