and finished… sort of
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.
The crocheting for the giant granny square-soon to be cardigan, is done. Yay! It’s soaking as we speak, so hopefully I’ll have a new cardigan soon.
Other than that, I’ve been embroidering and playing around with colors and swatches and general experimentations.
diving back into crochet
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.
It turns out that all I needed to dive back into my giant crochet cardigan was a couple days of cold rainy weather, a couple days with only one or two commitments, and the beginnings of a cold. Curling up under what’s basically a lap blanket, for a couple days, did double duty in fighting off my cold/flu thing, and catapulting my cardigan towards finished.
I’m about halfway through the final round, then I just have to weave in a pile of ends, wash and block the square, and sew a quicky seam. And then I’ll finish the first made-by-me-for-me garment since the self-made wardrobe project.
Also! The Great Northern Kickstarter campaign has just 64 hours to go (at the time of hitting publish on this post. So! if you’d love some Twin Peaks inspired gently absurd and entirely wearable knitwear in your life, go check it out. And if you want to know more about the project, here’s my interview with one of the designers.
dabbling in embroidery
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on.
I added a couple more rounds to my bead crochet snake, but the main project that got my focus this week was an ancient embroidery project that I’ve finally decided what to do with. The stitching is simple, geometric & meditative – so really, it’s all about picking colors.
I can also see a glimmer of the end of the month of crazy busy. Fingers crossed.
But tomorrow, I’m super excited to share an interview with Teresa Gregorio (aka CanaryKnits), all about the new book she’s working on (and kickstarting) with Leah Coccari-Swift (aka RubySubmarine). The book is a Twin Peaks inspired collection called Great Northern, that promises some amazing sweater patterns inspired by log ladies and jelly doughnuts. It’s always wonderful talking with Teresa, and I can’t wait to share what she has to say.
