craftsy update

09 Jan 2007 in journal

too many projects, never enough time! ah, that’s the way life is, huh. better that than the opposite, that’s for sure. anyhow, here’s my craftsy to do list:

~ turkish cape from vogue knitting. no picture here, it looks a lot like before, but wider and with about four inches more to it. stranded knitting is not that bad, when it’s only two or three colors at a time.. four or five colors kicks my butt, though. in other words, blocking is my friend.

~ stare in happy satisfaction at christmas goods. besides the three poetry in stitches/ norsk strikkedesign kits (!), i also got a pound of the almost solids series sampler, a tensioned lazy kate, and a distaff, hooray. then, pick a kit and start swatching.

~ stain the wheel the same walnut color the kate has. repeat with bobbins and niddy-noddy. a little intimidating, but my both my parents are expert stainers, or so they say. !

~ knit a top-down raglan cardi using a combo of handspun and leftovers. that’s a pound of delicious maryland-grown jacob 2-ply yarn, at 12 w.p.i. (more or less) and roughly 825 yards. (btw, that’s two swatches – one as singles, the other as the 2-ply. neither was blocked, just washed. this yarn blooms beautifully!) i really like the colored yokes in the opinionated knitter but i don’t think i have enough of the colors i want, so it’s more as an inspiration. we’ll see what becomes of that.

~ dress that distaff and spin some more flax. yay for linen!

~ i have two folkwear patterns – one halfway done, the other not even started. sewing! more on that soon.

~ still have that beautiful denise schmidt quilt kit filled with quilty ideas. i also bought a pillow form, a rotary cutter, and found an old bag filled with fiber scraps. quilting!

~ while in asheville, yup, i succumbed to two basket kits. no pictures yet, it’s just too embarrassing to realize how deep in crafts i truly am. they’re beautiful kits, but for now, hidden under my bed. so, basketry!

~ design (!) my mom’s cardigan and knit it up already. this is going to be the most challenging project i think, but it’ll be sooo very satisfying at the end. designing!

i have a few other secret projects, but this is a good enough list for now, no? gulp.

happy tuesday ~ ~