I recovered my ironing board years ago, but I wasn’t very happy with it. I finally got tired of it (the pad was starting to show the imprint of the metal mesh of the ironing board base) and decided to finally sew a new one. Sewing a new ironing board cover takes just over an …
Laurel Mists MKAL Clue 1 Finished! I managed to finish ahead of schedule! Getting started was troublesome; the instructions have you place markers at the beginning to mark the edge and center spine. The markers are fiddly when starting out and I ended up restarting the shawl a couple times, but I’m able to keep …
My “quick summer knit” ended up taking most of the summer! I used SweetGeorgia’s Flaxen Silk Fine for this top in the color “Starlight”, and the pattern is Holli Yeoh’s “Grotto Nymph”. There were a few challenges in knitting Grotto Nymph for me – knitted lace, linen yarn, fingering weight top. I live in a …
This summer I wanted to try a knit along with some of my knitting friends. I’ve never participated in a knit along before, let alone a mystery knit along! I can read patterns fairly well and feel confident that I can follow along not having seen the final result of the pattern. So when SweetGeorgia …
An old friend recently asked me to participate in her “Snail Mail Initiative” for three weeks in August; each participant sends a little something in the mail to the others in their group. The project was more focused on calligraphy, writing, and paintings/artwork, but the theme was “Relaxation”. I had such a hard time coming …
Hi there! My name is Diane, and I’m looking forward to sharing my journeys in the fiber and textile arts with you! My first passion is dancing Argentine Tango, which I started doing 2009 and started performing in 2015. I’ve found that performance costumes are very expensive to buy and there is very little in …