I recently took the leftovers from my Sailing Strawberry Tea sweater and made them into a hat I call my Strawberry Tea Rambler! I never thought it was possible to make a hat in a weekend until this project! Brooklyn Tweed sent me a copy of Rambler by Irina Dmitrieva once in an order. The …
As long as I’ve been sewing, I’ve never had a strawberry emery! An emery pincushion is filled with emery powder, which is essentially aluminum oxide. It can remove tarnish from pins and needles as well as polish them. The ubiquitous tomato pincushion will often have a small strawberry emery attached to it. You can learn …
I found some time during my end of year staycation to make an embroidered ornament! Making Christmas ornaments is one of my favorite things to do during November and December, and yet it’s also one of those things that seems to get put off every year (like writing holiday cards!). My small tree has a …
Do you give your furbaby Advent calendar snacks each Advent? I noticed Trader Joe’s selling dog and cat Advent calendars in November a few years ago and usually purchase that one for my dog. Since then I’ve been wanting to make my own prettier calendar, something I could put my own treats in if I …
One of the things I’ve been focusing on this year is learning how to weave. I borrowed a copy of Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom from the library (and later purchased my own copy). I also purchased a subscription to the School of SweetGeorgia and have been enjoying the classes there! It’s not quite …
Another project finished! I completed this Sailing Sweater some time ago but finally found time this weekend to weave in the ends and take photos. It’s a bit unconventional but I like it; I’m looking forward to wearing it as a warm up layer before my dance classes. I made the regular size using 6 …
I finished my Laurel Mists shawl! After I opened Clue 5, I was both excited and completely demotivated by the lace! I put the project away for about a week before tackling it. It took me almost an hour to knit one row! Then I realized it was a 4 row repeat and for some …
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 …
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 …
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 …