Another day at home and another blanket in progress. I mentioned this one yesterday. It’s Tinton Afghan in Color Made Easy. The pattern can be downloaded free from Lion Brand. Tip, you don’t have to be logged in to a Lion Brand account to download the pattern. Go to the pattern page, scroll down to…
Life has temporarily changed quite a bit in the last week or so. As many people as can are staying home. Companies have their employees working remotely if they’re lucky. I’m one of those lucky ones. We’ve been having daily video calls and chatting via Microsoft Teams. And when I’m not working I’m stitching. Without…
Today is the day that should have been the tasting for our wedding menu. Postponed due to coronavirus concerns. Disappointing, but understandable. We’re lucky we have plenty of time we can always do our tasting in the Fall. But since today was initially slated to be a day dedicated to wedding things, I’m putting some…
Before I started working at Lion Brand 3 years ago I didn’t use their yarn all that much. Occasionally I would use a skein of WETQ (Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®) here and there or maybe try something new on a rare trip to Michaels, but that was about it. I was much more wrapped up…
I have no idea what this yarn is, but I’m loving it. Someone was donating it and I couldn’t resist the bulky roving and color palette. In weight it’s similar to Lion Brand’s Fifty Fifty yarn. It’s definitely not that, though. Also comparable in weight would be WATG’s Crazy Sexy Wool. It’s also not that….
There’s a whole lot of not going out happening right now. Stay off mass transit, stay away from crowds…. The silver lining, if you can find one, is getting a lot of crocheting and knitting done. We just got word that our food tasting for the wedding has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns. It…
I tend to pick pretty basic yarns as my favorites. Even though I used to hand dye yarn as a business I gravitate toward solids and semi solids. Every once in a while, though, I find a multi and the vibe is right. Lion Brand’s Stitchbird yarn is one of those yarns. I only even…
We had to postpone our wedding date. Rick is having bilateral temporomandibular joint replacement this summer and we decided it was best to give him more time to recover. So now the wedding is December 11, 2020. For some reason having these extra 3 months of time has given me the urge to craft for…
I used to design a lot of things with very complex patterning. Mostly shawls. They required you to be following a chart pretty much at all times. These are like alone time projects. I don’t have that type of focused stitching time any more. So as my lifestyle has changed I’ve become more a fan…
Now that the major part of wedding planning is done…. ish (it never ends) and the engagement party is over, I feel like I can put more time back into my knitting and crochet projects. My last post was all about purging the unfinished WIPs and beginning something new. I’ve decided to focus on two…