Category Archives: Crafts
numero dos
Two weeks ago was our two year anniversary. It’s crazy that it’s only been two years since I got to marry my favorite person ever, because it feels like we’ve been married years and years. The traditional second-anniversary gift is … Continue reading
feather stamps
I carved these intending to use them on fabric, but between the texture of the fabric and the thirty year old silkscreen ink I was using, I couldn’t get a print that I liked. All of my immediate family members … Continue reading
finally, a pair!
I finished the first one quite a while ago, and I’ve been slowly stitching up the second. I started these when it was perfect sock weather, and as most knitting projects go, I didn’t finished until it was warm outside. … Continue reading
blue skies and a new ring
Today we finally got a break from the constant onslaught of rain. The clouds drifted away, the sun came out, and I took the lens cap off my camera. Flowers have been sprouting and new leaves have been slowly growing … Continue reading
basket number two
I am lucky to have such a handy husband! I needed some basket legs, so I drafted up a pattern and three days later had these perfectly crafted oak legs in my grasp. He’s a wood-turning master, ladies and gentlemen. … Continue reading
belated
By some miracle, I finished about a dozen homemade Christmas presents on time this year– except one. It was the first present I started and the last one I finished, but the upside is I had time to snap a … Continue reading
baskets, part 1
As promised, baskets: the next victim in my ongoing quest to learn how to make everything. This is a potato basket, and the instructions came from this book by Lyn Siler. It’s an excellent book with a ton of beautiful … Continue reading
snake
Well folks, do you remember way back in September when I promised you some surface designs? As it turns out, there weren’t really many blog-worthy dyed creations coming out of that class. A lot of what I made was experimental, … Continue reading
one down
First of all, it is not easy to take a picture of your own foot with a 50mm lens on your camera. Second of all, this is the only non-present-related thing I have been working on lately. It’s a practice … Continue reading
new knits
This year I did the smart thing and started this scarf in September, before it got cold outside. It’s the first thing I’ve knitted, and I didn’t use a pattern– I just knit in 2×2 ribs until I ran out … Continue reading