Posted in embroidery, knitting, tagged Cascade 220, embroidery, knitting, moebius knitting, October Lady Sweater, projects, puppies, scarves, stripes, sublime stitching on November 12, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Hi… so… I know it’s been a while… but I promise… I’m still knitting.
Witness:
The February/October/November? Lady Sweater now has a sleeve. I’m really languishing on the second one (ain’t that the way?) but I’m hoping that scoring some buttons soon will inspire me. Goal is to have this done for the boy’s performance, which approaches [...]
Posted in crochet, food, tagged Cascade 220, cheese, cheeseburger, cheezburger, crochet, halloween, lettuce, sometimes I'm cool on November 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So, we’ve already seen How to Crochet a Hamburger Bun. Now, I take you to Part II of this endeavor: How to Crochet Lettuce, and How to Crochet a Slice of Cheese. One is significantly easier than the other.
How to Crochet a Piece of Lettuce
- Begin crocheting a circle, as in How to Crochet a [...]
Posted in crochet, embroidery, food, tagged Cascade 220, cheezburger, crochet, embroidery, halloween, sometimes I'm cool, toy on November 3, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Being a Lolcat for Halloween was really fun. Some people had no idea what I was, to which I replied, “Well, it’s this internet phenomenon… pictures of weird cats with silly captions… cats like cheezburgers…” and received questioning stares. But! Those who recognized my costume were really stoked.
Regardless, everyone loved the crochet cheezburger. That’s right. [...]
Posted in cooking, food, knitting, vegan, vegetarian, tagged autumn, Cascade 220, February Lady Sweater, pumpkin, salad, vegan, Vegan MoFo on October 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I woke up this morning. It’s October. It’s been October for a week now. And what was the thing that got me out of bed?
Pumpkin! It’s pumpkin-flavored-coffee-drink season!!
Decaf pumpkin soy latte. Seasonal flavored goodness.
And, of course, the (October) February Lady Sweater continues apace. I’ve got a few more inches left on the body and then [...]
Posted in embroidery, knitting, tagged Cascade 220, embroidery, hedgehogs, home, knitting, log cabin blanket, love, sublime stitching on September 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I finished another tea towel yesterday, and I’m really, really excited about it:
I’ve been wanting to put this idea into stitches ever since I bought Sublime Stitching’s Forest Friends pattern. Two hedgehogs. In love. A reference to me and my boy: I love purple and he loves blue (and was once Sonic for Halloween). I’m [...]
Posted in cooking, food, knitting, vegetarian, tagged beans, burgundy, Cascade 220, color, February Lady Sweater, knitting, tomatoes, vegetarian on September 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today’s blog post is brought to you by the color burgundy.
These are some cranberry shelling beans I bought at the farmers’ market. Check out the pods! I think they were referred to as “tongues of fire” beans, and I couldn’t resist. The beans have beautiful cranberry speckles when shelled. Unfortunately, the speckles disappear when cooked.
Pretty [...]
