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Happy May

Published on May 1, 2010 By spyderkl

Well, today is May 1st. Happy May to you. This year, I thought I’d try making some yarn to put up in my long-neglected Etsy shop. There had been some yarn there, black bulky-weight handspun, but it never sold and I took it out. The yarn wound up either being used myself or gifted to [...]

Another FO

Published on April 11, 2010 By spyderkl

I finally have an FO to show. At last. This one is either for Niece #2 or for School Girl. Here they are, fulled, dry, and resting comfortably: I really love this pattern, both the children’s pattern and the adult one. The adult link leads to the revised version of the clogs; I’ve got a [...]

See, I really do knit

Published on February 15, 2010 By spyderkl

I just don’t finish things very often anymore. This one was pretty fast and easy, though… It’s Heart, from the Winter 2008 Knitty. That’s my handspun Coopworth from ages and ages ago, recently dyed with cherry Kool-Aid a summer or two ago. It’s either K’s or School Girl’s Valentine’s Day present. He laughed like hell [...]

The Joy of Making Something: Oops…

Published on November 25, 2009 By spyderkl

You know, there’s this problem I have whenever I make something that I’m improvising. Even though the bag does have an actual pattern, not written by me, I’m kind of improvising this one. I guess at things, and usually that guess sucks. Really badly. For example, I had to improvise the black yarn for the [...]

The Joy of Making Something

Published on November 18, 2009 By spyderkl

Having read Wil Wheaton’s post about making things, and, um, really needing something for my Xmas present that I cannot afford to buy, I decided to write up a step-by-step account of my latest project. Right now, it’s simmering on the stove. But before that, here’s what has happened so far: Realize that you really, [...]