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The Joy of Making Something: At last, an FO

Published on December 21, 2009 By spyderkl

The carry-on/messenger bag that I’d been wanting for my trip to MN is finally, finally finished. I started it a few weeks ago, and wrote about it when I first started, after I finished dyeing what turned out to be 1/3 of the black yarn I needed, and right after the moment when I found [...]

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: Aftermath of dyeing

Published on November 20, 2009 By spyderkl

Yesterday, I started on a big project. Project Mommy Needs a Carry-on Bag began like this: There is one skein of dark gray that isn’t in the picture, but you get the idea. After two packets of acid dye (each pack is supposed to dye 1 lb. of protein fiber single strength) and roughly 24 [...]

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, [...]

Happy Labor Day

Published on September 7, 2009 By spyderkl

Happy Labor Day for my fellow US residents. I’ve been laboring lately, for the first time in ages. On the sidebar to the right you’ll see a list of my “ongoing” Ravelry projects. Some of those have been languishing, for various reasons, for over a year now. Like these fingerwarmers, for example: These things had [...]