Lobolita

Well, this is surprising. Tim’s sweater seems to be progressing nicely, thanks to worsted weight yarn, stockinette, and Elizabeth Zimmerman. I’ve got both sleeves done up to the underarm and 11 inches of the body, including a 1.5 inch faced hem. I love the look of a faced hem in knitting, especially for men’s knits. [...]

It was…okay. Not as good as Star Trek. Better than Wolverine. There are just some things you can’t do twice. Like be shocked when a major character dies. I think they took a book that was extremely difficult to adapt to the screen and did a pretty decent job of it. Pros The characterization of [...]

My favorite pieces from today and the photo that inspired them. This pretty little columbine was blooming along a trail we hiked in the Cascades. In honor of its perky, translucent petals, I formed and hammered a petal shape out of 10-gague sterling silver and dangled some spiderweb carnelian and yellow jade from the other [...]

Last weekend I got to do some florist-ing for a friend’s wedding. Since my favorite part of my own wedding was doing the flowers (and my least favorite part was sewing the bridesmaid’s dresses. Don’t ask.), I’m always on the lookout to dish up some classic boutonnieres, corsages, and bouquets. It’s pretty simple, if you’re [...]

This recipe was fueled by a combination of my insatiable desire for a cupcake from one of Seattle’s many cupcake bakeries (cupcakeries?), and a slim pocketbook that will not allow for unnecessary luxury. I’m an avid reader of Cakespy, and am always seeing beautiful and fantastical cupcakes dance across her blog from bakeries like Cupcake [...]

I’ve just listed my first four items on Etsy! Pretty silver and stone jewelry inspired by the Blanca Lake and Sauk River photos. Take a look!

These are 11″, so far. I’ve got 8″ to go up to the underarm, and then I’ll come back and do a 1″ hemmed cuff.

If  you look in the left-hand sidebar, you’ll see the new page I made explaining my current project. The idea is to use photos we’ve taken over the last few years as color, texture, and shape inspirations in my work. The pictures I’ve selected can be seen at Flickr, or in the slideshow after the [...]

The lightbox works just fine. Today was a beautiful 75 degrees (no, it doesn’t rain all the time in the Northwest), so I took advantage of the afternoon sunshine to photograph some of my pieces. I made this one last week. Amethyst, peridot, pearls, new jade, rocailles, and a hand-hammered serpentine closure. I’ll put this [...]

Tim claims that I will never knit him a sweater. I show him patterns, I try to tempt him with yarns, but he maintains that it’s all meaningless because I’m never going to have a finished product to put in his hands. Well, I’m setting out to prove him wrong. I give you the early [...]