Lobolita

Also, sewing. Also, cooking. And relationships. And personal hygiene.
I got my propane tank, my 5′ hose, my vermiculite, and I’m off to the races. In pursuit of actually, you know, getting good at this, I’m starting with the “100 spacers” theory. Those who know say that if you make 100 spacers, by the end you’ll [...]

I just picked up three more grocery bags of wool from my grandmother, from the same Icelandic stash my uncle sent her decades ago.
There are 26 skeins of laceweight “Alafoss Crystal Fleece,” 10 skeins of lopi in brown and orange, 10 regular-sized cakes of Plotulopi, better known as “unspun Icelandic,” in brown and orange, and [...]

Well, Tim’s top-down Elizabeth Zimmerman ribbed raglan is a good two inches too short, so I get to either a) rip out the ribbing at the bottom to add the length, or b) cut off the ribbing, knit two more inches, and graft the ribbing back on. I haven’t decided yet, so I’ve stuffed it [...]

My mother and I went to the Frantz Art Glass August Bash on Saturday. It was a blast. Free t-shirts, free tote bags, and a truly awesome free lunch.
It got us all fired up to lampwork again, so we bought a few rods of glass from the $2 table (including some cool CIM colors I’d [...]

I’ve been browsing the internet for the last few months trying to decide how to lug the baby around after he’s born. I knew that I wanted a carrier of some kind, but I wasn’t sure what kind would be best. I found ring slings, pouch slings, mei tai carriers, wraps, baby bjorns…there is a [...]

I love shrimp as long as I don’t have to touch the legs. The shrimp in Brazil were a disappointment– fishy and strong-smelling. Being back here in the States has led me to a whole new appreciation of just how good our seafood is, particularly here in the Northwest.
A visit to Ranch 99 this weekend [...]

Thanks to SewingBusiness.com for linking to my maternity jeans tutorial!

I think it’s important for jewelry artists to have a recognizable style. It allows creativity within guidelines, and also keeps one’s jewelry from just copying what everybody else is doing.
As I’m trying to develop a distinctive style of my own, one thing I keep coming back to is the hammered silver shapes, including paddle pins.
This [...]

I only fit into one of my pairs of pants. Okay, that’s not true. I have a pair of white maternity jeans that I’m scared to wear, and a pair of gray maternity dress pants that I wear all the time instead. But a girl’s gotta have some good old blue jeans here in Washington, [...]

Returning to my yarn stash after two years of absence in Brazil has led to some interesting discoveries. One such was three skeins of Joann Sensations Bellissimo in bright turquoise, a gift from my dear husband from several years ago. Not knowing exactly what to do with 230 yards of bulky, thick-and-thin boucle wool with [...]