First 17 things 18. I was recruited into the Hoorah Cloggers largely because I have high arches. That makes for good percussive dancers. 19. My brother has flat feet. I took my own arches and his from our genetic pool, best we can tell. He got to be a foot taller and much better at […]

This weekend, rather than nalbinding as I had planned, I ended up designing a couple of new objects. I made a felted box out of Noro Kureyon. Ok, nothing terribly difficult about knitting up or felting a small box, but the colors are lovely, and it holds a half dozen CDs, and comes up about […]

Friday night + Fourth Season of Oz on DVD + bag o’beads = Stitch markers. (I’m afraid the fellah will never quite feel comfortable with my fascination for prison movies. These new markers needs must comfort my strange mind.) I got some great lampwork beads from a friend of a friend this summer in exchange […]

The Tinsmith show at Blackrock last night rocked. In a folky way, of course. For those of you who haven’t found the band yet, they’re a DC-metro area band who plays traditional Irish and English folk with some great jazzy and rock influences. Brooke Parkhurst, my friend and banjo teacher, sings and plays a variety […]

Last night I made the pocket for the Tuatha bag. Teal and grey spirals, to be felted. It was much less annoying than any other counted work I’ve done in the past. Now I must learn to chart so I can make more spirally goodness. The bag itself is progressing quickly. Several knitters met up […]

So, felted brownie hats rock. They rock so hard I might make another one right now. Ok, not right now, but maybe tonight. And witch hats are in the works. I’ll go from the short little nubbin of a brownie hat to a very tall witch hat, oh yes I will. Don’t try to stop […]