I walked miles in the heat of day last week to arrive at the Redmond-based craft store Ben Franklin, my favorite local yarn shop (LYS). I mulled over yarns of differing color and weight, imagining their eventual feel and drape on my body, feeling them as I would a lover between my fingers… Eh heh… […]
Ok, so I know that summer is approaching. And I know that my attire will soon be changing from heavy winter coats and thick stockings to light dresses and t-shirts.But I am still fantasizing about a sweaterdress.Ever since making my skirt project, I have wanted to move onto other sorts of knitted clothing. I have […]
I am a list addict. That’s right, I’ve admitted it (yet again). And for the upcoming summer I have made a list with subsections of items that I want to begin or complete during that time. But this time I’ve done three things that are a tad bit different with the list:1. I have made […]
At one point in my academic career, I wasn’t going out. I would haul up in my room, do my school activities, and come home. And, while this might work for some people (my boyfriend included), I get a serious case of cabin fever.So, although it’s not technically a “project,” my personal goal for these […]
A project that I have wanted to launch for a while, but have not yet dared to test out, is to read some of my work aloud and read them as podcast-like posts for this blog. Today I am taking the plunge. I will start with a story* that I wrote for a creative writing […]
Sometimes I feel like productivity is the only way to go for me. I have to be seriously working on something, giving it my all, making plans, and working through them as steadfastly as possible. But, as you can imagine, it is pretty difficult to keep up that level of productivity all the time – […]
As all college students know, you can get in over your head pretty easily with the reading, essays, and exams required of you in your collegiate life. And sometimes you need a break.Crashing for a couple extra hours doesn’t usually fit into my schedule, so to take time off yesterday, I zoned out and used […]
Now that this website re-vamping business is finished and I am slowly but steadily working myself back into a regular balance of life and school work, I have realized my complete lack of something I’ve craved since I was a child: real mail.I thought about why people don’t write letters as often anymore and all […]
Why is there not a button to be found in Manhattan past 6pm? Honestly, I have to get this out of my system – there are no craft stores in the city it seems that are open past 6pm and, even without craft stores being open, there is nowhere that will give me buttons! I […]
I am working now on my second mysterious knitting project – a teal wool pleated skirt (pattern courtesy of Knitty). I won’t show you a picture of it just yet, but I am about halfway done with that and I am working towards the finish line hopefully before I leave the country – and my […]