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Saturday, December 17th, 2011One of the reasons I’ve been absent from this space for so long is that I’ve been crafting like a fiend. My mind has no limit to the number of interesting and cool or functional crafts I could do, and it seems that just as I pare down my crafting to-do list to just a [...]
April Brings Birthdays and… Snow?
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011I love April. It usually marks when weather really starts to warm up, flowers begin to burst forth, and the mucky mud means spring is coming soon. It also happens to be the month I was born, and I love birthdays! Yesterday was April 1st, and instead of crocuses and muddy sun, we got blasted [...]
Jute: Knitting Boot Camp
Sunday, March 13th, 2011My third-ever knitting project has begun! I decided upon a jute bag that is in Knitting Green: Conversations and Planet Friendly Projects , one of my favorite knitting books so far. What is jute? Good question. Jute is “a strong, coarse fiber used for making burlap, gunny, cordage, etc., obtained from two East Indian plants, [...]
Yoga and… Sewing?
Friday, March 4th, 2011Anyone who has been following my blog knows that I’ve recently gotten into sewing and have been marveling at the many amazing tricks of the sewing machine. You also probably know a bit about my love of yoga and my daily discoveries of the amazing things yoga can do for a person’s body, mind, and [...]
Knitting with Intention
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011During our last visit to New Jersey, a relaxing post-yoga chat over tea with my good friend Mary Beth revolutionized my knitting technique. She didn’t teach me a new stitch, or how to do some funky Fair Isle pattern… she just changed the way I think about knitting. I learned to knit since my move [...]
A is for “Applique”
Sunday, February 27th, 2011Applique is my new favorite fabric craft. There are endless possibilities for applique craft, and after creating a pillow for my brother and sister-in-law-to-be for Christmas, I just knew I had to dabble in applique a bit more. Our dear friend Noah’s first birthday was the perfect excuse to create another applique creation. I decided [...]
The Edward Scissorhands of Knitting: Double Pointed Needles
Friday, January 21st, 2011I just completed my first ever knitting project. I’m proud to say that it’s the first project I ever attempted, too (there aren’t any unfinished projects lurking from years past). When I was choosing my first project, I wanted to make something simple and easy to complete. I opted for a hat for my baby [...]
Quilting Progress: Balancing Patchwork
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011I finished cutting all of my squares! A few days ago I cleared off the dining room table and laid out all of my squares to decide how I wanted to arrange them. Immediately, I saw some changes I wanted to make, since the solid dot pattern didn’t stand out nearly as much as I [...]
One Square at a Time
Saturday, January 8th, 2011I have officially begun my first quilt!! I’ve cut 35 squares so far and have 86 to go! I’m very excited to be attempting this next sewing project. After allowing my initial excitement about sewing escalate into a few quite elaborate quilting ideas and one drawn out and mathematically figured pattern (as well as ideas [...]
The Light in Me Sees the Light in You
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010Namaste. If you’ve ever been to a yoga class, chances are you’ve heard it. It is one of my favorite sentiments learned from yoga, and when embodied fully, I feel like it can do amazing things. As explained in depth on the Yoga Journal page, “the gesture Namaste represents the belief that there is a [...]
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