It isn’t something I really thought that much about until I started hand stitching the charm basket handles. I mean, I know thread weights affect how projects look when they are used as surface embellishment, as in cross stitch, needlework, embroidery, even quilting. But I hadn’t really considered that a 50wt thread vs. an 80wt… Continue reading A difference of thread weights
Fancy lace and beads
I was so excited to get my beads in the mail enabling me to move forward with my Mermaid Lair shawl. Of course, things did not go as planned, and I quickly had to rip out and re-start. In fact, I did that a couple of times. I finally got back on track, and then… Continue reading Fancy lace and beads
WIPGO a gone-gone again
While I worked on both projects for August (Sea Quilt and Plum Pudding), I didn’t put enough stitches into either one to merit a new photo and progress post. My focus is currently elsewhere, and all I can say is that I made it farther along this year than I did last year in keeping… Continue reading WIPGO a gone-gone again
About Time for an update
I’ve completed a couple more charts of knitting for my About Time shawl, and I thought it would be a good time to take a progress photo. Of course, shawls are difficult to get a good photo/idea of how it’s going, since you’re scrunching up most of those stitches on a circular needle. I’ve completed… Continue reading About Time for an update
Re-thinking a mystery
I dropped out of a local quilt group last year. The women in the group are really nice, and I’m still friends with many of them. But being in the group itself was just not my thing. I get that a group that large (around 70-80 members?) has to do things a certain way and… Continue reading Re-thinking a mystery