Another tablecloth dress

My mother in law brought me two unwanted tablecloths on her visit earlier this summer. The upper one you'll recognize as now being part of the dress I finished last weekend. The lower one, with all the crochet, has proven a bit hard for me to imagine reworking, however. Part of the problem is just...

Jinxed dress complete!

Posted about last here: Jinxed dress project? Did it go any better when I got back to it? Less jinxed perhaps? Well...hand sewing the bodice lining to the skirt, I managed to prick my finger and bleed onto the fabric... but those stains did come out thankfully. Then hemming the skirt, I thought 3 yards...

Hello out there!

It's been so long since I posted that there's no sense in trying a comprehensive crafting update of the last 2.5 years. So instead, some stray thoughts: Logging back on here, I laughed to myself about 2018's 4 babies.... In 2020 (well, Dec 2019-June 2020), 10 of my friends/family had babies, and all of those...

FO: Recycled Cardigan Shawl

Over a year ago, my aunt brought me a beloved cardigan that had been darned a few too many times to keep wearing. She asked me if I might want the yarn. You all know how my stash of yarn has been overflowing in recent years and I've been trying to decrease its size, not...

Keep, toss, unravel

We're moving in about 6 weeks, so I'm packing and sorting through everything. Making some difficult decisions about things that, while I might have strong feelings about, maybe haven't seen the outside of a box/closet since we moved in here 3 years ago. I haven't crocheted any clothing for myself in ages, probably because the...

New life for old yarn – Oh, the possibilities!

Sigh.  Being on the job market, trying to finish my dissertation, and slowly recovering from an RSI have wreaked havoc on my crochet productivity over the past few months. I made a few small things that I hope to get caught up on here. I crocheted only one (1!) Christmas present.  I have made no progress on...

FO: Another Geoui scarf

It's been so long since I've blogged about crafting that I actually had to go back and read my old posts to see where I left off! In the past month, I finished (ok, so I still have ends to sew in) the secret project, made two more mug cozies, and made another Geoui scarf....

Gift wrapping

After making Sara that bikini top and buying her some lacy undies for her bachelorette party gift, I realized last minute that I had no wrapping paper or bows. No matter. I taped together pages from an old-ish atlas I got for free after a used book sale and crocheted rosettes to substitute for bows....

FO: Popo’s shawl

By late November, everything about this shawl was done except for blocking. Knowing that it would be huge and I didn't want to block it on our bed, I waited until we had the excuse to unfold one of our futons. I finally had that excuse on Monday. When my brother stays overnight, he insists...

FO: Winter set for me!

Gene and I will be visiting his extended family in China in early January, thanks to his parents' generosity. Looking to make a good impression, I realized that my winter accessories, made haphazardly over the years, don't match each other at all. So, in the name of consistency, I now have a winter accessory set....