Archive for April, 2007

SOCKS!

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Just in time for sandal weather - I present - these 3 lovely pairs (Yes - even though I only show 1 foot in sock, I have finished the entire pair but I couldn’t swing both feet up onto the bed to take the picture

Dresserscarf Sock: Spring 2003 Interweave Knits - Fixation Yarn Size [...]

Famous Last Words…

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

I haven’t sewn any sort of garment in a few years, the pattern is simple enough - should be able to get this done in no time…
I decided today would be a great time to knock off those skirts I was planning.  I started by taping the pattern to the window so that I could [...]

Yarnover Weekend Update

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

The weekend started on Friday morning.  I picked up my mom and we headed over to Grand Ave. in St. Paul for lunch and some shopping.  We then went over to The Yarnery to meet Meg Swensen.  This was really fun - my mom had her sign a knitting glossory pamphlet (probably from the first printing).  We [...]

What to do with a tall 10 year old and short jeans?

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

So - my 10 year old daughter, not son (I don’t think he would like this solution…) has some perfectly good jeans that fit well but that are just too short- what to do you ask?
Visit your local notions store, dig through your trim stash (yes, I am a sewer so I have stash to [...]

Plan Not Working…

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

I wore this on Easter: 
I started working on these:
And I even painted one of the bedrooms:
And STILL!  it snows tonight as I am writing this!!  I believe that I am ready for this color to show up outside my window!