2016 Update: I’ve since frogged this project as the yarn choice didn’t hold up well. Read more here. Looks pretty cozy, right? I recently swiped a couple of skeins of chunky yarn from the sample closet at work (thanks, Kollabora!) with the intention of making a cushion cover. I was thinking, oversized, simple, monochrome, and…
Category: Made By Me
Easy Zippered Oilcloth Travel Case
I had some delicious Marimekko oilcloth buried in my stash that I finally got around to making a little travel tote out of. This was one of those last-minute necessity makes. I was leaving for New York the next day so I needed easy and I needed now. I knew the style I wanted and a little…
Updated Embroidered Knit Pillow
A year or so ago I was messing around with the idea of a knit pillow and came up with this. I was really happy with how the concept turned out, embroidered knits, but it hasn’t proved as functional as I would like. The yarn I used was quite scratchy, I didn’t anchor down the embroidery…
Intro to Spinning Workshop at The Knit Cafe
A few months back I took a drop spindle (introductory spinning) class at The Knit Cafe in Toronto. Majorly worth it. For anyone interested in spinning and in the Toronto area I wanted to share my experience. I got into the idea of spinning my own yarn a couple of years ago when a family friend passed on to…
Woven Wall Hanging With Birch Branch
The fun begins when you stop treating weaving as strictly back and forth and start looking at it as a grid that can be worked in any direction. Twisting, knotting, wrapping – if you can think it, try it! I made a wall hanging a while back that I wasn’t totally happy with (blogged here),…
Updated Tunisian Crochet Neck Warmer
Here we have my second attempt at a Tunisian crochet neck warmer. The first one I made last year turned out more like a balaclava (oops), and while functional it didn’t feel right. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again! I ripped it out and cast on fewer stitches this time, making it looser and shorter. It came…
Wool And The Gang’s Zion Lion Hat
It’s here! Wool and the Gang is on Canadian soil… it’s HERE! I’ve followed UK based WATG for some time now and on multiple occasions come this close to ordering online, but the ridiculous shipping fees have stopped me. So, I can’t tell you how over the moon I was to see a whole wall…
Updated Textured Circle Scarf
Alright kids, here we go again. One of my first posts and tutorials, Textured Circle Scarf, was in desperate need of a re-knit. I know I haven’t blogged much, but I’m already at that stage where I look back at old posts, particularly “tutorials”, and wince. Since this scarf is easily the most worn thing…
Brooklyn Tweed’s Spruce Forest Lace Shawl
Well well, it’s been a week or 8 hasn’t it? I’d love to say I’ve been wildly productive in my blogging absence but no, just your general ‘life happens’ stuff. I did however finally finish this Brooklyn Tweed Spruce Forest Estonian lace shawl that I started at the beginning of the summer. I actually completed…
A Woven Wall Hanging, Unfinished
Well. I don’t love it. In keeping with my intention to blog honestly, I’ve got to admit this is not turning out as I’d hoped. I had this concept built up in my head and I expected it to feel so good when I finished, but here I am cross-legged on the floor staring at…