The intensity at yesterday’s Tokyo Int’l Quilt Show made it’s location in the Tokyo Dome feel more like the Thunderdome! Teaming hoards of quilters descended on the show in a mad crush to see the latest efforts by both famous and student quilters alike. The crowds were so thick we were all elbow to elbow andContinue reading “Tokyo Int’l Quilt show at the “Thunderdome!””
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Welcome to 2014
A New Year! A New Start! A great time until one needs to change those big plans. Mistakes and u-turns, ripping out progress in disappointment has been my theme so far this year. I LOVE the summer sweater/shawl pattern from an issue of Keitodama 157 I purchased last summer. It has been at least sixContinue reading “Welcome to 2014”
Purple Baby Alpaca Scarf – DONE!!
Before the End of 2013, I will finish…this lovely lavender, 100% Baby Alpaca scarf. 75grams of super warm, squishy softness in varying shades of lavenders, has been my train companion for the past several weeks. Whenever I can get a seat on the train, I pull out a special crochet project. One that is smallContinue reading “Purple Baby Alpaca Scarf – DONE!!”
“Leap and the Net Will Appear” – Julia Cameron
After decades of deliberation, finally in 2010, I decided what I wanted to be when I grew up: an Artist! Then came the hard part; The Leap! Where do I start? How do I begin this new journey that I really felt like I was coming in late to the game? Just as I made myContinue reading ““Leap and the Net Will Appear” – Julia Cameron”
Hey! What’s this button do?
As much as I prefer to play with yarns and fabric, I find that if I don’t set aside time to learn the popular advances in the internet/tech world, I will be left behind and become that cranky curmudgeon who complains about all those ‘new fangled’ whosawhatsits. So here I am, slowly, step by step,Continue reading “Hey! What’s this button do?”
Pizzelle Beret = Done!
Another item on my “Before the end of 2013, I will finish…” is completed! During the Tokyo Yarn Crawl, I picked up a lovely milk chocolate brown lace yarn with a coppery sheen from Avril to crochet the Pizzelle Beret by Linda Perlmann. This is one of the first patterns I’ve done that isn’t chartedContinue reading “Pizzelle Beret = Done!”
Flutterzags and Puddles
The most beautiful yarn, colorway inspired by the Ulysses Butterfly in Australia, has been crocheted into a scarf for my MIL. Lovingly dyed under the Australian sun by Solar Flair Fibres it creates the most amazing pattern using the Pavement Infinity Scarf stitches. Starting out it was creating nice diagonal stripes but the zagged forContinue reading “Flutterzags and Puddles”