organizing… and a giveaway!

I have just relocated my sewing space to our loft, which has prompted a lot of organizing and cleaning out. It is rather shocking how much stuff I have !! and particularly in the realm of fabric. I have acquired quite a lot of very nice fabrics over the last year -  linens, cottons, embroidered, [...]

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split stitch

I’ve started practicing some embroidery stitches, and I must say, whether using crewel wool or not, it is quite fun and relaxing. A particular embroidery stitch I have really tended toward is the “split stitch” – but I did not know what it was called until now. Here I am practicing the split stitch. Through [...]

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crewel

I got a new book in the mail, just in time for a bit of weekend reading. Over the past few months I have been repeatedly inspired to learn to embroider. Crewelwork has been of particular interest to me and I am often drawn to the fuzzy, vintage wool embroidery thread I find at the [...]

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a few projects

on my table today…

Sometimes I get distracted while I work, and just enjoy looking at textures and colors, picking new combinations of fabrics, and laying them out. It’s been a while since I’ve taken the time to just play around in that textural way. This week I started having a little more fun with my [...]

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my own striped shoes

I rarely ever, almost never, make anything for myself.
As we transition into warmer weather here, it’s often a little too warm for my winter slippers, a little too cool to be barefoot, and with so many wool rugs in the house my socks end up completely covered in fuzz… so with all the shoes I [...]

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loving…

…lace and linen, natural fibers, soft and floaty fabrics

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more tiny boots, and a piglet too

Hello! I just wanted to stop in and share another baby gift. This one was made for my cousin’s new daughter.

I have been enjoying making small things for small people so much, it has my family wondering when the infusion baby line is coming!
This little piggy (whose pattern can be found here) is made with [...]

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tiny boots

Suddenly there are so many babies being born by people that I know, which means I will be making more things for tiny people over the next couple weeks. Here are some little boots I made today for a friend of mine who recently had a baby boy. They are lined with extra soft and [...]

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beyond knit + purl

I started a new knitting project today and so far I am really enjoying this pattern. I did attempt this a week or so ago but what ever was wrong with me that day, I kept miscounting my rows somewhere, throwing off the whole thing and having to tear it out. This time, I think [...]

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feeling pretty knitty

More and more I find myself really enjoying knitting! The number of projects I would like to tackle is growing : )
Last night I knit one of a pair of booties for a friend who had a baby a couple weeks ago (if you have seen the the little shoes on my flickr page – [...]

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