Question of the Week: Family & Friends
Do you wish you were born into a big family, medium-sized family, or as an only child?
Crafting since birth; drinking since noon.
Month: April 2014
Off the needles: Woo, Denali!
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Anne in the former club colorway “Denali” Pattern: Wiki Waki Woo by Adrienne Fong Started: March 2, 2014 Completed: March 15, 2014 Notes: The March project for the 12-in-14 -along over on Ravelry. I love this designer, she’s one of my favorite sock designers out there. The patterns look complicated but they’re surprisingly …
That time I lived on a farm
Tree Frog Farm, the forty acres my dad and StepMonster bought the summer before I turned 15, has been much on my mind the last few weeks. Probably because I feel time echoing. The Farm was down a limerock road; the place Tim and I are looking at is down …
Question of the Week: Childhood & School
Did you enjoy PE class in school? What were your favorite classes?
What, two posts in one day?
This one is really to test out an “If This Then That” script, to see if this post will automagically appear on Facebook. For my friends who know not of RSS. Are you a Facebook friend seeing my blog for the first time? Welcome! I’ve been blogging since about 2002, …
How do you watch TV (if at all)?
I bought a Roku a couple weeks ago; I’d wanted one for ages and I told myself that if 30 people signed up for yarn club, I could get one (I think at last count I’m at 38, and spots are open for another ten days… Norse mythology must be …
Theoretical vs. Practical
Tim and I have talked a lot in the last few weeks about a new home; what we want, what we don’t want, where we would put things, what we would do with a new garden… all theoretical stuff. For some reason the other day we started talking practical; what …
Recently in HaldeCraft: Ceramics
It’s been a busy few weeks in HaldeCraft — I’ve lost count of how many times in the last three weeks that I’ve fired the kiln. Among other things, in the last two weeks I’ve listed six of the “Figurines of the Month” (tiny 3″ tall dolls that represent a …
Decide what you want. State it. Move towards it.
So, here’s something that’s been on my mind for a while. I prefer goal-setting much more than New Year’s Resolutions. But the first of the year is such a great time to set new goals! It’s a new year! New starts! A good time to start moving towards new things, …
A few reasons to think about leaving Etsy
Did you see my post last week on a few reasons why Etsy is a great place to start your online shop? Here are a few things that I ran into when my Etsy shop got larger; if similar thoughts are running through your brain, you might want to start …
Off the needles: Candy Rocks
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Marion in the former club colorway “G-ma’s Candy” Pattern: Fissility by Lorena Haldeman Started: February 2, 2014 Completed: February 15, 2014 Notes: The February project for the 12-in-14 -along over on Ravelry. I loves them!
A few reasons why Etsy is a great place to start a small online handmade-items shop
1. Etsy has very little startup costs. You have to pay to list your items as you list them, and other than that your only startup “cost” is your time. It does take time to photograph items and list them, and time is a factor when you’re one person running …
To re-skein or not to re-skein; that is the question
From the mailbag — Why do you reskein your yarn after you dye it? Doesn’t that take time you could be using for something else? Hogtown Special There are a few reasons I re-skein my yarn after dyeing it. One reason is neatening up the skein; one reason is showing …
So, what now?
Ermahgerd, what am I going to talk about now that Boob Saga is over?! Speaking of boobs, I’m so over these mugs — I’ve been trying to do mugs with literary quotes on them forever. OK, not LITERALLY forever, but for about a year. The first batch had odd crazing …
Who’s got the buttons? THIS SHOP!
You’ve probably been seeing these coming, if you follow my photo-of-the-day (now cross-posted to BOTH Facebook and Google +, in case you’re not on the Instagrams). I think I’ve finally got a handle on buttons. No, they don’t look like the buttons I had been making, but they’re incredibly easier …
The biopsy, the Good News, the end (of this super long story)
Need to catch up? This is the last part, Part Eight. Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four; Part Five; Part Six, and Part Seven. So on Tuesday, February 11th, I got my ass up at the crack o’ dawn to shower and get ready to go have sharp …
This Week in HaldeCraft: Soap! And more soap! And some soap!
I know I’ve been talking about moving ALL THE THINGS off my Etsy shop forever, but I keep not doing it … well, this is the season. A couple of weeks ago I moved the yarn, and this week I moved the soap. That means that I’m in stock in …
Off the needles: Sugar Feet
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Andre in a test skein for “Cinnamon Sugar” Pattern: Maeva by Stefanie Bold Started: January 3, 2014 Completed: January 29, 2014 Notes: Made for the 12-in-’14 -along over on Ravelry; this is my January project. I had a lot of issues with these socks (all, of course, forgotten as soon as I …
In between moments (part two)
Need to catch up? This is Part Seven. Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four; Part Five; Part Six. I did a lot of this in January. It was relaxing, and fun, and made me feel like I was getting something done even when I was sick. And I …
So, tell me about the yarn club you just finished!
What? OK! Sure! At this point I’m certain that everyone – including International – has gotten their yarn (if they haven’t, they haven’t told me!) so let me show off the last three months of club colorways. The theme of the club was the beloved book “Watership Down,” and this …