tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16708501086262206212011-07-07T16:31:11.497-04:00On knitting, sewing and other crafty pursuits.Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00532522822409998951noreply@blogger.comBlogger491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670850108626220621.post-33516691789307854752011-04-13T16:20:00.010-04:002011-04-13T16:42:14.936-04:00

Well, it appears that this baby is taking its sweet time in arriving. The due date has come and gone and I'm still sitting here wondering when it's going to happen. Hopefully soon!I've made all sorts of things while waiting, including a few more things for the baby. This pillow will sit on a chair in the baby's room.I made a basic envelope back pillow following instructions in The Sewing

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I've been off work for two weeks now. While it's given me time to prepare for the baby and to relax, I must admit to being a little bored. I'm always surprised when people say that if they didn't work they don't know what they'd do with themselves. I'm sure I could always find something to fill the time. But being this pregnant really limits the possibilities. Some of my favourite

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Well, it's been almost an entire year since I've posted anything! And a busy year it's been - new job, new house, and first time pregnancy! Needless to say the blog hasn't been at the forefront of my mind.The baby is due in three weeks and I've been crafting like crazy. I'm also off work now so I thought it a good chance to post about some of the things I've made.First up is a Shibui Baby

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I recently borrowed Sew Darn Cute by Jenny Ryan from the library. I chose two projects from the book to make, the needle pouch below, and another currently *top secret* project.In the book, the needle pouch is called a crochet hook cozy but since I don't crochet I'm using it to store and tote around my double-pointed needles.The project in the book is made using denim, but I've been so

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Wow, it's been a month since I've had something to blog about. I did finish a small sewing project recently, I just have to get around to photographing it. Mostly I've been busy knitting two warm weather sweaters for myself, which I'll hopefully finish before it's too hot to wear them! One is done and now I just have to find the right buttons to go with it; the other is in the works.I just had to

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With the beautiful, warm, sunny weather we've been experiencing lately, spring doesn't feel far off at all. I can't wait for spring ephemerals to carpet the forest floors and spring bulbs to break through the ground in gardens.In the meantime, I'll have to make do with my new bright and cheery pincushion.It's the Wildflower Pincushion by Anna Maria Horner and it's a biggie (for some reason

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I whipped up a couple of bibs for my new niece Ruby.Managed to centre a whole ducky on the front of this one which turned out nicely.I used Amy Karol's pattern from Bend the Rules Sewing, and Hushabye fabric in the Sky colourway by Tula Pink. The backing on the bibs is a lovely, soft flannelette which I much prefer to using terry cloth.Now I just need to send them off to England. I have to

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Well, I'm officially out of Sock Wars now. I went for a skate today and came home to a parcel from San Fran containing my death socks : (It's not so bad really because the socks are great; they are fun, stripey socks and they fit beautifully. They're also a merino/bamboo blend so they're super soft. I've got happy feet! The package also contained belgian chocolate so I shall console myself with a

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I spent the weekend in our beautiful capital city (Ottawa for non-canadians) and took in the sights and sounds of Winterlude.I was surprised to find a couple of cozy trees:These festooned trees were apparently part of an installation by arts collective Spins & Needles.Marvelous ice sculptures were everywhere:And I enjoyed an evening skate on the Rideau Canal.Also spent a day at the incredible

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I made this Kayla Shrug last fall and then stuffed it away in my closet because I didn't think it worked on me. It's an Americo Original pattern and I made it out of their Pima Cotton as the pattern suggests.Turns out it looks great on my sister so I was happy to give it to her rather than have it go to waste. I couldn't bare to think that my 18+ inches of 1x1 ribbing for the top would be in

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At the last meeting of the Around the Bay Knitting Guild, we had a special guest speaker talk to us about an inspiring enterprise. Monika told us about Cambodia Knits, which she started last year with the goal of providing an employment alternative to marginalized communities. You can read all about Cambodia Knits here. It's an interesting business model that teaches people how to knit, and

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I've been doing so much report writing at work that when I come home and try to write a blog entry, I stare at the screen and my mind goes blank. But I've got it in me to do a little post today because I'm so excited to be participating in the upcoming Sock Wars V!Each participating knitter is an assassin and must knit a pair of socks as quickly as possible and send them to their target before

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My sister and I had a Christmas baking day and it was exhausting but fruitful. We made and iced gingerbread and tried our hand at Macedonian zelnik. We have quite a way to go to master this pastry, which my baba has baked to perfection ever since I can remember.The quickest and easiest thing we made was this peppermint bark. If you need to whip up some last minute gifts, give this fesitve

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It's December 1st and I have a new pair of mittens, reminiscent of candy canes, to help celebrate the holiday season.The pattern is Herringbone Mittens by Elli Stubenrauch (ravelry link here). I used Cascade 220 for mitts that could stand up to some wear and tear. The stranded colourwork means the resulting fabric is double thick so these should be nice and warm.I have unusually small hands so I

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I finished my Mystery Socks last weekend!Finishing these socks was not without drama and heaps of frustration. Everything was going fine at first. I finished my first sock quickly and without trouble. I knit most of the leg on the second sock and was almost ready to turn the heel. I decided to show off my remarkably quick progress to my husband.My husband is a perfectionist. He admires and

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I've got a new shawl for fall. It's Lavelette by Kirsten Kapur. So lovely and quick to knit too. Only took me 5 evenings (quick for me anyways).I've been wearing it around my neck as a scarf but it would also be cozy around the shoulders while sitting and knitting.I need to block it again, as you can see the edges are curling.The pattern is available from Kirsten's blog, Through the Loops.

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If you're looking for handmade gift ideas or inspiration for the holidays, head over to the Sew Mama Sew blog. November is a month of tutorials, recipes and gift ideas to get you in the holiday spirit. I really enjoyed the Scrap Buster Month in October, so I'll be checking the blog daily during November. Oh, and there's a chance to win a prize every day!

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I made another Dewdrop Handbag, this time for my sister for her birthday. I love the way it turned out.The Echino fabric is perfect for this bag as it has a sturdy weight and crisp hand that give the bag structure. I included fusible interfacing as well. It's one tough little bag!When edge- and top-stitching there were times when there were several layers to sew through which would have been

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We've had some rainy, cold, windy weather here and I've got handknits on the brain. I mostly concentrated on sewing during the summer but with the leaves turning, the mercury plummeting, and Christmas 62 days away, I find myself poring over patterns and hankering for hanks.I visited The Needle Emporium in Ancaster to pick up some new yarns. The shop is like a candy store, so jam-packed with

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Socktoberfest is a month-long celebration of socks and I'm celebrating by joining the Through the Loops Mystery Sock Knit-along!Every week during October, Kirsten of Through the Loops will post a new clue in a free sock pattern; first the cuff, then the leg, the heel, etc. You don't know what the sock will look like until you've knit it! It's exciting to see the pattern emerge as I knit.I thought

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Halloween's around the corner and there are a ton of great crafts out there to help get you in the spirit. Here are a few of my favourites:Zombies and Monsters: embroidery patterns for sale at Sublime StitchingImage: Sublime StitchingSpooky packing tape transfers: a tutorial from How About Orange...Image: How About Orange...Sugar Skull Pincushion: hand and machine embroidery patterns for sale

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I made this from a great book I recently bought......It's a sachet filled with lavender flowers. The pattern calls for a striped fabric that you then cut into matching squares and sew together to get this diamond effect. I used some Heather Bailey fabric that I had leftover from my Buttercup Bag.The book is The Impatient Patchworker by Jayne Emerson and I love love love it. Jayne uses

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My dear mom is celebrating a milestone birthday this week so the family got together for brunch at a nice restaurant on the weekend. Copious amounts of delicious food was eaten; plenty of meat for those so inclined, but fortunately an impressive variety of offerings this vegetarian could enjoy. And chocolate cake and profiteroles to top it all off!My sisters and I gave my mom theatre tickets

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If you're familiar with Etsy, you know it's a great place to find handmade items. It's also a fabulous place to find fabric for your own handmade creations.I love to browse fabrics on Etsy and find the selection much more inspiring than what is typically on offer in large retail stores.On Etsy you can browse by designer, colour, or by keyword. For example, try typing 'fabric bundle', or 'fabric

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It's officially the last weekend of summer so it was apt that I finished something called Falling Leaves Wrap, a lovely lace pattern by Dory Brown.With the blue colour I chose though I think it also resembles waves, of which there were plenty at the beach yesterday.My husband wanted to do a lake watch as windy weather at this time of year pushes various jaegers and gulls close to shore as

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I made another cute Keyka Lou pattern, the Bubble Pouch.....I couldn't wait to use some of this birdy Park Slope fabric by Erin McMorris and thought this petite pouch was just the thing.I used a hair elastic for the closure as per the pattern. Works great!I haven't really the foggiest idea what to use this pouch for, I just wanted to make it cause it's cute! Any suggestions?

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Yesterday was a good day. I came home to find the fabric I ordered from Pink Panda Fabrics had arrived. I've been checking the mailbox every day this week with so much anticipation. And finally.........my three half yards of Echino by Etsuko Furuya arrived. I love Furuya's prints. They are strange and somewhat surreal, mixing black and white animals with bold, punchy colours. Delicious!

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I was very excited when I picked up Weekend Sewing by Heather Ross. Often there are only a few patterns I'm be really keen to make from any given book, but this one is chock-full of cute projects; stuff for the home, cute clothes to make as gifts for kids, and bags and clothes for myself.That said, there is a fair bit of grumbling out there on the internet regarding errors in the book and

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Purple beans and apparently some kind of zucchini! Hope they taste as good as they look.

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This is a quick, cute and functional project from Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson: Quilted CoastersCutting pattern pieces is my least favourite aspect of sewing (to put it gently), so it was nice to be able to just cut a bunch of rectangles and be done with it. I got to try out my brand new walking foot too, which is a great tool.My lines are anything but straight and

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My sweet sister-in-law sent me a gift certificate for the Heather Bailey shop and I chose some bright and cheery fabrics, one of which I used to make a Buttercup Bag.....It's a great, relatively small handbag with lovely pleats, an interior pocket and a magnetic snap.There's enough room in there for all my essentials, i.e. wallet, keys, GPS (I don't drive anywhere without it, I'm very

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I've been spending nearly every spare moment sewing. A fruit of my labour? This cute little handbag...I love it! It was pretty easy to make and I got to use some of my Anna Maria Horner fat quarters.I purchased the pattern from Keyka Lou on Etsy (she has many lovely patterns). I ordered it early in the morning on Saturday and the pattern PDF arrived in my inbox in 12 hours (guaranteed to

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Several weeks ago I planted seeds and seedlings at my allotment garden. This weekend, I enjoyed my first harvest of leafy greens! They've grown so quickly. I picked an assortment of leaves and left the plants which I will visit again in a couple of weeks for a second harvest.The greens include Rouge De Hiver lettuce and Early Wonder Tall Top beet greens for a little colour, Southern Curled

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I think I've caught the spinning bug. Using my Phat Fiber samples, I've spun up some mini skeins. I've spun in front of the TV, I've spun in the car (as a passenger of course), heck, I've spun sitting in front of a campfire (and my yarn is infused with the smell of wood smoke).I'm seeing some improvement in my end result. I was generally trying to spin really fine yarn in order to get more out

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In my haste to finish this gift before flying over to England for Christmas, I neglected to take pictures of the finished object. My sister-in-law recently got a new camera and sent me some pics. He looks to be holding up well.I made this teddy bear as a Christmas gift for my nephew who was 16 months old at the time. The teddy bear pattern is Baby Bobbi Bear from Blue Sky Alpacas. I used the

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A good friend of my husband's from back home and his partner have just recently had a baby girl so of course I had to knit something.....The free pattern is called Five Hour Baby Sweater, although the knitting took me about nine and that doesn't include adding buttons and button loops (guess I'm a slow knitter!).I ordered fabric covered buttons from Auburn Studios and added i-cord button loops.

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I had another go with my drop spindle and the results were much more yarn-like! After the utter disaster that was my first attempt, I spent some time online looking for information that would help me figure this spinning thing out.I found I had to look at many different resources to piece together my understanding of the process. The following were helpful:Spinning with a Top-Whorl Drop

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This is the extent of my very first attempt at spinning.....(the bit in front of the spindle is what I 'spun')As you can see, it did not go well.I haven't been that frustrated in a long time. I need a good rest before I pick that thing up again!I read several tutorials, watched video tutorials, and still I just could not make it work.I ordered this top whorl spindle from Green Bee Goods on Etsy

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I finally finished my Herringbone Rib Socks last weekend (I started them in February!).It was a long slog. They are not particularly difficult to knit, just time consuming as the stitch pattern involves a lot of passing stitches from one needle to the other and back. I had to keep a cheat sheet of the stitch pattern with me to refer to at all times because it's easy to mix up. I do really like

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I'd been anticipating it all week and on Friday my Phat Fiber box arrived!Phat Fiber boxes are full of handspun yarn and fibre samples, as well as other knitting related goodies. A limited number are sold each month and they sell like hot cakes! You sign up to find out when they'll be going on sale on Etsy. They go on sale once in the morning and once in the evening on one day each month and

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I had the opportunity to get out and hike this week and visited a beautiful hardwood forest insterspersed with pockets of swamp. Here I found some lovely colour inspiration........in the form of Marsh Marigold leaves. The colour of spring. Fresh, new, lush and full of life. The forest was flooded and from the pools of water these bright green leaves sprung.All around, the pools were littered

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I had a free weekend with no time commitments so plenty of time to knit and sew. I worked on a pair of socks that are just about done and I had the opportunity to complete a sewing project from In Stitches by Amy Butler. I made this apron...I like the pattern and colour of the fabric but now wish I had chosen a slightly heavier cotton for the main part of the apron. It's a bit thin for an

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A quick Easter knit, Bunny Nuggets by Rebecca Danger are just too cute. Check out her blog for this free pattern download and to see her other super adorable knit toys.I made a couple......The blue one went to my three year old nephew who decided to name him 'Moe'. I gave the purple one to my husband so he wouldn't feel left out ; )My husband had a good idea for these which I may employ next

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I finished the slippers for my cousin's baby.......This cute little Magic Slippers pattern comes from sockpixie. It's a great way to use up leftover yarn. You really don't need much to whip these up. I used some Zitron Trekking Pro Natura that I had leftover from knitting myself a pair of socks. This yarn is 75 % wool and 25 % bamboo. I love the colours.As you can see, the slippers are petite (

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My cousin and his partner just had a baby so, eager to put my new sewing machine to use, I made this ....I found the free pattern download over at Chickpea Sewing Studio. I love how Chickpea's bib is personalised with printable fabric. Must get me some of that.The bib is made with a cotton print on the front, terry cloth on the back, and fastened with a snap. I think it turned out nicely, but

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Today's my birthday, and I woke up to this!I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself! Unfortunately I have a super busy weekend ahead of me so I'll have to wait a while longer to play with my new toy.My husband scored some major brownie points today!

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I finished my tunisian crochet pillow last night. I'm pretty happy with it. Unfortunately, while it was gloriously sunny most of the day, by the time I got home from work it was cloudy so my photos didn't turn out terribly well. We have windows galore in our apartment so when the sun is shining there's a ton of light. I just couldn't wait though, I wanted to take pics of my finished object!The

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I have several WIPs (works in progress for the non-knitters) on the go at the moment, one of which I've been working on for several months despite the fact that it is very simple. I just keep ignoring it.It's a pillow cover (or will be) in tunisian crochet. Learned the technique in a class at Spun. The cover is made to fit a small Ikea pillow. I love the way the fabric appears woven:Here is the

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I belong to the Around the Bay Knitters' Guild. We meet once a month, often just knitting as everyone takes a turn showing off a recent project. Once in a while we have a guest speaker and at our March meeting a few nights ago our special guest was Jane of Dye-Version and she talked to us about colour.Jane dyes yarn in her home studio. She is also a costume designer for Big Comfy Couch and Polka

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