I finished my potholders for the swap! They are currently flinging themselves up to Massachusetts, and I will patiently (not) wait for my five unique potholders that will come in return. These were fun to make, but my hands needed frequent brakes because crocheting so tightly with cotton gives me clawhand. I considered challenging myself…
File this post under “OMG” and “How Totally Awesome.” Last Thursday The Red Collection was included in Clara Parkes’ 2010 in Review: People, Places, and Things that Shaped the Year. To say I was honored, excited, spazzing out…those would be understatements. To be included with the likes of Stephen West, Miriam Felton, Gudrun Johnston and…
Here we go with the next set of patterns from the book, Ziggity. The Ziggity Hat at is super-slouchy. I have a distinct memory of knitting the hat and thinking, “Man, this is taking a while.” It did take a while, because the hat is huge. But huge in that look-how-cool-i-look-in-my-huge-slouchy-hat kind of way. The…
