crafts
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This week I mostly focused on the Dyad sweater sample as I want to get it finished up and shipped to the designer along with the green one I knit in September. I finished the first sleeve and this week I plan to concentrate on sleeve 2 to get it finished up. I had kind
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We’ve been enjoying a few warm sunny days here although we did build the first woodstove fire of the season this weekend which was lovely. Here’s what I worked on this weekend. A very quick start and finish of the Everyday Brew hat by Clare Devine. I have had this pattern in my library for
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I missed last week’s post – I had a work event all day Saturday and then Sunday got away from me so you get a double dose this week. Slow but forward progress on the second Dyad jacket. I’m a bit farther along than this photo and more than halfway done the body. I’m going
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This week I cast on for the second Dyad sweater. Not much to see yet – it’ll be a black blob for a while! I also cast on a pair of colorwork striped socks for Socktober. These are the Kitty Cat socks and I’m using a sock set from Moonglow Yarn Co. I’ll be alternating
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Trying to keep myself accountable to my Year of Projects 2025-2026 list and my HRCYED 2.0 reading list, here’s what I worked on, finished or read this quarter (July-September 2025). You can see my Year of Projects plans overview here. Knitting/Crocheting: I have completed the Asterie Sweater and the Sailing School Socks off the original
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I finished up the first Dyad sample this week. If you’d like to read more details about it, you can see the post I wrote here. I will be winding yarn to start the second sample this week. I have added in a few rows on my Painted Plains Scarf. I kind of need to
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Year 15 (!) of the Year of Projects runs from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. Each Sunday I’ll have a post to talk about what I’ve been working on with craft projects for the week and what my plans are for the following 7 days. One thing I have learned in my time
The Emporium of Forgotten Threads 