It’s over a week into the new year, so you might suspect me of neglecting my monthly sock thing. Not so, friends, not so. Jared & I had a quiet new year’s eve at home, playing video games and snacking and watching no descending spheres. When we saw our clock tick past midnight, the first … More Happy New Ouch
After five months of on-again, off-again attention, “Bethany Getting Married” for my friend Bethany Joy is finally finished – surprise of surprises, before her May wedding! The magic of blocking did its work of transforming the ramen manta ray you saw in yesterday’s post into an airy triangle of glory. (I did thoroughly vacuum the … More A Joy Forever
Epiphany is here. The presents are all opened and put away. The maji have been added to the nativity scenes. Friends are coming over later, and the turkey has had the bottle of cheap champagne very ceremoniously shoved up its backside. I hope you enjoyed our little Twelve Days of Christmas Special. We enjoyed writing … More Shawl’s Eye View
Happy twelfth day of Christmas, everyone! Tomorrow is the day we remember the wise men coming to bearing gifts for baby Jesus, and today I come bearing gifts for you. Big, fat ones, with imaginary ribbons. My cool boss at the farm, R. J., had stated in passing that she wanted some socks. When queried … More Twelve Knobby Knots
I love my husband very much. Want to know how much? This is the first handspun ever made on Doris, the sweet spinning wheel that was my Big Present from the parents last year. 100% alpaca, 2-ply, probably about a DK weight (14 wraps-per-inch). The roving was a hand-me-down from Jolene, to whom someone destashed … More Eleven Inches of Ribbing
Today’s post, on the 10th day of Christmas, is a present for both you and me. I learned something and gained a new fiber to like, and you get a free pattern out of the deal. Sweet, eh? I hate cotton. Hate it with the violent passion of a thousand suns on the dark side … More Ten Cotton Cloths
Happy New Year everyone, and Happy Feast of the Holy Name! (Formerly known, in less inhibited times, as the Feast of the Circumcision. Guess what happened on the eighth day of our Savior’s life.) It may be the new year for everyone on the Gregorian calendar, but for us on the liturgical calendar, we’re still … More Eight Snowy Boughs
One of the random cool things about being in school is the odd creative project I am asked to do. Last semester, in the sort of flagship baptism-by-fire Biblical Languages and Interpretation class, our final project was to read the book The Drama of Scripture by Michael W. Goheen and Craig G. Bartholomew, then creatively … More Seven Spiritual Squares
On the sixth day of Christmas, I present to you a rather unique commission. A very nice lady, whose name is also Rebecca, and who also attends classes at Trinity has a lovely habit of commissioning one local artist every year to make ornaments for her family members. I jumped at the opportunity in the … More Six Cozied Spheres
On this day, which happens also to be Jared’s & my 2nd-and-a-half anniversary, I will tell you about a risky proposition I made. I’d previously made three pairs of French Press Felted Slippers, but they were all for either my feet or someone with feet more or less the same size as mine. This year … More Four Felted Slippers
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