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
These two baby sweaters more or less explain themselves – Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Baby Surprise Jackets, knitted in my very own Second Chance Worsted. (If you’re curious, it took about 300 yards of each color to do both jackets.) They are the medium size, in worsted weight, so they’re rather big for newborn twins. But they … More Two Baby Surprises
Merry Christmas to all! Huzzah and hooray! Today is Christmas which means that by the time you get around to reading this, all the bazillion knitted things I’ve been knitting and not showing you have gone out to their respective recipients, and you get visual proof that I haven’t secretly developed a wool allergy. I … More And a Fuzzy Pair of Fingerless Mitts
This has been one heck of a year. Whenever I stop to think about it, I just have to shake my head. Now that it’s almost over, and I have a fine collection of minutes put together in which to breathe and think, I’m almost afraid to reflect on everything that’s happened. I’ve knitted something … More The Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever
And I’m done. Final paper, ready for editing, seen here with the obligatory glass of editing liquid. 18-page paper for Anglican way merited the dry sherry. (I don’t think the alcohol affects the quality of the paper, but it helps with the second-guessing… so when I turn it in I am happy instead of trapped … More I’m Alive
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