As some of you might remember, a couple years ago I completed a collection of handspun, hand-knit socks, and put them through systematic wear to figure out which fibers and structures worked best for me. See the socks here, and the conclusions here. I’m pleased to announce that over the last six months, I have … More Socks for Science: Cohort 2
This January has Januaried really hard. It’s been routinely -35, and between kids staying home from school for Reasons and the heat being broken in the car for a week, I haven’t been outside much. I’ve tried to keep expectations low and compassion high, and that has mostly worked. In our own tired way, we’re … More January 2025 Roundup: Uh, it’s January
I haven’t done this for the last couple of years. I don’t like to put pressure on myself in a new year; if I have goals, I prefer to start them early or late, just to take the perfectionism out of it! But this year, as I looked back at what I’d done, I was … More Predictions 2025
Hi folks. It’s that time again, where I take some time to look back on my making this year. As I churn through one project after another, I don’t always appreciate the time and energy I’m expending, so this benchmark ends up being a huge exercise in appreciating myself, which is another form of self-compassion. … More 2024 in Review
When last I wrote one of these round-up entries, I was not in a great place. It’s been a tough fall in a few ways, and the darkness and isolation was hitting me in ways it hadn’t hit me in a long time, perhaps ever. Soon after I wrote, I decided to re-start the SSRI … More December 2024 Round Up: Celebration Diary
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you’ve had a splendid celebration. Don’t forget that it lasts twelve days! I refuse to take my tree down before Epiphany! I have one more finishing party left for 2024. I’ve been putting off taking pictures of this one, because winter (read: indoor) sweater pictures never turn … More Finishing Party: Handspun Jethro
It’s time for me to reveal the final results of a handspinning experiment that started right around three years ago, at the beginning of 2022. At that time, I started spinning for socks, intentionally and often. I played with colour, twist, and ply structure. Then, from June 2022 through February of 2023, I knit those … More Socks For Science: Results
I have one more finished sweater to share with you from November. This is the first sweater I’ve ever knit from a kit. One year for a birthday or Christmas, I forget which, I asked my mum to get me any colourful kit from KDD, as I’m such a big fan and hadn’t tried their … More Finishing Party – Lilia’s Day
It’s time for another finishing party! I’ve been on a real sweater-knitting streak, but the outdoors is no longer sweater-photography ready. With high temperatures below -20 C, and only a few hours of daylight, it is literally unsafe! With Jared out of town last week, I decided to stop putting it off, and took some … More Finishing Party – Weekender-Metamorphic
The end of October this year was just too busy to think about adding another task. But here it is, the Ides of November, and I have a free morning to type to you. So here’s what I’ve been up to. Weather October was the month for watching the land transform from tundra to snowcover. … More Month-and-a-Half Roundup – October and November 2024
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