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Archive for July, 2007

Homemade Lazy Kate

This morning I spent some time in the garage making this:

I found a guide here.
This saves me from buying a tensioned kate for about $40 bucks. All I had to buy was one dowel. What is that? $0.68?? I got a funny look at Lowe’s as I pulled out my bobbin [...]

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Frustration…

This is frustration…see all my scribbles on that notepad there?

I finally picked up Kathy again after a short stint of spinning and sewing…luckily I do jot down notes and things, oh, like I don’t know, what ROW I’m on, and the CHANGES I’ve made. Sometimes my notes aren’t that great though. I had [...]

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I finally finished the baby set for my co-worker.

Just a short post for now…got to run.

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There has in fact been knitting! Amazing, eh? I cast on for some soakers, only I’m not doing them in wool, I’m doing them in TLC cotton plus to match the striped raglan I made a while back for a co-worker who’s due date is…sometime in the fall. I’m probably about a [...]

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Spinning
Finished spinning the pink/white/red roving…now I have to read up on plying. Maybe I’ll try Navajo Plying and see how that goes. I’m still working on my consistency, it’s getting better.

Sewing!
We have sewing!
Here is my take on a log cabin square. It’s 12 x 12″ and I used random fabrics that I [...]

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