Look what the postman brought me this morning! A parcel full of shiny things from the lovely Katie. Four packets of shiny seed beads in reds and pinks, which have been carefully added to my bead box of doom. Plus some soap and a lovely knitted washcloth, which is somewhat obscured and then lurking at [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Finished Object: Baby’s First Tattoo
August 13, 2006 – 5:43 pm
After some trouble with unclear directions in regards to the Raglan shaping, I have successfully completed my version of Baby’s First Tattoo from SnBN. I opted not to do the “tattoos” as I didn’t really like the suggested options and I subsituted the invisible snaps for two buttons with crochet loops. This’ll be packaged up [...]
Knit Net Bag
August 10, 2006 – 9:35 pm
So, I had this rough silk yarn that I wasn’t massively fond of, but didn’t really know what to do with. There wasn’t enough to make anything big, nor so little you can use it as waste yarn, just an awkward amount. So I figured, hey! Why not trying making a knit net bag. So [...]
Courgette Cake
August 8, 2006 – 12:41 pm
Cooking, with baking in particular, is my kryptonite. Leave me to my own devices and I will bake until the cows come home because as much as I enjoy cooking in general, there’s just something about baking that really scratches an itch. This weekend I managed to get my sticky paws onto a copy of [...]