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Of Course: New Projects

Apr 20, 2008
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So, thanks Anna! My birthday gift arrived late last week. I got myself several balls of Elann Den-M-Nit in black, enough to make an Indigo Ripples Skirt. I really wanted to get the darkest indigo color, but I never had the moolah to get it while it was available...oops.

I also received my yarn order from Webs. It's a cone of 2/14 Alpaca Silk lace weight yarn in the color Sienna. This one will be for Anna's Butterfly tunic which is going to be a birthday and graduation present. I am trying to do a gauge swatch now and, well, this one is gonna take a while! I've never done lace before, at least not like this with super-thin yarn. I'm going to go over the pattern again and see if it's written out instead of charted and see if that helps me at all. I'm also trying to figure out which size I should make. I think lace is very stretchy but I'm not sure how much it will stretch and how much ease is built into the pattern. Suggestions welcomed: do I use the bust or hip measurement if there is a 6" difference (wider at the hip)? EDIT: added photo of swatch. The color is way off.

While I was away, I also started working on a Picovoli for myself in Lion Brand Microspun (black). I liked working with it before and I had five balls in my stash. I'm debating about whether or not to add sleeves to this one, but I've not even gotten past the bust area so it will be a while before I even get to it again, considering the lace project. The way the yarn lays in a very neat |/|/|/|/ pattern is just so cool. Speaking of cool: I want the sleeves to be long-ish if I add them, so they end just above the elbow. The square neck and longer sleeves might look better on me. But I might get impatient. You know how that goes.

Craft Room

Sep 2, 2007
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Yep, you read right. CRAFT ROOM!!! LOLZ!!!11!!!!1!!!!

So, this is supposed to be the “work” office for hubby. In a move I suspect is verily, verily influenced by a catalog photo, hubby decided to move his office to what was originally intended as craft cum guest room. The room in the photo, as intended by the builders, is supposed to be a dining room (hence tiled floor). But no…it’s now a room for messy, creative and beautiful events like finger painting and sewing and, in the case of our NM, drawing.

NM loves, loves, loves the idea that he gets to do homework on that big table. I think the real reason for this table is for scrapbooking, but I’m not sure. I have my tiny fabric stash on the back cubbies facing the wall. I also have yarn in the cubbies on the shelf in the back. In the cubbies that face the entry way are things like pads of paper, an art box and Playdoh. That way the kids can easily get to that stuff and it’s more accessible and friendly to them.

Did I mention this is the first room you see when you get in? It usually sets the tone for the rest of the house. I’m feeling like that’s a lot to live up to right now! And then there’s the fact that I have to keep it clean and organized. Speaking of which, I have lots of tiny bits of Playdoh to vacuum. While I go do that, please take a gander at the other photos I have put up for you to see.

Setting up home is fun!