[More than a year later, here's my post on handmade jeans] When I told my mother what I was working on for the Albuquerque trip (a pair of jeans), she shook her head and said "That's something I don't think I could ever make." Which surprises me, really, as I know Mom used to make … Continue reading ‘Sup, Britches
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A Balancing (Plaid) Act
My friend David recently bought a house (yay!) in a lovely community out near Occoquan. The community puts on a July 4th fireworks display over one of the lakes and he is allowed two guests, which Robert and I readily agreed to being! We planned to make a full day of it: a cookout at … Continue reading A Balancing (Plaid) Act
A Weekend of Selfish Sewing
Somehow, I managed to have a mostly free weekend. I don't know how I did that, which is slightly annoying, as I'd like a repeat. Oh well. At any rate, I found myself with a Friday workday that ended a bit earlier than usual, and no immediate plans for the evening and the following Saturday. … Continue reading A Weekend of Selfish Sewing
And they call the wind Bernina
That reference doesn't really make much sense at all, but I needed a title for this post, and sometimes they just don't come, and you end up with a stinker like that. Oh well. A while back (much more than a year ::wince::), I helped my friend David move all of his grandmother's things out … Continue reading And they call the wind Bernina
Sweaters for Penguins
No, I'm not really knitting a sweater for a penguin. Unless you count my youngest nephew as one and, honestly, he's about the size of some of them. When I was up in Alaska, I picked up some yarn (Fiber 'n Ice, colorway: Ice Road Trucker) with the extremely optimistic goal of knitting a sweater … Continue reading Sweaters for Penguins
Nerf Guns and Bobbins 