A record of my journey through yarn projects
Hello! It's been longer than I thought since my last update. I'd been away attending a wedding, followed by related ceremonies and functions (which spanned days, with breaks in between.) This is the same function for which I'd added a tassel fringe to the saree I'd intended to wear. I quite enjoyed wearing sarees and … Continue reading Back From a Break
Hello! Hope the new year is going well for you. I've made bits of progress in my projects during the last couple of weeks, and here are a few updates -- Dynamic Squares Throws by Susan Heyn I've crocheted two more little squares, bringing the total number of completed little squares to six. I've noticed … Continue reading Powering Through / Something New
Hello! Hope you are enjoying the holiday season. I'd wanted this week to be my crafty time, when I'd make huge strides in my WIPs. Not all of the week turned out crafty, but I did make satisfactory progress on a few of my plans. So here we go - Design-It-Yourself SAL by Cliffside Stitches … Continue reading Final Stitches for the Year
With the weather cooling down due to the rains, my urge to knit something (anything!) has been increasing. Surprisingly, however, I've not touched my yarny projects, and instead, have been plugging away at my stitching. Here are some happy colors from my WIPs: Blackwork SAL by Tangled Threads and Things How pretty are these final … Continue reading A Slew of Stitches
Now that I've put the Fox and Rabbit 2022 SAL into the 'maybe' pile, all of my current projects incorporate tiles or blocks in some manner. Consequently, I feel like I've been working on a bunch of tiles lately! Monsoon rains have finally officially started here (yay!), so I'd rather munch on hot pakoras than … Continue reading Piles of Tiles
Looks like the heat here is finally reducing! (Or maybe we're finally acclimating to it?) We attended a bunch of ceremonies recently in fancy saris, and it wasn't as sweaty and uncomfortable as I'd expected it to be. It also rained quite heavily one of those days, so that might've helped too. Here are my … Continue reading Slow and Steady
I'm in various stages of various projects, and I think it's the first time I'm working on these many projects simultaneously. I used to be a monogamous knitter/crocheter a long time ago, and I think adding cross-stitch to my WIPs suddenly removed my project-count mental limit. I realize I was a mostly monogamous stitcher last … Continue reading Not So Monogamous Anymore
Hurrah! I did manage to finish the December section of the Mystery SAL from Linen and Threads. And that means the year-long project is now complete! I'd altered the section to shorten the dress of the human in this section, and I like that it turned out not too bad. I did make a mistake … Continue reading Linen and Threads SAL 2018
Stitching in October was more fun than I'd thought it'd be, because mermaids! I decided on my colors pretty quickly, but I could see an element in this section that might be a problem. The mermaids here appear the way they probably would if they were real - with uncovered chests. On a coffee table … Continue reading Linen and Threads SAL 2018
Looks like I forgot to talk about my completion of the September section of the Linen and Threads Mystery Sampler SAL! The single noteworthy event that happened this month was that I ran out of the pink thread. I stitched half of this section's pink part, and the skein ended, but when I rummaged through … Continue reading Linen and Threads SAL 2018
My (mis?)adventures with yarn 