pixeldiva is crafty – 2007 November

Posts from November 2007

Posted
26 November 2007 @ 1pm

Fair-isle Wristwarmers (some assembly required)

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I’ve become obsessed with fair-isle knitting, particularly using a solid and a varigated yarn, rather than two solids.
I blame Natalie and Jane for this, mostly.
Well, that, and I had [...]

Posted
23 November 2007 @ 3pm

Tagged
Fair-Isle, Knitting

Conferences are for learning…

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…even if it’s not the kind of learning the conference organisers expected you to do.
I went to a web conference at the beginning of the week, and for reasons [...]

Posted
21 November 2007 @ 10pm

Tagged
Spinning

Back.

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Well, what a week that was.
Last Monday night, as I walked into the spare room to sit down at the laptop and work on the fibrelust site, I turned, [...]

Posted
12 November 2007 @ 11pm

Tagged
Generally Crafty

I did it

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I’m going to let you into a big secret.
I’m a big scaredy cat, and I’m scared of failing.
I’ve wanted to do something fibrey for over a year now, and I’ve been umming and aahing about [...]

Posted
10 November 2007 @ 1am

Tagged
Generally Crafty

Getting off the pot

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I’ve dropped a few hints about super secret projects I’ve been working on, and the time has come to share one of them.
For a long time now, I’ve wanted to do more with fibre and [...]

Posted
2 November 2007 @ 1pm

Tagged
Competition, Crochet

Packing for the weekend

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I didn’t quite manage to get all my stuff packed for my weekend away before I left for work this morning.
I did, however manage to pack the really important [...]