Some Recent Projects....

    Here are a few things that have been keeping me off the streets as of late. The first project is a lunch bag I decided to whip up today. I have had this beautiful material for about six months and haven't done a thing with it. The problem is, I hate following directions and rules and, as such, have come to a bit of a roadblock with my sewing. Patterns are confusing! I much prefer to just kind of make it up. This means that my projects are a little simple and er "rustic" so far. My goal is to eventually follow a pattern and actually understand what they are talking about. 

    The second project is a cowl I knit using some sweet handspun-like yarn that resembles witch's hair. Can we talk about cowls for a minute? I love them! It's hard to tell in the pictures but this particular wool  has flecks of yellow, blue and red throughout. Yes, this is some bad-ass yarn. Again, with my distaste for following directions, I created my own pattern for this bad boy and simply knit the whole thing using absolutely gigantic needles (17 I think). It felt a little silly, but gave the cowl a really neat look. Eventually I will learn to read a pattern and I will know what all those crazy abbreviations stand for....but for now I'm making it up as I go along! 

Hi!

   So I am a BIG, big fan of blogs. As such, I have always wanted to have one of my very own. Unfortunately, I apparently have commitment issues and cannot stay focused on my own blog for very long. Therefore, as a New Year's Resolution type thing, I am determined to start and maintain my very own blog. The ideas is to focus on things that I find interesting and awesome.....ideas, people, places, crafts.....that type of thing. 


   So anyway, that's the back story. By way of introduction, here are a few other things that I also find awesome: knitting, sewing, DIY, reading, photography, City and Colour, snow days, camping, thinking, ideas, and the colour gray. 


Nice to meet you!