Okay…I’m amazed. Absolutely thrilled and amazed. Felting is magical, simple as that. I was less than crazy with my finished, pre-felted suki body. Well, it’s been felted and now I absolutely love it. I still need to sew the straps …
The body of my suki is done. I like it but I don’t love it. The color repetition worked out WAY better on paper than in yarn, and I’m really hoping it looks better when it’s felted. I made the …
With all the headaches I’ve been having with my unreliable comments and blogger issues (sorry to anyone who’s wanted to leave a comment and couldn’t), I’ve decided to definitely switch over to Movable Type. I get free server space with …
Suki is growing… I didn’t get as much done on it as I’d hoped to this weekend, but I hope to have it finished by the end of this week at the latest. I’m not sure if I’ll be able …
I finally started my suki. Here’s the progress so far: The band I’m working on now is a true red. For some reason my camera wanted it to be pink. I’ve got a friend visiting from out of town this …
I delayed the start of suki a bit longer because I was so very close to finishing this: It’s for my friend Alicia’s birthday at the end of the month. She hasn’t been given the url for this blog specifically …
Yesterday was a hard day. I wasn’t going to post at all, because frankly it didn’t feel right to chat happily about knitting on such a day. Then I thought, well, if I actually addressed what the day was, and …
Today is the tenth anniversary of my father’s death. He was fifty years old, a heavy smoker. In the ten years since, I’ve graduated from college, bought an apartment, got married, got separated, had two careers and and am now …
Sweet sweet sweet tea. Suki Asado…. Ok…15 Lit nerd points to whoever can name that rather silly reference. Sorry–couldn’t resist. It’s been running through my head like a little song all weekend. It’s Suki Sunday!!! Here’s the Suki prep: Unfortunately …