Crafts - Wall Art

Amaya was in town the other day. We were sitting on the couch watching Bridesmaids when she turned to me and said "I want to do a project". I laughed and jumped up, returning with one of my various half-finished projects that I had abandoned due to lack of attention span.

I had seen this a little over a year ago. I slowly collected a variety of paint chips, purchased a 16 x 16 canvas, and a few months ago I sat and diligently began cutting them out...for about an hour. I grew bored and abandoned the project. Amaya gleefully began cutting out the remaining pieces, and before I knew it I was gluing them down and this was born:

 

I love it, and now feel some odd urge to make three more: they would look really nice as panels in my bedroom. But that might have to wait til Amaya's next visit in September.

I'm Back, People!

I know I disappeared for a while... life sometimes has a way of putting knitting in the backseat. Life and work have been crazy-pants, but I finally realized that it's important to make time for myself too. So, I've added knitting and reading back on my daily to-do list!

To celebrate my re-knittingness, I decided to break my yarn fast and use a LYS gift certificate I got for Christmas. I bought 6 skeins of a gorgeous 100% merino yarn and started working on Abalone, a super cute and (hopefully) simple pattern.

I'm about 1/5 of the way though so far, and I love watching the yarn's subtle color changes. I forgot how soothing knitting can be.

Happy Valentines Day!

100th Post

Well, I've successfully kept this blog around to hit my 100th post-iversary! It started a year and a half ago and has been going slow and steady since. Although it initially started as a way to chronicle my forays into spinning, it rapidly turned into a testament to my tiny attention span and inability to focus on anything for more than ten minutes. However, it did inspire me to crank out my first (and so far only) knitting pattern, which I think is pretty darn cool. So here's to another year and a half of mediocre knitting!

First Finished Project of 2012

Dang, I am being lazy this year. It's already February and I have only made one thing....and it's a scarf. Scarves are a cop out...but I'm still plugging my way through my stash bust and I needed a quick (well, quick is relative since I started this in December) project to use up some half-used skeins.

It's very manly, so I will save it for a guy gift sometime in the future. The stitch is called Herringbone, and I thought it displayed the two contrasting colors nicely.