Stash, Market, Shopping, Beach, Trash Bag

 This is my third in the unofficial cut and sew bag series. I wanted to make a REALLY big bag and I found a Butterick Pattern for a beach bag that hung just right. The pattern shows the bag with big bold beachy prints so that was the direction I was going in as I search for fabric.… Read more

Mixing Cotton Prints and Creating Custom Tote Bags

I think I may be on to something fun, sewing. I love all the cotton print fabrics and while I have not sewn for years it brings back memories of my youth. Weekends sitting behind the sewing machine making something new to wear to school.… Read more

Hitchhiker Knitted Scarf Goes Viral

I never really think about knitting as going viral but that is what happened when I started knitting Maltina Behm’s Hitchhiker Shawlette. As of  today there are 6,500 projects on Ravelry. If you did the math at roughly $5.00 a pattern that is a homerun wow!… Read more

Knitting Is Not a Winter Sport

Knitting has always been analogous with winter but not around here. Yesterday it must have reached 90 degrees and the knitters were out in full force. There were at least 6 of us sitting under the umbrellas at the Corte Madera Town Center with needles in hand.

I made the first fingerless glove with double points and the second with the magic loop. The maiden voyage with magic loops, 40″ Addi Turbos size 6, and it was so much fun. I don’t know if I will go back to double points now.… Read more

Knitters have time on their hands therefore they knit. Truth knitters wish they had more time so they could knit more.
Toni

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Cables and Double Points

These are my first pair of fingerless gloves and my first cables… Read more