Archive for the ‘PROJECTS’ Category
A special package from Webs arrived earlier today which means that I can finally cast on for that Geodesic Cardigan I’ve been pining after since seeing the previews for the latest Knitscene.
Is it just me or is Malabrigo Lace hard to find in large quantities, especially if you’re after one of the darker colorways? Originally, [...]
What an incredibly busy past three months it has been! Now that all of the holiday craziness is over and dealt with, I find I suddenly have the time to sit back and relax… at least for a little while. I know my shoulder certainly appreciates the down time!
I didn’t realize just how much I [...]
Things have been a bit quiet around here this last month and for good reason! I’ve been spending most of my free time knitting away in an attempt to get all of my Christmas gifts done on time. I am now mostly done, thankfully. Six scarves are finished with one left to go (it has [...]
October ended a while ago marking the completion of NaCraMaMo and I just haven’t had the time to summarize the month’s happenings before now. I’m happy to say that I was indeed able to meet my goal this year. Although my plan to craft a little each day wasn’t a very lofty goal, I did [...]
Last week we were subjected to a bit of a nasty surprise. We were hit by the residuals of typhoon Melor and had quite a bit of flooding in our house. At one point, our backyard was under about six inches of water and instead of draining out into the street, it came inside through [...]
After winding up that skein of Dream in Color Smooshy last night I was eager to cast on with it, so I spent some time browsing patterns on Ravely. Socks were out, since I don’t want to half hide the beautiful colors in my shoes, and so were scarves as I have enough of those [...]
October seems to be chugging along at a rapid pace and I feel like I’m having a hard time keeping up. The cold I am apparently developing is not helping, since it is wearing me out before I manage to get anything done. Thankfully, I have managed to accomplish a little bit of something each [...]
It’s time for National Craft Making Month again! I will, of course, be participating once again this year. Last year my focus was mainly on beading with a little kumihimo thrown in. This time around I’ve shifted interests into knitting and spinning, so my participation this time around will reflect that. I am planning on [...]
Things have been busy around here at Chez CDS. Aside from getting some work done on the main website, I packed up and shipped off a swap package, worked on a new pattern design, and restarted some of my Christmas knitting.
Amidst all the hustle and bustle, my latest package from Knit Picks arrived. They were [...]
The blog officially turned one year old yesterday.
To celebrate…
I finally got off my bum and got the main website up and running.
I gave the blog gallery a revamp.
I added some back end goodies that should allow me to cater better to your browsing needs.
I am also currently test driving a project bag design that I [...]
For a little while it was all going so well.
At first I was able to resist the siren calls of an enticing new yarn, begging for me to take it home and love it. I could look at other people’s stash and resist the urge to put it all in my purse and run [...]
The last of my recent yarn splurging arrived today – three delightful cakes of variegated goodness, courtesy of Yarntopia Treasures.
The top cake is hemp lace, in the colorway Flair. I had originally purchased one just like this for a swap partner on Ravelry and ended up liking it so much that I had to order [...]
In just one week, I will turn twenty-five years old. I will officially be a quarter century old and I find that very exciting.
Twenty-five is a very significant number to me, more so than the more typical milestones of sixteen, eighteen, or twenty-one. Although I’ve been living as a “grown up” for the past six [...]
The work on my practice Clapotis has come to a screeching halt. I ran out of yarn just after the first repeat of decreases. It’s my own fault, really. I’m not quite sure what I was thinking when I told myself that two balls would be plenty. I could probably get away with just half [...]
After aimlessly casting on things for a bit, I decided to buckle down and get the Clapotis I was working on done. I cast on back in May, but ended up setting it down for few weeks. I picked it back up in June, only to get distracted and put it down again. For the [...]
