green M one quilt
Maitreya sent lots of fun green fabrics for her one quilt block, and really the only thing she asked was that we incorporate the letter M, for her love of typography. I decided to do four different Ms using embroidery, and because I tend to dawdle with embroidery, it took a while to complete, but here it is—Yay! I am thoroughly enjoying the long weekend. This is the third day of sleepin

tulip socks - done!
No, they were not done by the end of Socktober, but they were done a couple weeks ago. Drat that there have been very many rainy days and today was the first day in a long time that camera, socks, and sunshine could all be together in one place.

kettle handle potholder tutorial
It's November, and I am making stuff to give to people. Last year I was doing this some time after November, like the day in December that was the day before I was leaving home for Xmas. That was a bad idea and I won't do it again. Last year I made kettle handle holder for my knitting buddies, and these potholders might actually be the thing I make that is most requested by family and friends. I used to think that people wanted it just fo

the long dark satin stitch of the soul
Sometimes embroidery takes me a really long time. It's not because it's hard, or boring, or tedious—it's because the thread runs out. It's the whole inertia thing. When I'm stitching, I want to keep stitching and when I have to stop and thread the needle, I want to just stop. Also, and perhaps this a window into the amount of anxiety I am capable of having, when the thread is about 2/3 used up, I get a little worried wondering when I am going to run ou

little things in progress
I haven't been doing any one thing, but I've been doing lots of little things. Knitting has me in its clutches, as it often does once fall rolls around, and I've been clickety-clacking my needles away on my socktober socks and a couple other projects. I have a whole entire sweater completed—one I started last year—but until it gets just a hair colder, I don't really feel like blocking it. I think my socktober colorwork socks will prove