You know that thing? That thing where you learn about a new tool or contraption and then you have IDEAS! ALL THE IDEAS! Yeah...well here's a new thing you should know about.⁠ They're called chicago screws (they're also apparently sometimes called sex bolts, but I'd feel weird walking into the [...]

I tend to make tiny things with yarn from the scraps bin. One of these days I'm going to give myself permission to just go buy new yarn when I want to make new things (even if they're tiny things). I mean it is a legitimate business expense. But somehow [...]

See, I told you there was more than one way to put these together! There are, in fact lots of ways to fold these up. I'll have the four I've shown here (two in the previous post, two in this one) in the pattern, but I'm totally sure you clever [...]

Ahem...see...I told you it would be cute when it was done. Mostly because little trays just ARE cute. ⁠ Same rule applies to little tins and tiny bottles actually. Basically, if it's small and you can put things in it to make yourself feel like you may someday be as [...]

Insert your favorite lecture about blocking here. This is unblocked. This project, in its unblocked state, is a hot mess.⁠ But a bit of a soak, a bit of time laid out drying, and one quick pinch, and all will be revealed. ⁠ No really, I promise cuteness is coming. [...]

This plan? The plan I absolutely and totally have? Well this plan spends a significant amount of time in the 'huh, odd' stage. Then, towards the end, you do the very tiniest bits of messing about and all of a sudden you get to the 'wow, that's remarkably cute' stage.⁠ [...]

Yarn and pattern matching, interlude. Ok, so here are the five swatches it took to figure out which yarn I wanted to use. There's still one more to come where I figure out sizing info, but these were what it took just to settle on a yarn. One of the [...]

Yarn and pattern matching, take five! I think we have our winner. This has the scale I want, it has the stitch definition I want. It has the color vibe I want. I think we're golden. Now, that doesn't mean I'm done swatching (there's at least one more to come [...]

Yarn and pattern matching, take four! This is one of the yarns that came in over the weekend. And so far it's very promising. The ribs are much closer to the scale I want for the hat. This is absolutely the scale of yarn I'm going for. But, I have [...]