There’s still a hole in my sweater
It's true...the hole (or rather holes) are still there. But I find I don't mind them so much now! Full disclaimer, I know next to nothing about embroidery. Which should be fairly obvious to anyone who does know something about it. So apologies if you're cringing over there. My approach really is more or less keep doodling until it starts to look interesting. I think it's a viable technique, all things considered. I mean really, if you hate it, you can pick it back out. And I sort of don't hate it. I might actually rather like it! So what [...]
There’s a hole in my sweater
So I have a small assemblage of house sweaters. What can I say. The house is old and drafty, and I work from home. Warmth often wins out over fashion. One of my very favorite house sweaters (a gray cashmere cardigan with pockets) seems to have sprung a leak. Let me be more specific. It's sprung several leaks. It's got a good sized hole on the back of the shoulder (snagged on a dead tree while climbing on rocks), two little holes on the front near the bottom (embers from a camp fire if the char marks are any indicator), [...]
Decisive
The very day I showed you The Tattoo Coloring Book and confessed my plans to make use of its lovely images for a fit of napkin making, I happened to find myself in a store that sells embroidery stuff. Funny how that happens. Let me pause for a moment and emphasize just how many colors this stuff comes in. Enough colors that my simple plan (grab a dozen or so colors that work well together, it will only take a moment) suddenly seemed daunting. I started to feel that little prickle I get when confronted with too many choices. The [...]
Unexpected Development
I'm accustomed to falling prey to random fits of yarn lust. That's pretty normal at this point. But my final purchase of the trip was something rather more unexpected. I bought a coloring book. More specifically, I bought The Tattoo Coloring Book, and it is astonishingly awesome. I highly recommend clicking on the picture to go see it in its full glory. I'll wait. Now, this sort of behavior isn't without precedent. I have a handy little collection of coloring books (and have since college) plus a giant bucket of colored pencils, and I turn to them in times of [...]
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