How long does it take to…?

Probably my biggest craft-related peeve is the ubiquitous How long does it take to knit a sock/spin enough yarn to make a hat/knit a sweater/crochet an afghan?
I hate that question because there are a lot of assumptions underlying it…all of which are negative, inaccurate, or simply stupid.
First of all, there is the assumption that if [...]

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New project

I’ve had the initial twitchings of startitis, but since I’m not allowed to work on more than two projects at a time (type discipline into the search box if you don’t know what I’m talking about), it has been frustrating.  Because the energy of startitis doesn’t naturally move into a desire to hurry up and [...]

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It’s official

I finally decided what my next project will be.  Well, I have a couple ideas for projects, but I can only work on two at a time, remember.  I think I will revise that a bit.  I will still work on only two knitting or crocheting projects at a time, but I don’t think I [...]

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Yes, I’m alive

I usually hate reading blogs where there is a long lapse between posts, but I’m doing it myself.  In my defense, I do have another blog to attend to.  This one is fiber-only content.  My other blog has everything else…vegetarianism, primitivism, feminism.  I figured a one-stop blog would offend too many people, so I split [...]

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More crochet madness

I went back east to visit family and got back a couple days ago.  I took one extra shirt, two pairs of underpants and an extra pair of socks.  My plan was to wear the same pants and shirt for the time I was there, and I’d wash my socks and underwear every couple days [...]

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A crochet bug bit me

I’ve written on this blog many times about how I learned to crochet as a young girl and did it exclusively until I learned to knit about 8 years ago and I have been knitting ever since and all but abandoned crochet.  Every so often I think about crochet and then I end up writing [...]

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The inevitable

I apparently have developed a habit.  It goes like this: I get a raging case of startitis, and I have multiple ideas in my head and cast on for most of them.  I’m all excited to make all these projects and they get in the beginning a relatively even amount of attention.  Occasionally, there will [...]

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Not quite

I finished my crochet hooded cowl this morning (I told you that crochet was FAST), and it’s too big.  The hood is perfect, but the cowl was too long (deep) and too big around.
So, I’m unraveling and making another.  This time, I’m starting the hood from the top of the head (thus eliminating that pointy [...]

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Startitis

I’ve got startitis again. I keep getting new ideas for things I want to knit. I’m almost done with my Noro mobius. I realize now that mobius scarves are about as long as a regular scarf. The plus is that there are no ends to dangle, but in terms of knitting [...]

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It just might be possible that I’m insane

You know what I’ve been doing ever since my screed on crochet a few days ago?  Looking at crochet sites!  I have a love/hate thing going on with crochet.  I want to love it.  I really do.  I want to find a nice pattern that I want to crochet.  Something that looks good, has good [...]

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