yarn

Dec:18

To fill the void that shipping out all the Christmas presents left, I cast on a jumble of stitches to make what I hope will be a quick hat. Nevermind that in the process of sifting through yarns and needles in various drawers and in-progress bins, I came across a dozen temporarily abandoned projects left to languish on needles I'd forgotten were part of my repertoire. Among the ranks: a sweater I started a decade ago in style that is no longer mine, a couple of scarves for The Mr. that never progressed past the cast-on, and a hat for some mystery recipient I can't quite place. So I've probably got no business starting a new knit, but, clearly, I have a history of ceding to knitting compulsions I can't realize.

Jan:13

Over the summer and through early autumn, the house still a wreck of half-unpacked boxes and furniture-poor rooms, I'd get the kids geared up on material-gathering expeditions. We'd pick up pine cones and sticks and newly-turned leaves and itty bitty flowers on the way to the playground. Mostly, it was to get The Boy interested in getting out of the house, and our spoils would sit piled up in a heap by the front door. I'd seen some nice yarn-wrapped sticks out there on the internet, though, and it ended up being a pleasantly low-key project, a way for The Boy to indulge his interest in all those balls of surplus yarn I generally don't want little kids tangling up. Now the sticks contribute to the sweet hodgepodge of found and made things on our narrow little mantle.

Toddler needlework

I put together this simple lacing kit using plastic canvas, a length of yarn and a super fat darning needle. It's just one of the things tucked away in the depths of my purse to toss at the kid when he gets antsy. Read more at Lovelihood

Girlie's blanket

I've been not working on this for the past year and a half. But I'm watching the Olympics, dammit, and I NEED somethng in my hands while I do that. Read more about me at www.lovelihood.com