Time, time

Um, wow.  So, the last few weeks has just been a bunch of time flying by.  I don't know what Lenore has been crafting, but I know I've been crafting NOTHING.  The new puppy is taking up all of my time, and so is working 7 days a week!!

I haven't gotten very far at all on my current practice piece.  I was going to practice the leg warmers full size, but I haven't even gotten past the knit cuff part.  Sad.

And now my mind is on more seasonal-type crafts, like Halloween!! Normally I'd race home last second and try to carve 3 intricate pumpkins within an hour (which obviously never works out), so this year I'd like to be a little more prepared than that.  I hope to have all of these done the day BEFORE hahaha.

Here are some of the things I'd like to do:

                                        Doily pumpkin

       There was no link for this one, but I think it's just nylons over a white pumpkin

                                      Vampire pumpkins

I saw another one that was small pumpkins with a hole in the top for votives (or you could do it without), and black pipe cleaners glued on to look like spider legs.  I def want to do those for outside, and maybe spray paint some of them black?

All of these things will be WAY faster than carving, and they're super cute!  I will have to post an update once I actually do these, at Halloween.

Ta-ta for now ~C

Haute needlework

Olivier Saillant/Maison Lesage

NPR has a wonderful article (here) about a French embroidery studio, Maison Lesage, that does work for Paris's top design houses.  Oh how I would love to go to Paris and take one of their embroidery classes.

~ L  

Always do a practice run...

Good evening, good evening.

I have become bored with the "thing" and have now moved on to my practice piece for the leg warmers I posted about last time.  My Mom has some thinner yarn, and some smaller needles for me to practice with.  I'm not sure what I was thinking, because now I'm working with 5 needles instead of two, and stitching with a double thread instead of one.  Oh boy.  So far I have just been taking it slow, and it's turning out alright.  Here is a pic of my progress:

I'm going to follow the pattern, except on a smaller scale, just so I can practice all the stitches :)

~Christine

I know I said that YESTERday, but todaaaaay...

 

So I kept saying that I wasn't going to knit anything evar...mostly because I find it so frustrating.  But I was on Pinterest today, and saw a project that I've seen before that I think is super cute.

I found the free pattern on this site.  Just the thought of wool against my skin makes me cringe, so I hope I can do it in some awesome cotton.

Now I just need some yarn, patience, and some really awesome boots.

~Christine