I finished knitting the 2nd panel for Daughterpinx's poncho this weekend. I also realized i did a sort of half-assed job blocking the first panel and i'm going to need to do it again. i also ALSO realized i need a better solution for blocking. I did a little more research on blocking. I was basically doing it correctly, but i should have made the ( Read more... )

I decided to go ahead and make a heart for my mom and send it to her as a belated Valentine's Day gift. In the end i wasn't 100% thrilled with the stinky hearts, partly because of my scent-handling technique and also somewhat due to the scent itself. I haven't dealt with that scented oil stuff before, so i think i overdid it. They were REALLY ( Read more... )

Happy Valentine's Day! I know tomorrow (ok, today) later on is going to be super busy and i was so tickled by my latest venture that i didn't want to wait. About, oh... yesterday? I suddenly started thinking about how one would knit a heart shape. Then i thought, "oh, i'm sure i've seen a pattern for that..." so i Googled it when i got home. Sure ( Read more... )