Sleepy Kitty

Travis is beautiful but also very anxious, so we all get (quietly) excited when he trusts us enough to sleep out in the open and not under a piece of furniture in the basement.

He wants to sleep on our handknit afghan in the background, but he is NOT. ALLOWED.

It's Not Perfect, But I Did It!

I had to rip and resew part of it, and it's not perfect by any means, but I'm pretty excited about my first "big" sewing project. 

This is actually pretty amusing, to me. I usually use a baby on the way as a lure to bring people into the knitting fold. I "don't have time" to knit much for the baby that will be joining my extended family this February (not my baby, a close relative), but I can't seem to stop myself from dreaming up sewing projects for the little bundle of joy!

A child born in Minnesota in February will need many blankets, right?

One Thing Leads to Another

Knitting (and a good friend I found through knitting) led to spinning. Spinning led to weaving. Now, weaving has led to sewing.

I wanted to turn that Cascade 128 that I wove into a baby blanket with a satin edge. So, I fired up my Singer for the first time in years. I've only ever used it to mend things, before. The process was harder, in some ways, and easier, in others, than I feared.

It all went a bit off the rails on my first try. So, I chatted with my friend and sewing expert at work, Linda, for some tips. I'll take another crack at it this weekend.

Cascade 128, Woven

Dark, dark, midnight blue. It's so soft! I love it.