May I present you with my finished Hemlock Ring Blanket…
These photos were taken in the early morning sun just before I took the blocking pins out.
Here are some shots out in full daylight
Plymouth Yarn Co., Boku, 6 skeins from stash (Yay for stash busting!)
Size 9 needles
Used the chart and pattern (different from Jared’s) that [...]
Jill P.,
I was super excited when Easter rolled around, for a few reasons. Since high school, with some exceptions, I’ve given up something for Lent. I’m not religious at all, but I’m interested in religions and I like to give myself a personal challenge. Forty-plus days is a good amount of time to test your [...]
Hey Jill P.,
I had a lot of crafting time the last couple of weekends. The tooth extraction went pretty smoothly. Because the Vicodin made me sick I just took Advil. I didn’t even get very puffy. I just looked like I did in high school, little round baby fat face. The main downside was that [...]
I took these pics on Feb 12 this year, hiking up north of Malibu…
Abundant rainfall this year brought out all the green. Boy, do I love me some So. Cal winter!
Happy St. Patty’s Day folks! Hope you’ve got your Irish on… you know this freckle-faced girl does!
xo, Jill P.
Hi JillB. !
I feel like I’ve passed initiation into some sort of special club. I actually, finally finished spinning the Loch Ness Sheep to Shoe kit you got me from Blue Moon Fiber Arts at Oregon Flock and Fiber last year. And when I say finished, I mean finished, like I soaked it [...]
Hi Jill B.
So I finally finished the socks that I intended to finish before the January installment of the Socks That Rock Club arrived.
Pattern: Combination of Monkey Socks by Cookie A., Los Monos Locos from Knitting Sutra and Cat Bordhi Riverbed Architecture, from New Pathways for Sock Knitters with her standard toe and reinforced [...]
Jill P.,
I think I have everything ready for tomorrow. I was scheduled to get my wisdom teeth out on the 20th, but the oral surgeon called yesterday and asked if I wanted to move it up by a week. The last couple of days I’ve been kind of busy trying to get everything lined up. [...]
Dear Jill P.,
My friend Tracy was in town this weekend and I was out seeing the town for three crazy days. We went to the Getty, shoppping in Santa Monica, to FIDM, Chinatown, Olvera Street, to a Culver City bar, and probably much more than that. It was a whirlwind. I got to eat at [...]
