Remember that crafty update I promised? Well, here it is. My crafting projects have been few this year, if only because I’ve been devoting most of my time to my app, Knitty.  I’ve cast off a pair of socks and started another pair, and I’ve dusted off the sewing machine for a small project. I have a quilt that I started piecing waiting in the wings ( Read more... )

Hello out there! What, you thought I was dead? That’s okay, I don’t blame you. After all, its been nearly two months since I’ve posted anything. But I have a good reason for that…

It’s my first-ever published android app called Knitty! It is a simple row-tracker that helps you keep your place in your knitting patterns. I know, I know. There are ( Read more... )

The Midori Traveler’s Notebook is a fantastic thing. It’s essentially a leather jacket with some metal rods that allow you to slip in various notebooks, planners, envelopes, pouches - whatever you can dream up. It also comes with a pretty pricetag - roughly $50 here in the states. $50 for a piece of leather with some metal rods. Now, you can vouch ( Read more... )

I can finally share this project with you all! Some of you may recall a post where I started the quilt top for the Blue & Yellow Bargello quilt. After that initial post, I decided to go radio-silent, lest my giftee figured out it was for her - I don’t like to spoil surprises!

So, my mother in law remodeled her kitchen this past year. Nice new ( Read more... )

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So, I saw this post on Lifehacker earlier this week about using a Raspberry Pi and an old LCD to make a central activity center. I don’t have any old LCDs kicking around, nor any Raspberry Pies, but I did have an old Nook Color kicking around. It’s the Nook Color First Generation, so it’s pretty old and set in its ways by now. It’s also been ( Read more... )

My inlaws hold a Christmas bash every year. Part of the deal is that in exchange for some great food, you bring some kind of outdoor wearable: gloves, scarves, hats, etc. This year I decided to cast on and work my way through part of my yarn stash.


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This was one heck of a fun quilt! One of my close friends had a baby earlier this year (who is absolutely adorable!) and asked if I would make a twin-sized quilt for him. We picked a twin size because it seemed “the perfect” size… Both of us are in our mid/late twenties and both of us have a handmade blanket we use on the couch, all wrapped up in ( Read more... )

I have to say, I’m ridiculously proud of myself. I finished a quilt in a week and a half, start-to-finish. I don’t ever want to undertake that kind of marathon again, but still - I did it! It was a special occasion - a girlfriend asked me to make a quilt for her grandparents’ 60th wedding anniversary at the end of October. I said sure! Then, come ( Read more... )

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